My Tourtiere

Name: My Tourtiere
Yield: recipe
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb lean ground beef; 1 lb ground pork; 2 cloves minced garlic; I medium onion chopped fine; 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp dried mustard; 1/2 tsp sage; 1/2 tsp dried thyme; 1/4 tsp cinnamon; 1/8 tsp cloves; 1/2 cup potato water; 2 medium potatoes,peeled,chopped, boiled & mashed (1 cup or so); 1 (9 inch) double crust pie shell

kokomayla @cook_kokomayla

This is a mix between my great Aunt Pearl's recipe and another recipe I found online, so i mixed the recipes together to create my own. Thank you hubby Mike for the photography excellence!!

kokomayla @cook_kokomayla

This is a mix between my great Aunt Pearl's recipe and another recipe I found online, so i mixed the recipes together to create my own. Thank you hubby Mike for the photography excellence!!

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Ingredients

recipe

1 lblean ground beef
1 lbground pork
2 clovesminced garlic
I medium onion chopped fine
2 tspsalt
1 tspdried mustard
1/2 tspsage
1/2 tspdried thyme
1/4 tspcinnamon
1/8 tspcloves
1/2 cuppotato water
2medium potatoes,peeled,chopped, boiled & mashed (1 cup or so)
1 (9 inch)double crust pie shell

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Steps

1

Boil potato. When finished reserve 1/2 cup of the water potatoes were boiled in. Drain and mash the potato. Leave in the pot for now.
2

In a pot or skillet large enough to accommodate, simmer the meats, onion and garlic on low for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Drain off any fat Add the seasonings and the potato water. Cook another 1/2 hr on low. Add your reserved mashed potatoes to meat mixture and combine well. Remove from heat. Cool completely.
3

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
4

If baking right away, brush with egg wash, and bake in preheated 400F oven for 30 - 40 minutes until crust is golden. Serve warm. If cooking from frozen, brush with egg wash and bake in preheated 400F oven for 50-60 minutes or until golden.