Valentines Day with American Pie

This little apple monster wanted traditional American apple pie and found a good recipe to develop into a lower low carp version.
And since it happened to be a Valentines Day I added some love and happy thoughts in it… Yak, sounds something that a beauty queen would say with a Pepsodent smile.
But I did find a heart shaped casserole to fit the pie.
The portion is for about 8 peeps and here it goes.

Filling:
1 kg semi-acid apples
1 dl of raisins
2 tbsp of liquid stevia sweetener (Still wondering what's that? Check out: http://www.cookingwithstevia.com/stevia_faq.html)
2 tbsp of cinnamon
1 tbsp of nutmeg
a pinch of sea salt (Sea salt vs table salt: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sea-salt/AN01142)
2 tbsp of quinoa flours or buckwheat flours
2 tbsp of olive oil (mild) (Why oils, not butter? Read more about baking with olive oil, start from the bottom of the page: http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/how-olive-oil-works4.htm
About other oils as well: http://missvickie.com/howto/spices/oilguide.html#Which%20Oil%20is%20the%20Most%20Healthy)

First, make the filling. Peel the apples and remove core. Cut the apples into small, about 1cm cubes and mix the stevia and oil.
Mix cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and flour. Sprinkle the mixture evenly among the apple cubes.

Dough:
4 1/2 dl of quinoa flours or buckwheat flours
a pinch of sea salt
1 tbsp of liquid stevia sweetener
150 g of soft butter or olive oil (mild)
1 1/3 dl of cold water

Make the dough. Measure the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix it with the butter or the oil.
Add cold water and stir quickly into a dough. Wrap it into cellophane and put it into the fridge for half an hour to make it firm.

Then, divide the dough into two parts. Roll the first part in flours, put it between two baking papers and roll about 2mm thick, so that it covers the casserole (diameter 23-24 cm) and edges as well. Use the paper to pass the dough to the casserole.
Spread the apple filling to rise to the middle and even it with a spoon.
Roll the other part of the dough to cover the apples. Lubricate the edges with water and close them by pinching.
You can lubricate the cover with a little bit of egg and spread some crushed almonds on top. Make some steam holes with a fork.
Put the pie in the oven for 200 degrees for underlying the 15 minutes. Lower the heat to 175 degrees and cook about 40 minutes.
You may also want to decorate it with sprinkling some cinnamon on top like I did for my ugly first timer.
Let it cool and enjoy with tea and friends!
Happy Valentines!