Description
French Canadian Tourtiere. Contains pork, potatoes, onions and spices.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds ground pork
- 1 large baking potato
- 1 large onion, minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 dash ground allspice
- ½ cup water
- 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust deep dish pie
- 1 egg
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
Instructions
- Bake the potato until done
- 30 – 45 minutes in a preheated 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) oven. Peel and mash the potato.
- Place the potato
- ground pork
- onion
- spices and water in a large frying pan and simmer until very thick
- for about one hour.
- Meanwhile
- prepare your pastry.
- Line a deep-dish pie plate with pastry. Spoon in filling
- spreading evenly. Cover with top crust.
- Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with paprika
- if desired. Cut steam vent. Bake for 50 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). If edges brown too fast
- cover with a strip of foil. Serve warm.
Servings: 8