Mom's Tourtières Recipe

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Mom's Tourtières
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Directions:

  1. Meat.
  2. Combine pork, veal, salt, pepper and onion in large saucepan. Mix well. Add water and bay leaf. Bring to a slow boil and simmer on Medium-Low for about 1 hour until meat is cooked. Remove bay leaf.
  3. Makes 4 (9 ) or 3 (deep dish) pies.
  4. Pie Crust:Flaky and easy to make tourtiere crust.
  5. Pour half the flour, half the salt in bowl of processor. Add half the lard and pulse till mixture is crumbly.
  6. Gradually add half the water, approximately, and pulse till mixture leaves the side of the bowl STOPPING before it forms a ball.
  7. Shape dough in 4 flat disks. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
  8. Makes double crust for 4 (9 ) or 3 (deep dish) pies.
  9. Tips:.
  10. Cool meat at least one hour before filling crust.
  11. Add meat juices sparingly when filling pie to avoid soggy bottom crust.
  12. Freeze meat pies individually before double wrapping in foil.
  13. Baking.
  14. If you froze them in foil plates, transfer frozen pie to metal or Pyrex pie plate and bake at preheated oven 375* for 11/2 hours (bottom shelf in oven).
  15. Tip:.
  16. Extra meat simmered with cubed potatoes make for the evening meal on baking day, a ritual when I was growing up and a tradition with our boys.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 256.01 Kcal (1072 kJ)
Calories from fat 138.35 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.37g 24%
Cholesterol 35.72mg 12%
Sodium 545.26mg 23%
Potassium 168.18mg 4%
Total Carbs 19.1g 6%
Sugars 0.24g 1%
Dietary Fiber 2.17g 9%
Protein 10.05g 20%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Iron 1.6mg 9%
Calcium 68.4mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 286.85 Kcal (1201 kJ)
Calories from fat 155.01 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17.22g 24%
Cholesterol 40.02mg 12%
Sodium 610.94mg 23%
Potassium 188.44mg 4%
Total Carbs 21.4g 6%
Sugars 0.27g 1%
Dietary Fiber 2.43g 9%
Protein 11.26g 20%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Iron 1.8mg 9%
Calcium 76.7mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 6
    Points
  • 7
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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