Canadian Meat Pie - French Canadian Tourtiere Recipe
Servings 32 Slices
Calories 334kcal
Ingredients
- 3 lbs Lean Ground Beef
- 1 lbs Ground Pork
- 3 Medium Onions
- 1/2 tsp Sage
- 3/4 tsp Ground Cloves
- 3/4 tsp Pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp Marjoram
- 1 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 cup Hot Water
- 1-2 cups of Bread Crumbs
- 4 Pastry crusts top and bottom
Instructions
- In a large pot or large skillet cook Ground Beef and Ground Pork over medium heat
- Once cooked you can drain the excess fat from the meat mixture.
- Mix in Onions, Cloves, Pepper, Marjoram, and Salt
- Add Hot water (reduce volume if you did not drain meat in step 2)
- Add in bread crumbs a little at a time until most of the liquid as been absorbed, for me this is usually around 1 cup of crumbs.
- Simmer on low for 15-20 min, then allow meat mixture to cool (Can put in the fridge to speed up the process). The meat mixture should not be runny. If it is too dry add a little water a tbsp at a time.
- Divide cooled filling into the 4 pastry crusts bottoms, and cover with top layer of pastry. Trim excess dough from the edges and pinch the edges to seal the crust together. Poke holes to allow for venting.
- Use foil to cover edges of of the pie crust to prevent burning
- Preheat oven and Bake at 350 for 45 mins or until heated through and crust is golden brown. Remove foil for last 10 minutes of baking to brown edges