Terri's Tourtiers (French-Canadian Santa Pies) Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Christmas Recipes. (Terri's Tourtiers (French-Canadian Santa Pies) Recipe). This recipe is a Christmas tradition first given to me by my French-Canadian sister-in-law in the form of a lovely homemade pie. Her family has made dozens of these to share every year with friends and family during the holiday season for generations. In fact, earlier generations stored their newly made pies in the snow banks outside their Quebec homes for keeping through the winter. The tradition of gathering the family to share the assembly of dozens of pies still thrives to this day. Her little grandson could not pronounce the name so he renamed them Santa pies, and the tradition continues. Serve with cornichons or gherkins and grainy Dijon mustard.

Brief

Prep 1hr

Cook: 1hr20 mins

Additional: 1hr

Total: 3hrs20 mins

Servings: 30

Yield: 30 servings

Terri's Tourtiers (French-Canadian Santa Pies) Recipe

Ingredients

5 cups water

5 pounds lean ground pork

3 onions

chopped

2 tablespoons salt

2 ½ cups ground dry bread crumbs

or more as needed

1 teaspoon ground allspice

5 pastries for double-crust pies

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Directions

Step 1

Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan; crumble pork into the boiling water. Reduce heat and simmer until pork is no longer pink 10 to 15 minutes. Drain water into a large bowl and transfer pork to a separate bowl; refrigerate pork. Refrigerate broth until fat separates from water at least 1 hour.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 3

Place pork in a large skillet; add onions and salt. Cook and stir pork mixture over medium heat until onion is soft and translucent 10 to 15 minutes.

Step 4

Skim and discard the fat from the broth. Pour the remaining broth over the pork-onion mixture; stir in bread crumbs and allspice until well mixed. Add more bread crumbs if mixture is runny. Remove skillet from heat.

Step 5

Press 5 pie crusts into five 9-inch pie dishes. Divide ground pork mixture among the 5 prepared pie crusts. Place 1 pie crust over each pie crimping edges together to seal. Cut slits into the top crust of each pie for ventilation.

Step 6

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

Nutritional Information

Terri's Tourtiers (French-Canadian Santa Pies) Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:30

Calories: 499.1

% Daily Value *

Protein: 18.4g 37%

Carbohydrates: 35g 11%

Dietary Fiber: 2.9g 12%

Sugars: 1.1g

Fat: 31.3g 48%

Saturated Fat: 9.1g 46%

Cholesterol: 49.1mg 16%

Vitamin A Iu: 4.9IU

Niacin Equivalents: 8.6mg 66%

Vitamin B6: 0.2mg 15%

Vitamin C: 1.2mg 2%

Folate: 60.8mcg 15%

Calcium: 39.5mg 4%

Iron: 2.8mg 16%

Magnesium: 25.7mg 9%

Potassium: 263.9mg 7%

Sodium: 882.5mg 35%

Thiamin: 0.7mg 67%

Calories From Fat: 281.3

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.