Spiced pork & potato pie

Spiced pork & potato pie

This budget-friendly French-Canadian speciality, known as tourtière, is traditionally served at Christmas, but with salad it makes a perfect spring supper

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Uncooked pie can be frozen

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Boil the potato until tender, drain and mash, then leave to cool. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan, add the mince and onion and quickly fry until browned. Add the garlic, spices, stock, plenty of pepper and a little salt and mix well. Remove from the heat, stir into the potato and leave to cool.
  2. Roll out half the pastry and line the base of a 20-23cm pie plate or flan tin. Fill with the pork mixture and brush the edges of the pastry with water. Roll out the remaining dough and cover the pie. Press the edges of the pastry to seal, trimming off the excess. Prick the top of the pastry case to allow steam to escape and glaze the top with the beaten egg.
  3. Bake for 30 mins until the pastry is crisp and golden. Serve cut into wedges with a crisp green salad. Leftovers are good cold for lunch the next day, served with a selection of pickles.

Per serving

466 kcalories, protein 26.0g, carbohydrate 37.0g, fat 25.0 g, saturated fat 9.0g, fibre 2.0g, sugar 2.0g, salt 0.9 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2010.

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  • 25 May 2010

    annadg commented on this recipe

    My daughter made this the other night and it was delicious - the filling is quite crumbly and my own feeling is that it could do with a sauce of some sort - perhaps a fresh tomato sauce would be good, or a light gravy of some description. That's what I will do when I make it anyway !

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  • 31 May 2010

    Vivienne commented on this recipe

    Really nice although I'm not really a lover of pies. It was even nice cold and the flavours seemed to taste different when cold. Would make it again.

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  • 31 May 2010

    Melhizz rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really lovely use of pork mince, flavours weren't too overpowering. Delicious the next day for lunch too!!

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  • 31 May 2010

    VickiHazael commented on this recipe

    I made this for the first time last night. My boyfriend is a big fan of pies so we've tried a lot over the years, he said that this is the best one he's ever had! I was a bit scared of the unusual spices but they worked really well with the pork and potato. It was also very quick and easy to make. This will be a regular in our house!

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  • 31 May 2010

    VickiHazael rated this recipe

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  • 31 May 2010

    Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This has become a favourite in our house, everyone eats it! I make a separately little pie for my son who is gluten free (different pastry) and I am amazed even he likes it. My husband and son tend to have whatever is left over for lunch the next day cold.

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  • 31 May 2010

    mahay27 commented on this recipe

    This recipe doesnt mention which kind of stock ?

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    30 June 2010

    Pam rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very tasty. Had this with spring greens instead of salad and I used beef stock (the concentrated jell) and used what was left to make a caramelised onion gravy. The pie tasted even better cold with some piccalilli.

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  • 20 July 2010

    EveP rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    It looked fantastic when I made it, but I felt the taste let it down. Didn't taste at all spicy to me.

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  • 18 August 2010

    SarahHarding rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I've made this a couple of times and it disappears very quickly. Also good if the family are eating at different times as it reheats beautifully

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  • 20 August 2010

    mdn123 rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Flavour was rather bland and colour not appetising. May be better served as a cold pie.

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  • 13 February 2011

    Frances Booth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    yummy scrummy, both of my housemates loved it! served it with Jamie Oliver red cabbage from his 30min meals series! Will most certainly be doing it again!

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  • 01 March 2011

    Baron Bontreaux commented on this recipe

    This looks delicious. I am going to make this tonight. I am going to add some garlic; apple and some sage.

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  • 02 March 2011

    Baron Bontreaux commented on this recipe

    This was lovely. I put some cheese and some mustard into the mashed potato and I made the pork stock with some Somerset Cider. The next time, I might make this in a loaf tin and put a boiled egg in the middle. This might be better served cold with a nice chutney and some salad. I am very glad to have found this recipie - there is no weighing involved!

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  • 17 March 2011

    khitajrah rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    This was incredibly bland. Won't be making it again. :(

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  • 04 August 2011

    jandyrew rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    quick and easy to make and well worth the effort. I added a little garam masala just for the heck of it and it added a nice little spicyness ( I noted a couple of comments re: bland taste). Will definately make this pie again. Just a little gravy added nicely as well.

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  • 25 September 2011

    mother*ship rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very tasty (I added a small, finely chopped cooking apple) but definitely too light on the spices and I will add more next time.

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  • 08 October 2011

    Penny rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really easy and really tasty. I added the garam masala, a carrot and a splash of Worcester sauce. Everyone loved it. Will defo make again

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  • 11 December 2011

    Rayne rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious! It turned out really well, and also tasted fab the next day eaten cold with a bit of cider chutney. Will definitely make again!

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  • 25 January 2012

    myfooddiary commented on this recipe

    excellent pie, cooked first time and came out spot on. Was a real treat for lunch the next day as well.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Uncooked pie can be frozen

Ingredients

  • 1 medium potato , cut into chunks
  • 1 tsp sunflower oil
  • 500g pack lean minced pork
  • 1 onion , finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove , chopped
  • ¼ tsp each ground cinnamon , allspice and nutmeg
  • 100ml stock
  • 400g ready-made shortcrust pastry
  • 1 egg , beaten, to glaze
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Per serving

466 kcalories, protein 26.0g, carbohydrate 37.0g, fat 25.0 g, saturated fat 9.0g, fibre 2.0g, sugar 2.0g, salt 0.9 g

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