Traditional Swiss Onion & Potato Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 medium chopped onion
• 1 leek, thinly slice, part only
• 2 apples, slightly tart, such as granny smith
• 2 medium potatoes
• 8 ounces shredded swiss cheese
• 2 prepared pastry shells
• salt
• pepper
• nutmeg, to taste

Recipe

• 1 peel, halve and boil potatoes until mostly tender. cool and slice.
• 2 peel and thinly slice apples.
• 3 melt butter in large skillet and sauté onion, leek and apples about 15 minutes, until just tender. do not overcook.
• 4 add potato slices, salt, pepper and nutmeg and toss, light, trying not to break up potatoes much.
• 5 place pie crust in glass pie plate, add half the mixture, sprinkle to cover with cheese and add other half mixture.
• 6 place other pie crust on top, crimping edges and piercing to vent.
• 7 you can brush with egg wash if you wish.
• 8 bake in 350°f oven for 35-40 minutes, covering crust edges with foil after 20 minutes.
• 9 let cool 10 minutes before serving.
• 10 hint: i go a bit heavy on the nutmeg.