Terri's Tourtiers (French-Canadian Santa Pies)

Serves: 4

Darlene Legros

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

41

Sweetness

55

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.4

Difficulty

Ingredients:

5 cups

Water

2 tbsps

Salt

Directions:

1

Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan; crumble pork into the boiling water

2

Reduce heat and simmer until pork is no longer pink, 10 to 15 minutes

3

Drain water into a large bowl and transfer pork to a separate bowl; refrigerate pork

4

Refrigerate broth until fat separates from water, at least 1 hour

5

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)

6

Place pork in a large skillet; add onions and salt

7

Cook and stir pork mixture over medium heat until onion is soft and translucent, 10 to 15 minutes

8

Skim and discard the fat from the broth

9

Pour the remaining broth over the pork-onion mixture; stir in bread crumbs and allspice until well mixed

10

Add more bread crumbs if mixture is runny

11

Remove skillet from heat

12

Press 5 pie crusts into five 9-inch pie dishes

13

Divide ground pork mixture among the 5 prepared pie crusts

14

Place 1 pie crust over each pie, crimping edges together to seal

15

Cut slits into the top crust of each pie for ventilation

16

Bake in the preheated oven until pies are golden brown, about 1 hour