HISTORY: The history of the Megalong Valley Tearooms’ apple pie, a genuine Blue Mountains food icon, with a recipe that has been baked continuously since the tearooms first opened in 1956.
Beginnings in 1956 The story of the famous apple pie starts in 1956, when the Bundy family opened the Megalong Valley Tearooms in a paddock-side clearing below Blackheath. From the outset, they leaned into simple country hospitality: scones, hot tea and a generous, homestyle apple pie became part of the original menu rather than a later add‑on.
That first pie recipe, rich pastry, thick-cut apples and farmhouse-style portions, was developed as an honest country dessert to feed day‑trippers, local farming families and bushwalkers driving down through the rainforest of Megalong Road.
The “1956 Apple Pie” – a held-fast recipe On the modern menu, the dessert is proudly listed as the “1956 Apple Pie,” an explicit nod to both the founding year and the continuity of the original recipe. Contemporary reviews note that staff still describe it as the same apple pie recipe used since the tearooms first opened, and the serving sizes remain characteristically large, in keeping with that mid‑century country style.
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