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:
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