Recipe: Yummy Tourtiere

Tourtiere. Tourtière is a Canadian meat pie dish originating from the province of Quebec, usually made with minced pork, veal or beef and potatoes. A traditional part of the Christmas réveillon and New Year's Eve meal in Quebec. Tourtière, also known as pork pie or meat pie, is a traditional French-Canadian pie enjoyed throughout Canada and New England.

Contains pork, potatoes, onions and spices. My grandmother's tourtière tasted exactly like this except that she never used potatoes starch or bread crumbs in her tourtière. From Canadian French tourtière, from a cooking vessel of the same name, from French tourte ("meat pie"). You can cook Tourtiere using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Tourtiere

1. Prepare of Puff pastry.
2. It's 500 g of minced meat.
3. Prepare 1 of onion.
4. Prepare 2 pieces of garlic.
5. It's of Dhania.
6. You need of Oregano.
7. Prepare of Garam masala.
8. Prepare of Cinnamon.
9. Prepare of Cayenne.
10. You need of Paprika.
11. Prepare to taste of Salt and pepper.
12. It's 3 of potatoes.

There is a common false etymology that it derives from the alternative meaning tourte ("passenger pigeon"). tourtière (plural tourtières). This is my version of the classic Quebecois meat pie recipe - tourtiere. Tourtière Video (scroll down for printable recipe). Part nine in my Christmas Around the World series!

Tourtiere instructions

1. In a pan saute onions add in garlic, salt and pepper and all spices above. Set aside.
2. In the same pan put your meat and let it cook out. Grate in your potatoes. Then the onion mixture..
3. Add water like 1/2 cup and let it cook out till dry. Add chopped dhania and let cool..
4. Rollout your pastry. Fit into your baking tin or pie tin. Put the meat filling and press down to ensure it doesn't retain air..
5. Rub the top edge with egg wash all around. Cover with another layer of pastry and tuck in the edges. Cut off the excess.
6. Cut the top to create space for air to escape and rub with egg wash. Bake at 180 degrees for 1 hour. Enjoy.

Originally a tourtiére was a HUGE meat pie baked in the deep dish for which it is named. Making a tourtiere is an annual Christmas tradition for many French Canadian families. This venison tourtiere recipe marries the complexities of a meat pie brought together with a special blend of herbs. Tourtiere definition: type of meat pie Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. tourtière in British English. (ˌtʊətɪˈɛə , French turtjɛr).