Tourtierre

This is something we usually eat around the holidays because it can be made ahead and kept frozen, I think it is a French Canadian recipe (although I’m not French Canadian).

Ingredients

Filling

1lb ground turkey

1lb 98% lean ground beef

2 yellow onions, grated

1 cup water

2 t salt

½ t pepper

½ t thyme

½ t savory

½ t oregano

½ t parsley

½ t allspice

2 gloves garlic, minced

1 cups quick oats

Pastry (this is the same as the pie recipe from Thanksgiving)

3 cups unbleached flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup unsalted butter (softened)

2/3 cup (or less) ice cold water

Preparation

Filling

-simmer meat with onions and water until thoroughly cooked

-mix in herbs, spices, and garlic

-once cooked mixture cools add quick oats, add more if mixture is still watery

Pastry

-cut together all ingredients except water with fork or pastry blender

-quickly stir in ice water and form into two flattened balls, add more water if needed for consistency, do not overwork

-flour board and rolling pin

-roll out into two circles about 1/8 inch, will make 2 pastry crusts (one top and one bottom)

-Place one pastry circle in the bottom of a pie pan, fill with seasoned and cooked ground meat

-Brush edges of bottom pastry with water, then cover with second pastry circle, trim and crimp edges.
-add vents to top crust (If making ahead cover well with saran wrap and freeze until needed*. Tourtierre can be kept frozen and then cooked as usual once completely thawed).

-bake at 400 for 10 minutes, then at 350 for 30-40 minutes

 

Shopping List

1lb ground turkey

1lb 98% lean ground beef

2 yellow onions

salt

pepper

thyme

savory

oregano

parsley

allspice

garlic

1 cups quick oats

unbleached flour

salt

baking powder

unsalted butter