Tourtiere (French Pork Pie)

This tourtière (French pork pie) is the recipe my grandmother used to make. It uses only pork in the pie plus celery, onion, potatoes, cloves, and cinnamon.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 4 hr
• Total Time: 4 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 437 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups water
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 2 (15 ounce) packages refrigerated pie crusts
• 4 baking potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2.5 pounds lean ground pork

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine water, ground pork, onion, celery, salt, bay leaf, cloves, and cinnamon in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. (The water will help break up the raw pork.) Simmer until water has evaporated, about 3 hours. Remove from heat; discard bay leaf.

Step 2

Place potatoes into a separate saucepan towards end of pork cook time. Fill saucepan with enough water to cover potatoes; bring to a boil and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and mash potatoes. Stir mashed potatoes into pork until combined when pork is done.

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line two 9-inch pie plates with bottom crusts.

Step 4

Divide pork filling between crusts. Cover with top crusts; flute edges to seal.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until crusts are golden brown, about 45 minutes.