Our classic French Tourtiere pork pie recipe is full of warm spices and great for the holidays, but easy enough to make any day! In a large skillet, brown the ground meats with onions and garlic. Drain the fat. Add spices and mix well. Mix prepared mashed potatoes into meat mixture.
I drank more coffee (you know, to celebrate) aaaaaand now we can finally get back to the low carb Tourtiere recipe that’s been over one year in the making. If you’ve never had a Tourtiere it’s a meat pie typically made with ground pork, mashed potatoes or ritz crackers for filler, and fragrant herbs and spices like sage, allspice, cloves, etc.
This French Canadian Pork Pie is simple, cozy, and flavorful, and a great way to make use of leftover mashed potatoes. This version was inspired by the 100-year-old family recipe of Raymond (“Moose”) and Penny Despres, whose cooking we featured in January/February 2010. (We streamlined the technique and changed the spices.)
Some versions of tourtière are made from only ground or chopped pork, but we have always made it with a mix of pork and beef. Several accounts suggested that using potatoes was frowned upon because that meant you could not afford meat. In this recipe, I feel the potatoes are essential to help bind the ingredients together.