Gordon Ramsay’s Trick For Making Better Apple Pie Is Legit Genius

Gordon Ramsay, the chef known for his hot temper, no-bullshit attitude, and successful TV empire has graced us with the perfect apple pie recipe.

But, to be fair, he actually graced us with the recipe all the way back in 2009 when he published his cookbook, Cooking for Friends — we’ve just been sleeping on it.

So what makes his pie so special? Well, for starters, he CARAMELIZES his apples in a pan before he fills his pie with ’em.

Before he even assembles his pie he pre-cooks diced apples tossed with sugar and cinnamon in a hot pan to get them nice and golden. This gives them a delicious caramelized flavor and makes them nice and tender.

His trick? He uses a tart dough instead of a pie dough — which is made with softened butter, eggs, sugar, and flour. The dough is much softened than a typical pie dough and bakes into the crispiest pie crust you’ve ever had. It actually tastes a bit like a sugar cookie, which I’m totally OK with.

I know caramelizing apples may sound like extra work for just a plain ol’ apple pie, but we actually tried the recipe to see if it was worth it, and lemme tell you — it was.

We even put it up against some of the best apple pie recipes we could track down. I don’t wanna spoil anything, so I’ll just say it was GOOD.

So this Thanksgiving, why not try something a little unexpected and make a caramelized apple pie?