Tourtiere (french Canadian Meat Pie) - Dairy Free

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 pie crusts
• 2 lbs ground lean lamb (very good with 1 lb of each) or 2 lbs 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

Recipe

• 1 place meat onion, celery, garlic and salt and pepper in sauce pan, cook until meat is granular.
• 2 put into dutch oven and fill pot until liquid covers the meat. if not enough consomme then add water.
• 3 cook for 1 hour.
• 4 when done (mixture should still be "wet"). remove from heat and mix in:.
• 5 ½ to ¾ tsp cinnamon.
• 6 ¼ tsp clove.
• 7 pinch of savory.
• 8 fill 3 bottom pie shells (quite full) and wet edges with egg/water combination.
• 9 put top crust on all 3 bottoms and using a fork, press down edges to seal.
• 10 slice top a few times to allow steam to escape.
• 11 bake at 350°f for 45 minutes or until deep golden.
• 12 *you can add sprinkles of flour to meat mixture to thicken.