Tourtière (French Canadian Meat Pie)

Ingredients

• 1 large baking potato
• 1.5 pounds ground pork
• 1 large onion , minced
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.5 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 0.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.25 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1 pinch ground allspice
• 0.5 cups water
• 1 package double-crust pie pastry , 14.1 ounce
• 1 large egg , beaten
• 0.25 teaspoons paprika , or to taste

Instructions

1. 1

   Gather all ingredients.

2. 2

   Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

3. 3

   Prick potato several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let cool for 10 minutes, then discard skin and mash flesh. Turn the oven off.

5. 5

   Place mashed potato into a large skillet with ground pork, onion, water, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and allpsice. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until very thick, at least 1 hour.

6. 6

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

7. 7

   Line a deep-dish pie plate with one pastry. Spoon in pork and potato filling.

8. 8

   Cover with remaining pastry. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with paprika. Cut a steam vent in pastry.

9. 9

   Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. If the edges brown too fast, cover them with a strip of foil. Serve warm.