Tourtiere (French Canadian Meat Pie) - Dairy Free

photo by Dreamer in Ontario

- Ready In:
- 2hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- 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 3/4 ounce) can consomme
- 1⁄2 - 3⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon clove
- 1 pinch savory
directions
- Place meat onion, celery, garlic and salt and pepper in sauce pan, cook until meat is granular.
- Put into dutch oven and fill pot until liquid covers the meat. If not enough consomme then add water.
- Cook for 1 hour.
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When done (mixture should still be "wet"). Remove from heat and mix in:
- ½ to ¾ tsp cinnamon.
- ¼ tsp clove.
- Pinch of savory.
- Fill 3 bottom pie shells (quite full) and wet edges with egg/water combination.
- Put top crust on all 3 bottoms and using a fork, press down edges to seal.
- Slice top a few times to allow steam to escape.
- Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes or until deep golden.
- *You can add sprinkles of flour to meat mixture to thicken.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Rnault
Canada
Most of my recipes are dairy free since I discovered many years ago that I am lactose intolerant. While I have had to give up some much-loved recipes, we have discovered that most can be modified to accommodate the changes to our diet. Most of my recipes say dairy free but there are a few from my childhood that may have dairy! I also have an intolerance to MSG so we spend a lot of time reading labels. Usually, it is just easier to cook from scratch, so we don't use many pre-made foods from the grocery store.</p> I like recipes I can make with minimal ingredients, real food I have in my kitchen, that are also easy to make!