Spinach-apple-gouda Pie (tourte De Blettes)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (9 inch) pie shells
• 2 tart apples, peeled and diced fine
• 1/2 cup golden raisin
• 1/4 cup dark rum, heated
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained well
• 1/2 cup pine nuts
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 lb gouda cheese, diced into small cubes
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 tablespoons currant jelly or 2 tablespoons any jam
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 soak raisins in heated rum for 10 minutes.
• 2 roll out bottom crust, and line a 9" baking dish.
• 3 mix all filling ingredients well, and put into bottom crust. put on top crust, crimp edges well, and prick a few times to create air vents.
• 4 bake at 350 until golden brown, about 40 minutes. cool and dust with confectioner's sugar.
• 5 freezes well.
• 6 (i sometimes make these into little bite-sized appetizers by cutting the dough in 3" circles with a fluted biscuit cutter, adding 2 t filling, folding over, and sealing by crimping the edges with a fork.).