HEAVEN AND EARTH

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Provided by Kimberly Biegacki

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 lb potatoes, pared, cut into thin wedges (i use red)
boiling salted water
1 lb apples, pared, cored, cut into wedges
2 to 3 Tbsp butter or margarine
1/8 to 1/2 tsp ground cloves
salt and pepper
4 slice bacon, cooked crisp (peppered bacon would be awesome)
chopped parsley for garnish

Steps:

1. In a medium saucepan, cook potatoes in boiling salted water or steam for 15 to 20 minutes or until tender. Drain and set aside. In another saucepan, place apples in small amount of water and cook about 10 minutes or untl apples are soft. Drain. If you are using two different types of apples make sure they are cooked to the same degree. I didn't check mine and so we had the red apples cooked perfectly and the yellow apples were still a little underdone.
2. In a 1-quart buttered baking dish, alternately layer potatoes and apples, distributing butter throughout, and sprinkling with cloves, salt and black pepper. ----I doubled this recipe in these pictures and place them in a 2 1/2 quart dish.
3. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until heated through. Top with bacon. (The bacon slices can be laid on top or crumbled; either way is yummy.) Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.
4. We served this tonight with some scrambled eggs but this would be delish with pork loin, a roast or my husband said even corn beef too. The butter resides more down at the bottom so if you know that you want more butter spoon some of it out and pour over the top.