Tourtiere
A Canadian dinner made with pork. Ready in about 55 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 25 minPrep (about)
- 30 minCook (about)
- 55 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 13 oz ground pork Shopping tip: Ground pork (UK: pork mince).
Fresh & other
- 1 potato
- 1 onion
- 1 garlic clove
- ¼ cup + 1 tbsp vegetable stock Shopping tip: Vegetable broth (carton or can), or a bouillon cube in hot water.
- 11 oz shortcrust pastry Shopping tip: Refrigerated pie crust (UK: shortcrust pastry).
- To Glaze egg
Sauces & oils
- ¾ tsp sunflower oil
Spices & seasonings (3): cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp allspice
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Turn the oven on to 400°F (350°F for a fan oven).
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Boil the potato until soft, drain and mash.
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Leave to cool.
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Heat your oil in a non-stick pan.
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Add the mince and onion and fast fry until browned.
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Add the a little salt, plenty of pepper, stock, spices and garlic.
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Mix well.
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Take it off the heat.
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Stir into the potato.
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Leave to cool.
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Roll out half your pastry plus line your base of 20-9 inches pie plate or flan tin.
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Fill with the pork mix plus brush your edges of the pastry with water.
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Roll out the remaining dough.
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Cover the pie.
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Press your edges of your pastry to seal, trimming off the excess.
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Prick the top of your pastry case to let steam to escape plus glaze the top with the beaten egg.
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Cook in the oven for 30 mins till the pastry is crisp and golden.
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Dish up cut in wedges with a crisp green salad.
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Leftovers are good cold for lunch your next day, served using a selection of pickles.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.