On Tue, 07 May 2013 18:30:22 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 07/05/2013 5:41 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 07 May 2013 16:20:03 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 07/05/2013 2:38 PM, sf wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I'm interested in a tourtiere recipe. Is there one on the internet
> >>> that you particularly like? The first one I saw called for baking a
> >>> potato and then simmering it with ground pork for an hour... wouldn't
> >>> a raw baking potato cook and break down in that amount of time anyway?
> >>> Obviously, I have no idea what to be looking for.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I used a finely diced raw potato when I do it. It cooks up with the
> >> meat, which is pre-cooked before it goes into the pastry.
> >
> > That sounds much more reasonable to me, thanks.
> >
>
>
> Have you ever had tourtiere?

No. That's why I said I don't have any idea what I should be looking
for in a recipe. The closest I've come to them is pictures.

> It is really good. I first had it at a
> friend's house. He was French Canadian and his mother always served it
> on Christmas Eve. That it a tradition that my wife and I have adopted,
> though it we sometimes have a steak and mushroom pie instead. It is hard
> to mess up a tourtierre. It is one dish that, regardless how I rate the
> results of my efforts, that the people eating it rave about. The basics
> are..... lard pastry, ground pork.,, or a mix of pork beef and veal
> <??> some onion and garlic... and some ground cloves. The diced
> potatoes give it substance. Since there is pork you need to salt it
> liberally. Sautee the meat, add onion garlic and cloves, then toss in
> potatoes and some water, season with salt and pepper and let it simmer a
> while. Then put in on the pastry and bake it.
>
I imagine the mixture should be pretty dry before putting it into the
pastry or else the pastry bottom will be soggy. I also imagine that
potato is why the ground meat doesn't crumble when the pie is cut. Am
I correct?
>
>
> We typically serve it with roasted potatoes and a salad.

Do you still eat it after your heart surgery?

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