Tourtiere De Quebec (Quebec Pork Pie)
Recipe
- Title:
- Tourtiere De Quebec (Quebec Pork Pie)
- Categories:
- Ethnic, Pork/ham
- Yield:
- 6 servings
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 lb Ground pork
- 1/4 ts Dried rosemary
- 1/2
- To 3/4 cup cold water
- 1/4 ts Grated nutmeg
- 1/2 c Onion, finely chopped
- Pinch
- cinnamon
- 1/4 c Celery, finely chopped
- Salt
- 1/2 ts Ground black pepper
- 1/4 c Old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1
- Bay leaf
- Pastry for double crust pie
- 1/2 ts Dried savoury
Directions
- This is considered Quebec style, using rolled oats instead of potatoes to thicken the filling shows a Scottish influence.
Directions
- Servings: 6
Directions
- In a large, heavy frying pan, combine pork with cold water and heat to boiling point.
- Add onion, celery, pepper, bay leaf, savoury, rosemary, nutmeg and cinnamon.
- Cook, covered, over medium-low heat for 1 1/2 hours, adding more water if mixture dries out.
- Halfway through cooking time, season with salt to taste.
- Stir in rolled oats and cook, stirring, for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Remove bay leaf.
Directions
- Meanwhile, line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry.
- When meat mixture is lukewarm, spoon into pie shell and cover with remaining pastry.
- Trim pastry, seal edges and cut steam vents in top crust.
- Decorate with pastry cutouts as desired.
- Bake in preheated 425 deg F oven for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 375 deg F and bake another 25 minutes or until crust is golden.
Directions
- Source: A Taste of Quebec by Julian Armstrong Posted by: Linda Davis
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