Name: Traditional Beef Tourtière
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 lb (500 g) ground beef; ½ lb (250 g) ground pork; 1 onion, chopped; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 celery stalk, diced; ½ tsp EACH dried thyme and sage; ¼ tsp EACH ground cloves and cinnamon; 1 ½ cups leftover mashed potatoes; 2 tbsp fresh parsley, minced; 2 9” (23 cm) ready-made uncooked pie shells (or homemade pastry for 1 double crust pie)

Tourtiere is a French Canadian classic dish that is traditionally serviced Christmas eve. If you’ve never had tourtière as a family tradition, this one is so easy and so delicious, we’re guessing that this one will be it!

Ingredients

1 lb (500 g) ground beef

½ lb (250 g) ground pork

1 onion, chopped

1 garlic clove, minced

1 celery stalk, diced

½ tsp EACH dried thyme and sage

¼ tsp EACH ground cloves and cinnamon

1 ½ cups leftover mashed potatoes

2 tbsp fresh parsley, minced

2 9” (23 cm) ready-made uncooked pie shells (or homemade pastry for 1 double crust pie)

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Directions

Pan fry in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat ground beef, ground pork, onion, garlic, celery, thyme, sage, cloves and cinnamon for 10 minutes. DON’T DRAIN. Remove from heat. Stir in leftover mashed potatoes, minced fresh parsley.

Spoon into a 9-inch (23 cm) pie shell. Top with second pie crust and cut steam vents in top crust.

Bake in 400°F (200°C) oven until hot and golden brown, 35 to 45 minutes.

Cook’s Notes

Use the food processor to mince the onions and garlic in a snap. Pulse quartered onions and peeled garlic cloves a few times to mince.

Find ready-made pastry chilled in the cookie dough section of the grocery store.

Category: Casseroles, Ground Beef, Oven
Method: Cold Weather, Comfort Foods, Dinner Party, Dollar Wise, Kid Friendly