Traditional French Canadian Tortiere

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 565.8
  • Total Fat: 37.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 81.4 mg
  • Sodium: 927.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 32.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.3 g
  • Protein: 22.3 g

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Introduction

A recipe handed down from a dear family friend and through my family for traditional French Canadian Christmas Eve Dinner A recipe handed down from a dear family friend and through my family for traditional French Canadian Christmas Eve Dinner
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    24 oz Pork, fresh, ground, raw
    1 medium (2-1/2" dia) Onions, raw
    1 clove Garlic
    1.5 tsp Salt
    .125 tsp Cloves, ground
    1 large (3" to 4-1/4" dia.) Potato, raw
    .5 tsp Thyme, ground
    .5 tsp Sage, ground
    .5 tbsp Parsley, dried
    .5 tsp Mustard Powder, Dried Spice - 1 tsp ggg (by MG7_FIT)
    2 crust, single 9" Pie crust, frozen, ready-to-bake

Tips

Serve with Roasted Veggies of any type


Directions

1) Skin and cut potato in chunks then boil, uncovered for 30 minutes. When done, remove from water and hand mash, save 1/2 cup of the water used to boil.
2) While Potato is boiling, mix all dry spices , minced onion, minced garlic and ground pork in sauce pan and combine/ cook until almost fully cooked.
3) When potato is done, add mashed potato and potato water to meat mixture and fully combine.
4) Add meat mixture to pie crust lined pie dish then cover with second pie crust and pinch crust together 360 degrees to close.
5) Bake at 425 degrees for 30 minutes
6) Serve

Serving Size: 1/6 of 9 Inch Pie

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DANAGIRL23.