Tourtière (French Canadian Meat Pie)

A tourtière is a French Canadian meat pie made with deliciously seasoned ground pork, mashed potatoes, and onion in a double crust pie pastry.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr 45 mins
• Total Time: 3 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 485 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (14.1 ounce) package double-crust pie pastry, thawed
• 1 large baking potato
• 1 large onion, minced
• 1 pinch ground allspice
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 cup water
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cloves
• 0.25 teaspoon paprika, or to taste
• 1.5 pounds ground pork

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

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

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.

Step 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.

Step 6

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