Tourtière (French Canadian Meat Pie) (2024)

• Recipes
• Meat and Poultry
• Pork
• Ground Pork Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 large baking potato

• 1 ½ pounds ground pork

• 1 large onion, minced

• ½ teaspoon salt

• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper

• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves

• 1 pinch ground allspice

• ½ cup water

• 1 (14.1 ounce) package double-crust pie pastry, thawed

• 1 large egg, beaten

• ¼ teaspoon paprika, or to taste

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

2. Prick potato several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let cool for 10 minutes, then discard skin and mash flesh. Turn the oven off.

3. Place mashed potato into a large skillet with ground pork, onion, water, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and allpsice. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until very thick, at least 1 hour.

4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

5. Line a deep-dish pie plate with one pastry. Spoon in pork and potato filling, then cover with remaining pastry. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with paprika. Cut a steam vent in pastry.

6. Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. If the edges brown too fast, cover them with a strip of foil. Serve warm.

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