Tourtière (French Pork Pie)

This tourtière (French pork pie) is the recipe my grandmother used to make. It uses 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

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

Step 2

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

Step 3

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

Step 4

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

Step 5

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