Tourtiere (French Canadian Meat Pie) - Dairy Free

This recipe makes 3 pies. A delicious meat pie that can be served with a wide variety of things. It is our Christmas Eve tradition to serve this with eggs and pan fried potatoes, but it is also yummy with mashed potatoes and veggies or anything else you can think of.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 15 mins
• Yields: 3 pies

Ingredients

• 3  pie crusts
• 2  lbs  ground lean pork (very good with 1 lb of each) or 2  lbs  ground veal (very good with 1 lb of each)
• 2  lbs lean ground beef
• 1  small  chopped onion
• 2  stalks  chopped celery
• 1  chopped garlic clove
• 1  dash salt
• 1  dash pepper
• 1 (10 3/4ounce) can  consomme
• 1⁄2-3⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon clove
• 1  pinch savory

Directions

1. Place meat onion, celery, garlic and salt and pepper in sauce pan, cook until meat is granular.
2. Put into dutch oven and fill pot until liquid covers the meat. If not enough consomme then add water.
3. Cook for 1 hour.
4. When done (mixture should still be "wet"). Remove from heat and mix in:
5. ½ to ¾ tsp cinnamon.
6. ¼ tsp clove.
7. Pinch of savory.
8. Fill 3 bottom pie shells (quite full) and wet edges with egg/water combination.
9. Put top crust on all 3 bottoms and using a fork, press down edges to seal.
10. Slice top a few times to allow steam to escape.
11. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes or until deep golden.
12. *You can add sprinkles of flour to meat mixture to thicken.