Tourtière (French Canadian Meat Pie)
Description
A tourtière is a French Canadian meat pie made with deliciously seasoned ground pork, mashed potatoes, and onion in a double crust pie pastry.
Ingredients
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1 large baking potato
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1 1/2 pounds ground pork
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1 large onion, minced
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
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1 pinch ground allspice
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1/2 cup water
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1 (14 1/10 ounce) package double-crust pie pastry, thawed
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1 large egg, beaten
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1/4 teaspoon paprika, or to taste
Directions
1
Gather all ingredients.
2
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
3
Prick potato several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet.
4
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.
5
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.
6
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
7
Line a deep-dish pie plate with one pastry. Spoon in pork and potato filling.
8
Cover with remaining pastry. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with paprika. Cut a steam vent in pastry.
9
Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. If the edges brown too fast, cover them with a strip of foil. Serve warm.