Apple Crumble Pie

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For the pastry crust

• 8 tablespoons (1 stick/113 grams) unsalted butter, preferably European-style, chopped into 1/2-inch cubes
• 1 2/3 cups (210 grams) all-purpose flour, preferably unbleached, positive much arsenic needed
• 1 tablespoonful positive 1 spoon granulated sugar
• 3/4 spoon good salt
• 1/4 cupful (60 milliliters) crystal water, positive much arsenic needed

For the caramelized apples

• 1/2 cupful (110 grams) packed acheronian brownish sugar
• 1/4 cupful (50 grams) granulated sugar
• 1/4 cupful (34 grams) all-purpose flour, preferably unbleached
• Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
• 2 teaspoons crushed cinnamon
• 1/2 spoon crushed cloves
• 1/2 spoon crushed ginger
• 1/2 spoon crushed nutmeg
• 1/8 spoon good salt
• 7 to 9 mean Granny Smith apples (about 3 1/2 pounds total), peeled, cored and sliced 1/4-inch heavy (about 8 1/2 cups)
• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick/56 grams) unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoonful caller citrus foodstuff (from the aforesaid lemon)

For the pie

• 6 tablespoons (50 grams) all-purpose flour, preferably unbleached, positive much arsenic needed
• 1 cupful (85 grams) old-fashioned rolled oats (not instant oregon quick-cooking)
• 1/4 cupful (55 grams) packed airy brownish sugar
• 1/3 cupful (40 grams) chopped walnuts (optional)
• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick/57 grams) unsalted butter, melted and cooled