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Family Weekly Cookbook MELANIE DE PROFT, Food Editor
Handsome and hearty Surprise Cheese Pie and a crisp vegetable
salad make a perfect entree-twosome for a gala late-supper menu.
Surprise Cheesa Pi
TA garnish on this pie reveals the ingredient
( repeated in the filling) which gives a most inter
esting flavor.
to prepare: 26 min.
TO BAKE: 30-35 MIN.
Pastry for 1-crust 9-in. pic (your
favorite recipe or a prepared mix)
1 9-oi. pkg. crinkle-cut French fried
potatoes, slightly thawed
Vi cap butter
Vt cup finely chopped onion
3 tablespoon diced green pepper
Yt teaspoon salt
S tablespoons chopped pimiento
Vt lb. sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
Vi cup flour
3 eggs, beaten
cup undiluted evaporated milk
Vi teaspoon aalt
' teaspoon black pepper
1. Line pie pan with pastry, flute edges, and set
pastry shell aside.
2. Cut potatoes into -in. pieces, reserving eight
of the longest strips for garnish.
3. Heat butter in a skillet; add the cut potatoes,
onion, and green pepper. Sprinkle with the
teaspoon salt. Cook over medium heat until green
pepper is tender, stirring occasionally. Remove
from heat and stir in the pimiento.
4. Toss the cheese and flour together with a fork.
Spoon one-third of the cheese mixture evenly into
the bottom of the pastry shell; top with half of
the vegetable mixture, spreading evenly. Re
peat layering, ending with the cheese mixture.
5. Blend evaporated milk, Vi teaspoon salt, and
pepper into the eggs; pour evenly over cheese
mixture. Arrange reserved potatoes spoke-fashion
on top.
6. Bake at 425 F for 15 min.; reduce heat to
325 F, cover pie lightly with aluminum foil, and
bake 15 to 20 min. longer, or until a knife in
serted halfway between center and outer edge of
pie comes out clean. Garnish center of pie with
water cress and serve immediately.
About e servings
Snow Pudding
to prepare: 20 min. to chill: 3-4 hrs.
Vi cup cold water
1 tablespoon (1 env.) nnflavored gelatin
1 cup hot water
Vi cup plua 2 tablespoons sugar
H teaspoon sslt
Vi cop strained lemon juice
3 egg whites
1. Sprinkle gelatin evenly over cold water in a
bowl. Let stand about 5 min. to soften.
2. Blend hot water into softened gelatin, stirring
until gelatin is completely dissolved. Add sugar.
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