Tourtière (Pork Pie)

Ingredients

• 1 potato, cubed
• 2 lbs lean minced pork
• ¼ cup chopped onion
• ½ tsp salt
• Dash of pepper
• ¼ cup boiling water
• ¼ tsp allspice
• ¼ tsp clove
• Pastry for double-crust pie
• Milk for brushing on crust

Directions

1. Mix pork, onion, and water.
2. Cook at least 2-3 hours.
3. Add salt, pepper, allspice, clove, nutmeg, and potato and continue to simmer.
4. Skim fat.
5. Preheat oven to 425℉.
6. Line nine-inch pie plate with pastry and fill with meat mixture.
7. Place water on edge of pie crust.
8. Cover with top pastry and make a hole (about size of aperitif glass) in the middle.
9. Brush milk on top to help it brown.
10. Bake at 425℉ until lightly browned, approximately 30 minutes.