Recipe of the Week: French Canadian Meat Pie

This hearty meal is as authentic as you can get for Tourtière so treat your family to a flavorful alternative to meatloaf and earn up to 1,257 Points!

Ingredients

  • 1 large baking potato (earn 3 Points)
  • 1 ½ pounds ground pork (earn up to 638 Points)
  • 1 large onion, minced (earn 3 Points)
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper (earn 9 Points)
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (earn 9 Points)
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 pinch ground allspice
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 (14.1 ounce) package double-crust pie pastry, thawed
  • 1 large egg, beaten (earn up to 595 Points)
  • ¼ teaspoon paprika, or to taste

Directions

  1. Gather all ingredients.
  2. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
  3. Prick potato several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let cool for 10 minutes, then discard skin and mash flesh. Turn the oven off.
  5. Place mashed potato into a large skillet with ground pork, onion, water, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and allpsice. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until very thick, at least 1 hour.
  6. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  7. Line a deep-dish pie plate with one pastry. Spoon in pork and potato filling.
  8. Cover with remaining pastry. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with paprika. Cut a steam vent in pastry.
  9. Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. If the edges brown too fast, cover them with a strip of foil. Serve warm.

See full recipe here.

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