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By Gabrielle Hungate a recent ASU nutrition student

This recipe is a strong contender in the French Canadian culture. It is a meat pie that we call Toutiere. It is a meat pie that is made with a variety of spices. I grew up eating this every Christmas. It was a tradition for every patriarch to make one see who had the best one while keeping it a secret of the different ingredients. It was never a holiday without this baking in the oven. This particular recipe is one that my mother, my grandmothers, and my aunts, as well as their mothers, made.

Ingredients

1 Store-bought of homemade pie crust

2 pounds ground pork

1 large onion

3 large potatoes

1 tablespoon allspice

Salt and pepper

¾ water

1. Cook the pork and onion slowly in a large saucepan and cook over low heat for about an hour.
2. Add Allspice 30 minutes into cooking.
3. While that is preparing, boil potatoes until they are tender
4. When is done, add potatoes, salt and pepper and mash together
5. Pour into a pie shell, cover with top crust and vent holes
6. Bake at 400 degrees until crust Is golden brown