Tourtière is a French meat pie and is hearty and savoury, making more than enough for a family meal. Tourtière can be looked at as a variation of Shepherd’s Pie, but surrounded with flakey crust instead of topped with whipped potatoes.
Looking back on old posts, this Tourtière recipe was inspired from Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives back in 2010!
Tourtière - French Meat Pie
Ingredients
- 1/2 small bag of baby potatoes
- 8 pieces of bacon
- 1 red onion chopped small
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
Spice Mix
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sage
- S&P to taste
Instructions
- Boil the potatoes until tender, mash (skins on) with cream and butter, S&P to taste. Set aside.
- Render the bacon down, remove from pan, crumble when it has cooled, and set aside.
- Add the onion and saute until softened and transparent.
- Add the meat and cook until browned.
- In a bowl, mix all meat, potatoes, bacon, and spices thoroughly, place into deep dish pie shell, egg wash the edges, place another deep dish pie shell on top. Fork both pie shells together, cut slits on top, brush with egg wash.
- Cook at 350°F for 50 min to 1 hour until crust is nice and brown.
FRENCH MEAT PIE