Irish Potato Apple Pie

by olga

Servings: 6 servings

INGREDIENTS

PASTRY:

2 cups hot mashed potato
1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. ginger
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1/4 cup all purpose flour

FOR THE FILLING:

4 cups thinly sliced apples
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. melted butter or margarine
1 tsp. granulated sugar

Preheat oven to 375 F.

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 375 F.

Combine potato, butter, cinnamon, ginger and brown sugar. Mix well. Blend in flour. Reserve 3/4 cup for top of the pie.

On a sheet of waxed paper or better still parchment paper, pat the remaining dough into a circle slightly larger than a 9-inch pie plate. Place a well-greased pie plate over dough. Lift and invert the dough into the pan. Remove waxed paper. Arrange apple slices of potato mixture. Sprinkle with 2 Tbsp. brown sugar. Pat remaining 3/4 cup of potato mixture onto a 9-inch circle of waxed paper. Invert over filled pie. Peel off paper, crimp and seal edges of dough around pie. Cut a vent in the centre of the pie. Bake 45 to 50 minutes. Brush top with 1 tsp. melted butter and sprinkle with granulated sugar a few minutes before removing from oven. Serve hot with whipped cream. Serves 6.

One Potato Two Potato

CHEF COMMENTS

A delicious apple dessert from Ireland. The pastry is not as firm as regular pastry. Be sure to GREASE the pie pan.

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