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    I don't have a pie recipe but here's a great vegie & cheese dish:
    
    Brocolli & Cauliflower cut & cleaned.
    
    Brown a couple of tbs. of onion in some butter. Add one tube of garlic
    cheese & one can of cream of mushroom soup. Liven it up more if you
    like (I like to add a different kind of cheese, dill weed ect.). When
    melted, pour over vegies & bake till vegies are done. It's GREAT!
    

    I hope the recipe for the grated potato/onion crust can be found, too!
    There was a show on a couple of months ago and all I saw was a woman
    holding up a pie pan saying, "and here is the finished grated potato
    crust" then they cut to the credits - Victory Garden maybe?  ANyway, I
    tried making one, but it didn't come out well, and I haven't been able
    to find a "recipe" for it.
    
    Terry
    

    Recipie for filling:
    
    1 lb. ricotta cheese
    3 beaten eggs
    1/2 lb. chopped spinach
    1 small diced onion
    3 tbs. flour
    1/2 c. grated sharp cheese
    dash nutmeg
    
    Saute the onion and spinach in butter with black pepper,
    1/2 tsp. salt, and 1/2 tsp. basil.
    
    Mix everything together, blending well. Spread into an unbaked pie
    shell. Top with 1 c sour cream spread to edges of crust and a generous
    application of paprika.  (Recommend crust made with 4/5 white + 1/5
    whole wheat flour.)
                                                      
    Bake at 375 degrees F. for 40 - 45 minutes.  Serve hot.
    
    
    Now, here's that GRATED POTATO CRUST:
    
    2 c., packed grated raw potato
    1/2 tsp. salt
    1 egg, beaten
    1/4 c. grated onion.
    
    Set the freshly grated potato in a colander over a bowl.  Salt it and 
    leave for 10 minutes. Then squeeze out the excess water (which can be
    used for soup stock) and add the potato to the remaining ingredients.
    Pat it into a well-oiled 9-inch pie pan, building up the sides of the
    crust with lightly-floured fingers.  Bake for 40-45 minutes, until
    browned.  After the first 30 minutes brush the crust with a little
    oil to crispen it.  
    
    (Oven is at 400 degrees F).  Note:  with the potato crust, the crust
    is baked BEFORE adding the filling.  That is, you make the crust; bake
    it for 40-45 minutes at 400; pour in the filling, and bake for an
    additional 35-40 minutes.  
    
    

    
    I made this crust last night.  It came out beautifully.. I did not
    peel the potatoes though as they were new potatoes and had very
    thin skins.. I just scrubbed them nice and clean before shredding.
    
    After baking the crust I filled it with a vegetable filling and
    topped with grated cheese... I returned it to the oven to melt the
    cheese and it was superb! (The vegetable filling was all pre-cooked).
    
    Many thanks!  I plan to use this crust lots and lots for many
    different dishes!
    
    gailann

Here is the recipe.  It was taken from the Moosewood Cookbook page 130

Cauliflower-Cheese Pie

Preparation time: about 2 hrs incl. baking
Makes 1 9-inch pie
			(....with grated Potato Crust)

Crust
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2 cups packed, grated raw potato
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg beaten
1/4 cup grated onion                             Heat oven to 400

Set the freshly-grated potato in a colander over a bowl.  Salt it and
leave it for 10 mins.  Then squeeze out the excess water (which can be 
used for soup stock) and add it to the remaining ingredients.  Pat it
into a well-oiled 9-inch pie pan, building up the sides of the crust
with lightly floured fingers.  Bake for 40-45 mins - until browned.
After the first 30 mins brush the crust with a little oil to crispen it.

						Turn oven down to 375

Filling:
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    1 heaping, packed cup grated cheddar cheese
    1 med. cauliflower, broken into small flowerets
    1 med. clove crushed garlic
    1 cup choppen onion
    3 Tbs butter
    dash of thyme
    1/2 tsp. basil
    1/2 tsp. salt
    2 eggs   )
    1/4 cup milk) beaten together
    black pepper
    paprika

      Saute onions and garlic, lightly saled in butter for 5 mins.
     Add herbs and cauliflower and cook covered, 10 mins., stirring
     occasionally.  Spread half the cheese into the baked crust, then
     the saute, then the rest of the cheese.  Pour the custard over
     and dust with paprika.  Base 35- 40 mins.  until set

    

    
    Re .4
    
    Do you think perhaps you could take the Spinach Pie recipe (just the 
    filling) and put that into the potatoe crust? This sounds like it would
    taste very good.  I think that I will attempt it this weekend!
    
    PB