Best Ever Tourtière Recipe! | Easy Comfort Food

ground pork

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground beef is often less expensive.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil provides healthy fats, and margarine is often cheaper.

potato

🥗Healthier: sweet potato

💰Cheaper: mashed cauliflower

Sweet potatoes add nutrients, while mashed cauliflower is lower in carbs.

pie crust

🥗Healthier: whole wheat crust

💰Cheaper: store-bought crust

Whole wheat crust adds fiber, while store-bought saves time.

Make the pie dough by pulsing together 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt.

Add 75 g lard and 75 g butter to the flour mixture and pulse until it resembles a grainy meal.

Slowly pour in a mix of water and apple cider vinegar until the dough begins to form a ball.

Turn the dough out onto a clean surface, divide it into two portions (about 2/5 for the bottom and 3/5 for the top), and shape into discs.

Wrap the discs in plastic wrap and refrigerate.

Chop 1 onion and 4 cloves of garlic finely.

Sauté the onion in a skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes until soft, then add the garlic and sauté for an additional 2 minutes.

Prepare 900 g of ground pork and 350 g of potato by boiling the potato in chicken stock until fork tender, then drain and set aside.

Add the ground pork to the skillet with sautéed onion and garlic, and cook until browned, scraping the bottom for flavor.

Grate in the whole nutmeg, and add ground cloves and allspice to the meat mixture.

Add fresh sage (or dried if preferred) and combine everything in the skillet, then add the reduced chicken stock.

After about 20 minutes of braising, add the cooked potatoes to the meat mixture and combine thoroughly.

Let the filling cool slightly before assembling the pie.

Roll out the bottom disc of dough and fit it into a pie dish, leaving some overhang.

Roll out the top disc of dough and place it over the filling, pinching the edges to seal.

Make a few holes in the top crust for steam to escape, and apply an egg wash if desired.

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