Meat Pie ( Tourtiere )

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs medium ground lamb
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef
• 1/4 medium onion, grated
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup peeled and grated potato (uncooked)
• pie pastry, for 3 pies top and bottom

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy bottom pot, place meat, onion, water, salt, and pepper.bring to a boil and reduce heat to medium.cook until meat is no longer pink.
• 2 add allspice, nutmeg, and cloves. mix well and taste. add salt to taste, if necessary.
• 3 gently place pie crust in pie plates.
• 4 spread half of grated potato over each pie crust.
• 5 sprinkle lightly with salt.
• 6 top potatoes in each pie with about 1/2 of meat mixture.
• 7 cover pies with remaining pastry dough.
• 8 seal edges and cut vents into top pastry to allow steam to escape. pastry can be coated with egg wash, if desired.
• 9 bake meat pies in 400 degree oven for 15 minutes.
• 10 reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for another 35 minutes.
• 11 if serving hot, remove from oven and let stand 5 – 10 minutes before serving.
• 12 if serving cold, chill pies for at least 2 hours or overnight before slicing.