Tourtiere (French Canadian Meat Pie) - Dairy Free

• 3 pie crusts
• 2 lbs ground lean pork (very good with 1 lb of each) or 2 lbs ground veal (very good with 1 lb of each)
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 small chopped onion
• 2 stalks chopped celery
• 1 chopped garlic clove
• 1 dash salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can consomme
• 1/2 - 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1 pinch savory

1. Place meat onion, celery, garlic and salt and pepper in sauce pan, cook until meat is granular.
2. Put into dutch oven and fill pot until liquid covers the meat. If not enough consomme then add water.
3. Cook for 1 hour.
4. When done (mixture should still be "wet"). Remove from heat and mix in:
5. 1/2 to 3/4 tsp cinnamon.
6. 1/4 tsp clove.
7. Pinch of savory.
8. Fill 3 bottom pie shells (quite full) and wet edges with egg/water combination.
9. Put top crust on all 3 bottoms and using a fork, press down edges to seal.
10. Slice top a few times to allow steam to escape.
11. Bake at 350u0b0F for 45 minutes or until deep golden.
12. *You can add sprinkles of flour to meat mixture to thicken.

ground lean pork, lean ground beef, onion, celery, garlic, salt, pepper, consomme, cinnamon, clove

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/tourtiere-french-canadian-meat-pie-dairy-free-99741 (may not work)