Lamb And Apple Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 lbs boneless lamb, diced
• 2 cooking apples, peeled and diced
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 tablespoon a.1. original sauce
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 ounces dry sherry
• 1 9 inch pie shell, uncooked (pillsbury-refrigerated)
• 2 large potatoes, peeled,cooked,hot
• 1/2 cup milk
• salt and pepper
• 1 pinch nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350^f.
• 2 brown the lamb with 1/4 cup of the butter and the chopped onion.
• 3 reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes,covered.
• 4 add the apples, thyme, a-1 sauce and parsley.
• 5 continue cooking for 15 minutes.
• 6 combine the cornstarch and water to make a slurry and pour over lamb.
• 7 stir well, add sherry and remove from heat.
• 8 pour into pie shell.
• 9 in a separate bowl, mash the hot potatoes with 1/4 cup of the butter and the milk.
• 10 add salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• 11 spread over the lamb mixture to cover.
• 12 dot the potatoes with the remaining butter.
• 13 bake 25 minutes, until golden.
• 14 i like to use a pastry bag with a wide tip to pipe the potatoes onto the lamb mixture.
• 15 it gives the pie a more attractive appearance when it comes out of the oven.