Tourtiere Du Quebec (French-Canadian Meat Pie)

Submitted by French Canadian Chef

"I grew in Quebec and always looked forward to Christmas to be able to eat meat pies. When I married & moved to the US, I took the recipe with me, no way I can spend Christmas without the smell of cooking meat pies. Luckily for me, hubby & kids are hooked. I've been making this recipe for years, delicious."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 35mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 1 pie
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1⁄3 lb ground beef
• 1⁄3 lb ground pork
• 1⁄3 lb ground veal
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 small potato, grated
• 1 small garlic clove, crushed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon celery salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon clove
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1 pastry for double-crust pie

directions

1. Place all the ingredients (except for pie shell) in a sauce pan and bring to boil and cook uncovered for 20 minutes over medium heat.
2. Cool the meat mixture and pour in pastry lined pan. Note: I like to cool mine in refrigerator over night if time permits.
3. Cover with the top crust, cut steam vents and bake in a 400F oven until golden, about 45 minutes.
4. Freeze well.
5. Note: If ground pork and ground veal cannot be found, you can use meatloaf mix which is all 3 meat but I'm not sure of the ratio.

Reviews

[Gary M.]

Thank you for this delicious recipe. The tortiere turned out fantastic and was loved by the family.

 

[Frank S.]

I am 10 th Generation French Canadian starting in 1655. My Memain, Grandma, and her 18 children celebrated New Years not Christmas. She spent the month prior to new years making meat pies, fruit pies and assembling the ingredients for Putzin (phonetically) dumplin's in a soup. Dumplins of pork, veal, beef. lost the list of ingredients. the above meat pie is a close make of her's. none are ever the exact same. i like mine hemogenous and not lumpy inside--more liquids in the making --and not dry to the taste.

 

[biggski56]

Made this Christmas last Dec.The Ladies have requested it for tonights Highlander Party.Excellent dish ,easy

 

[stephgrou]

My Dad is French-Canadian. Over the years we lost the recipe, I found this one. We made it and he told me it was just like his Mom MeMere would make. Definitely hit home with this one. I'm remaking it again for my family!! Thank You!!

 

[Sheila B.]

This is the exact same recipe as my French Canadian mother in law. Everyone loves it......even those who had previously stated that they hated tourtiere. LOL Thank you so much for sharing it as she passed away this year and now it is my turn to make it for Christmas and I couldn't find my recipe.