Tourtière (French Canadian Meat Pie)

This French Canadian meat pie (tourtière) contains pork, potatoes, onions, and spices.

Preparation Details

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 2 hrs 45 mins

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins

Servings: 8

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

Steps

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.