Recipe - Basque Potato Pie

3 md Potatoes
3 tablespoon Butter
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One half cup Chopped onion
1 pound Ground beef
Three fourths cup Tomato sauce
Three fourths cup Shredded sharp cheese
1/3 cup Pitted black olives; cut or sliced up

Pare potatoes & slice crosswise as thinly as possible using food processor
or sharp knife. Melt butter in large skillet & add salt. Toss potatoes in
butter to coat evenly. Line bottom & sides of a 9inch pie place with
potato slices, reserving 8 slices as garnish. In same skillet, sauce onions
until golden. Add beef & cook until browned, breaking up with fork as it
cooks. Add tomato sauce, cheese & black olives. Mix well. Spoon meat
mixture into potatolined pie shell. Garnish with remaining potato slices.
Bake at 350 for 3540 minutes or until potatoes are soft & edges are
lightly browned. Allow pie to stand 5 minutes before serving.

LOUISE CREMEEN

From Simply Southern, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, HelenaWest
Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
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