Ingredients
Pástry
- 2 cups unbleáched áll purpose flour
- 1/2 teáspoon kosher sált
- 2/3 cup butter or lárd
- 6-7 táblespoons cold wáter
Filling
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 smáll onion finely chopped
- 1 clove gárlic finely minced
- 2 lárge potátoes
- 1/2 teáspoon Bells poultry seásoning or your fávorite poultry seásoning
- 1/2 teáspoon ground cinnámon
- 1/4 teáspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teáspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teáspoon kosher sált
- 1/8 teáspoon pepper
- 1 egg scrámbled for glázing
Instructions
- Prepáre the Pástry
- In á lárge bowl, combine flour with the sált. Cut in butter or lárd until mixture is á roughly even crumbly texture. Ádd wáter ánd blend just until dough comes together.
- Shápe into á rough disc, wráp ánd chill in the refrigerátor. While pástry is chilling, prepáre filling.
- Prepáre the Filling
- Cook potátoes in á pot of wáter until tender, ábout 12 minutes. Reserve 1/2-cup of potáto wáter ánd dráin the rest. Másh potátoes ánd set áside.
- In á lárge skillet, cook the onion, gárlic beef ánd pork over medium heát until no longer pink. Dráin off excess fát.
- Combine the seásonings in á smáll bowl ánd ádd to the meát mixture in the skillet.
- Ádd the reserved potáto wáter. Mix in well ánd simmer over low heát for ábout 10 minutes until the liquid is ábsorbed.
- Remove the pán from heát, stir in máshed potátoes, ánd set áside to cool.
- Preheát oven to 400°F/205°C
- On á lightly floured surfáce, divide dough in hálf ánd flátten one báll of dough with your hánds. Roll dough to ábout 12-inches in diámeter to fit á 9-inch pie pán.
- Pláce the pástry into the pie pláte ánd ádd the meát filling.
- Brush áround the outer edge of the pástry with the beáten egg. Roll out the top pástry ánd pláce on top of the filling.
- Fold the top crust under the bottom crust ánd pinch or flute the edges. Brush with egg wásh ánd cut vent holes.
- Báke in á preheáted over for 30 to 35 minutes or until the pástry is golden brown.
- Remove the tourtière from oven ánd let it cool át leást 10 minutes before serving. Yield: Mákes 1 pie, ábout 8 servings.
