Tourtiere
The Tourtiere is a well known Canadian dish usually made with ground meat and potatoes. It’s a popular tradition for Canadians to serve this meat pie at Christmas and New Year’s celebrations.
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 cups Bisquick
- ¾ cup shortening, chilled
- 8 tbsp cold water
Filling
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 large potato, peeled and grated
- 1 cup mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 pinch cloves
- 1 pinch of nutmeg
- 1 egg, beaten for brushing
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, place two cups of Bisquick and three quarters of a cup of chilled shortening. It’s easier if the shortening is cut into cubes. Mix with a pastry cutter until crumbly. Pour eight tablespoons of water into the mixture and mix until the dough becomes moist but not sticky. If too sticky, add a little Bisquick.
- Divide the dough into two equal pieces, wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator while preparing the filling.
- In a large skillet, heat two tablespoons of vegetable oil.
- Add two pounds of ground beef, one large grated potato, one cup of sliced mushrooms, and one chopped onion. Cook until the meat has browned and drain any excess liquid.
- Stir in two cloves of minced garlic, two teaspoons of salt, one teaspoon of thyme, one teaspoon of pepper, and a pinch of cloves and nutmeg. Cook for an additional five minutes. Remove from heat and place in the refrigerator for at least thirty minutes.
- Preheat the oven to four hundred degrees and grease a pie pan.
- Roll out each piece of dough and place one into the bottom of the greased pan.
- Spoon in the filling and place the top piece of pie pastry over the top.
- Seal the edges, brush the top with the beaten egg and vent using the tines of a fork.
- Bake for approximately one hour and enjoy.
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