Guest Chef Victoria Yim of Singapore shares her recipe for Walnut Apple Pie! | Tammy's Recipes

Welcome to Victoria Yim! She's 16, lives in Singapore, and cooks for her family of 10! Victoria submitted this delicious-looking Walnut Apple Pie recipe! She explains how she received the recipe: 

Victoria is from Singapore. Her parents are first-generation Christians, who suffered persecution from their families when they started attending Harvester Baptist Church, where they still attend today.

I asked Victoria to write about her family's cooking/eating habits and preferences. She says,

"For most lunches, since Daddy, Julie-Ann and Joanne are working, we eat very simply. Maybe pork porridge, fried bee hoon, or fried rice...

"As Singapore is a multi-cultural country, we have Malay food (Malay’s don’t eat pork at all), Thai, Indonesian, Malaysian, and different dialects of Chinese food… plus many others kinds…McDonald, KFC, Taco Bell, Jack’s Place. Eating out is cheap in coffee shops and hawker centers… around $2.00-$4.00 for a plate/bowl of food. The whole of Singapore is littered with food courts and coffee shops.

"Sometimes for Sunday nights after the evening worship about 9+pm, if we didn’t cook, we will buy 4-5 packets of Mee Hoon Kuay. Mee Hoon Kuay is just simply plain four mixed with water with some salt for seasoning into dough. You let the dough rest for an hour or two then you roll it out thin and cut it into squares. You then boil ikan bilis soup with 2-3 pieces of whole garlic. Well, the whole family enjoys this dish…if we buy it, not make it.

"For most Sunday mornings before we leave for church, I’ll quickly cook Hainanese Chicken Rice. I’ll dip a whole chicken in boiling water (in a large pot) 5 times, and then leave the whole chicken in the water and off the fire. Later I’ll use the chicken stock and cook with the rice.

"You might find us a little 'barbaric'... We are known for eating pig’s tongue (personally, I’ve never tried it), their organs and liver, and pig’s trotters (pig’s feet) in black vinegar. We also cook casseroles, pies, beef steak, and on occasions, BBQ.

Victoria, thank you for sharing with us!!