Foolproof apple pie

Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Roll out top and bottom sheets of pastry for pie, and line a 23cm pie dish with one.

Combine the apple juice, 100g sugar and the butter in a saucepan and heat until melted. Add the apples and cook until fruit is tender.

Combine 100g sugar with the cornflour. Stir into the fruit mixture, then cook until thickened. Cool then pour into the pastry case. Cover with the top sheet of pastry and seal edge.

Bake in the preheated oven until pastry is golden brown.