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Savory Potato Pie Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Place flour in large mixing bowl and make a well in middle. In well put baking soda, butter and one egg yolk. Work butter lightly and quickly into other ingred. with fingertips until grains are pea size. Gradually add water and one tablespoon salt alternately, lightly working them in. Form dough into a ball and wrap in saran. Refrigerate at least 2 hours, or overnight.
  • When ready to assemble and cook the pie, preheat oven to 325 degrees F . Roll out 2/3 of dough into a 1/4 inch thick circle, the diameter willl be 13 to 14 inches. Line bottom and most of the way up the sides of a 9 inch springform pan with circle. Roll out remaining dough into an 11 inch circle for top crust.
  • Filling:
  • With large mixinf bowl, thoroughly combine potatoes, shallots, garlic, parsley and a generous amount of salt and pepper. Pour mixture into prepared pie shell and cover with other circle of dough; press edges together to seal and then flute. (The top of the sealed pie will reach about an inch short of top of pan.) Cut away a 1 1/2 inch diameter circle of dough from center of pie, and insert a metal vent (or chimney fashioned from parchment paper) in hole. Paint top of pie with one egg yolk.
  • Bake until pie is dark golden and potatoes are tender, about 2 hours; check for doneness through vent with a knife blade. Remove from oven and remove metal vent. Promptly spoon creme fraiche in hole in crust. Serve warm.

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    " It was excellent "
    pieplate ate it and said...
    I cannot believe that the recipe robot thinks we have only medium taste compatibility--5 after 5 after 5.
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  • krumkake 16 years ago
    In my opinion, the potatoes in Europe have the best, freshest, lightest flavor of any - this recipe sounds incredible...will have to give it a try - delicious sounding!
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    " It was excellent "
    cookingforfun ate it and said...
    Good one 5 from me :)
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