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Paleo Tourtière

URL: https://thehealthyfoodie.com/paleo-tourtiere-or-french-canadian-meat-pie/

Ingredients

Meat and Spices

  • 5 kg pastured pork shanks
  • 3 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp ground clove
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 1 tbsp Himalayan or fine sea salt
  • 1 tbsp freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 tbsp ground nutmeg
  • 4 cups water
  • 2 small onions, coarsely chopped
  • 1 tbsp dried savory
  • 1 tbsp dried mustard
  • 2 tbsp dried parsley

Ground Meats and Flour

  • 900 g pastured lean ground pork
  • 450 g grass-fed lean ground beef
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground clove
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • ¾ cup hazelnut flour, toasted
  • 1 recipe Paleo Pie Crust

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Melt cooking fat in a skillet over high heat.
  3. Mix spices for Part I and dredge pork shanks in the mixture.
  4. Sear the shanks in the hot pan until golden brown.
  5. Transfer shanks to a Dutch oven with water, onions, savory, mustard, parsley, and remaining spices.
  6. Cover and cook in the oven for about 4 hours until meat is tender.
  7. Remove shanks, strain the liquid, and return it to the Dutch oven.
  8. Add ground pork, ground beef, and spices from Part II, mixing well.
  9. Cook in the oven for another 1½ hours, stirring occasionally.
  10. Pick the meat from the cooled shanks and discard bones.
  11. Toast hazelnut flour in a dry skillet until caramel brown.
  12. Mix the toasted flour and shank meat into the cooked meat mixture.
  13. Return to the oven uncovered for 20-25 minutes until liquid evaporates.
  14. Allow the meat mixture to cool, then divide it between 2 large pies or 24 individual pies.
  15. Bake the pies at 400°F for about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
24
Calories
457
Total fat
32.1g
Total carbohydrates
16.5g
Total protein
21.9g
Sodium
432mg
Cholesterol
64mg

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