French Canadian Tourtiere Du Lac Saint Jean Recipes

FRENCH CANADIAN TOURTIERE DU LAC SAINT JEAN

Steps:

• In large glass bowl, toss together rabbit, vermouth, brandy, one-third each of the carrots and onions, the peppercorns, juniper berries, and small PINE and CEDAR branches. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours, tossing occasionally.
• In Dutch oven, cook salt pork over medium high heat until browned and crisp, about 10 minutes; using slotted spoon, transfer to bowl. Drain off pork fat in pan, reserving 2 tablespoons for pastry.
• Discarding pine and cedar branches and reserving marinade, add rabbit to pan and brown on all sides; transfer to plate. Add half each of the remaining carrots and onions, celery, thyme, savory, salt and bay leaves; cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened, about 10 minutes.
• Pour in half of the reserved marinade and bring to boil, stirring to scrape up any brown bits on bottom of pan. Return rabbit and any accumulated juices and half of the salt pork to pan. Reduce heat to medium low; cover and simmer until rabbit is tender and juices run clear when rabbit is pierced, about 40 minutes. Let cool; discard bay leaves. (Make ahead: Refrigerate until cold. Remove meat from bones, discarding bones. Cover meat and pan liquid separately; refrigerate for up to 1 day.).
• Meanwhile, trim fat from duck; remove and discard wings. Cut into quarters. In Dutch oven, brown duck over medium high heat; transfer to plate. Drain off fat.
• Add remaining carrots, onions, celery, thyme, savory, salt and bay leaves; cook, stirring, until onions are softened, about 10 minutes. Pour in remaining marinade and bring to boil, stirring to scrape up any brown bits on bottom of pan.
• Return duck and any accumulated juices and remaining salt pork to pan. Reduce heat to medium low; cover and simmer until duck is tender, about 1 hour. Let cool; discard bay leaves. (Make ahead: refrigerate until cold. Remove meat from bones; discard skin and bones. Cover meat and pan liquid separately; refrigerate for up to 1 day.).
• PASTRY: Meanwhile, in large bowl, whisk flour with salt. Using pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in shortening and butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs with some large pieces. Whisk together 1 of the eggs, water and reserved pork fat; pour over flour mixture, stirring with fork until dough clumps together. Press into disc; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours. (Make ahead: Refrigerate for up to 3 days.).
• Cut rabbit and duck meat into bite size pieces; set aside. Skim off fat from pan liquid: set liquid aside.
• FILLING: In bowl, mix together beef, pork, veal, potatoes, onions, shallots, garlic, brandy, salt, thyme, savory and pepper.
• On floured surface, roll out pastry to 28 x 21 inch rectangle; fold in half twice lengthwise. Place in 1 end of 14 x 10 x 4 inch roasting pan; unfold pastry, fitting into corners and up sides of pan (there will be some overhang).
• Spoon half of the filling into pastry, pressing lightly to pack. Arrange rabbit and duck meat over top. Top with remaining filling. Pour reserved pan liquid over top, adding up to 3 cups water to come to top of filling. Fold overhang over filling, leaving opening in centre. Lightly beat remaining egg; brush over pastry.
• Bake in 350°F oven for 1 hour. Cover with foil; reduce heat to 250°F and cook for 5 hours. Remove foil; bake until golden and crusty and potatoes are tender, 30 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving. Makes 15 to 18 servings.
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TOURTIERE (FRENCH CANADIAN MEAT PIE)

Steps:

• Place flour, salt, and frozen butter slices into the bowl of a food processor. Pulse on and off until butter is about the size of peas, about 30 seconds. Stir vinegar into cold water; drizzle water/vinegar into the flour mixture. Pulse on and off until mixture is crumbly and holds together when you pinch a piece off, about 10 seconds. If dough isn't pressing together, drizzle in another teaspoon of water.
• Transfer mixture to a work surface. Press it together until it becomes a lump of dough. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.
• Mix salt, pepper, thyme, sage, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, mustard, clove, and cayenne together in a small bowl.
• Place potato quarters in a saucepan; cover with cold water. Add 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat. Simmer until cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes. Scoop out potatoes and transfer to a bowl; save cooking liquid. Mash potatoes with a potato masher.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add chopped onion and a pinch of salt. Cook and stir until onions turn golden, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Stir garlic, celery, and spice blend into the skillet with onions. Stir until onion mixture is evenly coated with the spices, about 30 seconds. Add ground beef and ground pork. Ladle about 3/4 cup of the potato cooking liquid into the skillet.
• Cook and stir until meat is browned and has a very fine, almost pastelike texture. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until meat is tender and most of the liquid has evaporated, about 45 minutes. Stir in mashed potatoes. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Divide chilled dough into 2 pieces, one just slightly larger than the other. Roll the larger piece out into a 12-inch circle on a lightly floured work surface. Place in a 9-inch deep dish pie plate. Roll top crust out into a circle about 11 inches in diameter. Cut small slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
• Fill bottom crust with the meat mixture; smooth out the surface. Whisk egg and water together to make egg wash. Brush edges of the bottom crust with egg wash. Place top crust on the pie and press lightly around the edges to seal. Trim excess dough from the crust. Crimp the edges of the crust. Brush entire surface of the pie with egg wash.
• Place in preheated oven. Bake until well browned, about 1 hour. Let cool to almost room temperature before serving.

LAC-ST-JEAN PIE - CIPâTE - TOURTIèRE DU LAC-ST-JEAN

Steps:

• Please Read Carefully.
• The chicken, veal, beef and pork can be put into the pie either cooked or raw.
• If your not pre-cooking the meats then remove skin and bone the chicken and cut into cubes.
• Same for the beef, pork and veal, remove any excess fat or nerves from your meat.
• If you are cooking your meat, then cook chicken as you normally would either boiled or baked, cook your beef, pork and veal cubes in frying pan lightly oiled, do not overcook your meat.
• Cut all meats into cubes.
• Mix all vegetables in a large mixing bowl and sprinkle half the salt, pepper, and savory over veggies.
• In a seperate large bowl, sprinkle the remaining salt, pepper, and savory over meats.
• In an earthenware casserole dish, place alternating layers, do one of mixed meats, another layer of veggies.
• Do this until you are almost to the brim of casserole dish.
• Cover your layers with chicken broth.
• To Make Pastry.
• In a mixing bowl sift the flour, salt and baking powder.
• Incorporate the shortening with the aide of two knives, working and cutting the shortening into the flour.
• Keep working the flour and shortening until your pastry looks like crumbles.
• Add the milk and mix with the knives until your pastry forms a ball.
• Take your pastry and kneading into one big ball.
• Spread your pastry with your fingers on top of ingredients.
• Cut slits in pastry for steam to escape from.
• Wrap your casserole dish with plastic wrap and place dish in refrigerator for 4 to 6 hours.
• It is better to let sit in fridge overnight.
• If you want to make this for supper you better start in the early morning.
• Bake in 300°F oven for 2 hours.
• To bake cover the pastry crust with aluminium foil for the first hour and half hour. Remove foil and bake until
• Pastry is brown and your gravy inside is thick.

TOURTIERE DU LAC ST-JEAN

Steps:

• The French Canadian way: All of the above except use beef bullion concentrate to flavor the meal instead of Campbell's Soup.
• Add water, 2 cans Campbell's Soup, salt,pepper, and ground pork and hamburger meat to a large pot.
• Boil ingredients until the meat is fully cooked.
• Taste to see if it needs more salt or not.
• Peel and cube potatoes and mix with the last 2 cans of soup; set aside.
• For the full recipe, use a turkey basting pan with lid to bake this.
• For smaller recipe, use a stock pot.
• Line the bottom of the pan with dough.
• Fill the bottom of the pan with half of the cubed potatoes.
• Pour the meat and stock on top of the potatoes.
• Pour the last half of the potatoes on top of the meat and stock.
• You should be able to see stock peeping through the top layer of potatoes.
• Cover and seal with the dough.
• Make 4 slits at the center of the pie dough to allow the ingredients to breathe as they cook.
• Cover with foil or lid.
• Bake for 1 hour at 400 degrees or until it is boiling.
• Reduce the heat to 250 degrees and bake for 11 hours, 9 hours if the recipe is smaller.
• Serve immediately and enjoy.