My Tourtiere. My grandmother's tourtière tasted exactly like this except that she never used potatoes starch or bread crumbs in her tourtière(which she found diminished the taste of the meat and the spices). This recipe is for all my fellow Canadians and especially my fellow Quebecers. You can't have a proper Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday without a Canadian tourtiere.
If you can make an apple pie, you can make this savory tourte. With its pleasing mix of spices, and just-right richness, it's a great. Originating in Quebec, Tourtiere is a traditional French Canadian Christmas recipe. You can cook My Tourtiere using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of My Tourtiere
- You need 1 lb of lean ground beef.
- Prepare 1 lb of ground pork.
- Prepare 2 cloves of minced garlic.
- Prepare of I medium onion chopped fine.
- It's 2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1/4 of ground cloves.
- It's 1/4 of ground pepper.
- Prepare 1/4 of dried thyme.
- You need 1/4 tsp of dried sage.
- You need 1/2 tsp of celery salt.
- You need 1 of bay leaf.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of beef stock.
- You need 2 of medium potatoes,peeled,chopped, boiled & mashed (1 cup or so).
- It's 1 (9 inch) of double crust pie shell.
Learn how to make this Canadian meat pie recipe with flaky crust and hearty, spiced filling, just in time for the holidays. Memere Rousseau's Tourtiere (Meat Pie Recipe). Making my tourtiere as I type this. Such wonderful memories of my childhood Christmases spent in Stornoway and Nantes QC.
My Tourtiere instructions
- Simmer all the ingredients except the mashed potatoes on low for 2-3 hours, stirring occasionally..
- Remove the bay leaf. You don't want the meat to be bone dry but there should be no liquid at the bottom. If it is too dry just add a bit of water. Cool completely..
- Fill the pie plate with the cooled meat mixture. Cover with the top part of pastry and seal the edges. Make an egg wash and brush on the pastry.
- Bake at 400f for 10 minutes then reduce heat to 350 for another 40-50 minute bake. Serve warm.
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