Tourtière (French Canadian Meat Pie)

Name: Tourtière (French Canadian Meat Pie)
Total time: 195
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 large baking potato; 1.5 pounds ground pork; 1 large onion, minced; 0.5 teaspoon salt; 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper; 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0.25 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 pinch ground allspice; 0.5 cup water; 1 (14.1 ounce) package double-crust pie pastry, thawed; 1 large egg, beaten; 0.25 teaspoon paprika, or to taste

Recipe by Maggie Rogers from allrecipes.com

Dinner 3 Hr. 15 Mins.

Ingredients

8 servings

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1 large baking potato
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1.5 pounds ground pork
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1 large onion, minced
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0.5 teaspoon salt
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0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
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0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon

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0.25 teaspoon ground cloves
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1 pinch ground allspice
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0.5 cup water
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1 (14.1 ounce) package double-crust pie pastry, thawed
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1 large egg, beaten
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0.25 teaspoon paprika, or to taste

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
Prick potato several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let cool for 10 minutes, then discard skin and mash flesh. Turn the oven off.
Place mashed potato into a large skillet with ground pork, onion, water, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and allpsice. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until very thick, at least 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Line a deep-dish pie plate with one pastry. Spoon in pork and potato filling, then cover with remaining pastry. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with paprika. Cut a steam vent in pastry.
Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. If the edges brown too fast, cover them with a strip of foil. Serve warm.