Preheat oven to 350.
Prepare pie shell and press into pie plate; sprinkle ½ of Swiss cheese in pie shell and bake 10 minutes on lowest rack of oven; cool.
In medium skillet, sauté apples and shallots in butter until soft (about 8-10 minutes).
Stir in flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Spread apple mixture evenly in pie shell; sprinkle with remaining Swiss cheese.
In separate glass bowl whisk together eggs, half & half and salt.
Place pie plate on lowest rack in oven; pour egg mixture over apples and cheese.
Bake until firm and knife comes out clean (about 60 minutes).
Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes.
Serve warm.
Recipe, submitted by Jennifer Vick of DeWitt, Michigan, was a winner in the 2009 Michigan Apple Committee online amateur recipe contest.
