Tourtiere (French Canadian Meat Pie) - Dairy Free

Ingredients

• 3 pie crusts
• 2 lbs ground lean pork or ground veal (very good with 1 lb of each)
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 small chopped onion
• 2 stalks chopped celery
• 1 chopped garlic clove
• 1 dash salt
• 1 dash pepper

• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can consomme
• 1/2-3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1 pinch savory

Directions

1. 1

   Place meat onion, celery, garlic and salt and pepper in sauce pan, cook until meat is granular.

2. 2

   Put into dutch oven and fill pot until liquid covers the meat. If not enough consomme then add water.

3. 3

   Cook for 1 hour.

4. 4

   When done (mixture should still be "wet"). Remove from heat and mix in:.

5. 5

   ½ to ¾ tsp cinnamon.

6. 6

   ¼ tsp clove.

7. 7

   Pinch of savory.

8. 8

   Fill 3 bottom pie shells (quite full) and wet edges with egg/water combination.

9. 9

   Put top crust on all 3 bottoms and using a fork, press down edges to seal.

10. 10

    Slice top a few times to allow steam to escape.

11. 11

    Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes or until deep golden.

12. 12

    *You can add sprinkles of flour to meat mixture to thicken.