Irish Potato Apple Pie

A delicious apple dessert from Ireland. The pastry is not as firm as regular pastry.

Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

Pastry

• 2 cups hot mashed potato
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ginger
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Filling

• 4 cups thinly sliced apples
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon melted butter
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 9 inch pie pan.
2. Combine potato, butter, cinnamon, ginger and brown sugar. Mix well.
3. Blend in flour. Reserve 3/4 cup for top of the pie.
4. On a sheet of wax paper or better still parchment paper, pat the remaining dough into a circle slightly larger than a 9 inch pie plate.
5. Place a well greased pie plate over dough. Lift and invert the dough into the pan. Remove wax paper.
6. Arrange apple slices of potato mixture.
7. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
8. Pat remaining 3/4 cup of potato mixture onto a 9 inch circle of wax paper. Invert over filled pie. Peel off paper, crimp and seal edges of dough around pie. Cut a vent in the center of the pie.
9. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
10. Brush top with 1 teaspoon melted butter and sprinkle with granulated sugar a few minutes before removing from oven.
11. Serve hot with whipped cream.