Name: Tourtière (French Canadian Meat Pie)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Baking potato - 1 large; Ground pork - 1 ½ pounds; Onion, minced - 1 large; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Ground black pepper - ½ teaspoon; Ground cinnamon - ½ teaspoon; Ground cloves - ¼ teaspoon; Ground allspice - 1 pinch; Water - ½ cup; Double-crust pie pastry, thawed - 1 (14.1 ounce) package; Egg, beaten - 1 large; Paprika, or to taste - ¼ teaspoon

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20 min.

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Ingredients for - Tourtière (French Canadian Meat Pie)

1. Baking potato - 1 large

2. Ground pork - 1 ½ pounds

3. Onion, minced - 1 large

4. Salt - ½ teaspoon

5. Ground black pepper - ½ teaspoon

6. Ground cinnamon - ½ teaspoon

7. Ground cloves - ¼ teaspoon

8. Ground allspice - 1 pinch

9. Water - ½ cup

10. Double-crust pie pastry, thawed - 1 (14.1 ounce) package

11. Egg, beaten - 1 large

12. Paprika, or to taste - ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Tourtière (French Canadian Meat Pie)

1. Stage

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

2. Stage

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.

3. Stage

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.

4. Stage

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

5. Stage

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.

6. Stage

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