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    • Apple Potato Cake

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    INGREDIENTS

    2 lg Potato cakes — (see
    Recipe)
    2 lg Apples — cooking apples
    1 ts Cinnamon
    1 1/2 ts Ground cloves
    2 tb Butter
    Lemon curd — (see recipe)

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Prepare potato cakes recipe. Divide dough into 2 parts. Roll out into 2
large circles.  Peel apples and slice thinly. Layer apple slices on 1
circle of dough;  cover with other.  Pinch edges  to seal.  On greased
griddle,  cook slowly over low heat,   turning once.  When apples are
cooked, remove top cake and sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, ground cloves
and butter.  Replace top cake and heat 5 minutes longer. Serve with lemon
curd and hot tea.
Recipe By     : "Aine.McManus" <mcmanus@maths.anu.edu.au>, Gaelic List
From: Ladies Home Journal- August 1991
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip

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