International Recipes
Pratie Apple
Ingredients
- 4 large baking potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
- 6 (about 3 pounds) Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
Instructions
- Place potatoes in a 3 quart pan. Cover with water; add salt. Bring to a boil; cook until fork-tender, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Drain and mash.
- Stir in 2 tablespoons butter, granulated sugar and ginger.
- Cool for 25 minutes.
- Heat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Stir flour into potato mixture, forming a soft dough. Turn out onto floured surface; form into a round. Divide in half. Place one half between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and roll into an 11 inch circle, about 1/4 inch thick. Remove top sheet of plastic; invert into an 8 inch deep dish pie plate.
- Add apples. Roll out remaining half of dough and cover pie. Crimp edges of dough together; make 4 slits in top.
- Bake until lightly browned, about 25 minutes.
- Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter with brown sugar.
- Remove pie from oven.
- Cut a 2 inch circle in center of pastry. Remove circle; pour in brown sugar mixture. Replace circle and return pie to oven.
- Bake for 20 minutes more.
- Cool for 30 minutes and serve.