In my hometown of Maine, which is home to a large French Canadian population, this pork pie recipe is a traditional Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve feast. Pickles, tossed salad, catsup or mustard are included with the meal. Simple yet beautiful. Before serving, drizzle catsup or mustard over each individual portion.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 (9-inch) pie |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds lean ground pork
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 ½ cups mashed potatoes
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 (14.1 ounce) package double-crust pie pastry, thawed
- 1 large egg white, beaten
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir pork and beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
- Mix together cooked meat, mashed potatoes, nutmeg, salt, and pepper in a large bowl until well combined.
- Line a 9-inch pie dish with 1 pastry crust. Spoon meat mixture into crust. Cover with second pastry crust; seal and flute the edges. Brush top crust with beaten egg white. Shield the edges with aluminum foil to prevent crust from burning.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and continue baking until edges brown, about 15 minutes more.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 712 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 28 g |
| Cholesterol | 125 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 18 g |
| Sodium | 462 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 51 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Delicious!
I too, hail from the Northeast and Pork Pie is a must! I adjusted the recipe above with a few tweaks from my Grammie’s recipe: poultry seasoning to taste, ground clove one pinch, allspice to taste. I also add a heaping spoon of garlic in the ground pork . Oh and I soo don’t add ground beef…..this is pork pie!
Instead of 1 1/2 cups of fresh mashed potatoes I used a package of instant Idaho Red Potatoes and for sided dishes stuffed olives, pickles, tater tots and Cesar Salad. This is what I served my family on Christmas Eve 2019. PS. The center of my pie was a snowman…
My pie crust wasn’t pretty but no one cared. This was pretty good.
I make this all the time,I’m from Rhode island and I was raised on meat pie. I now live in Tennessee and nobody I talk to has ever heard of it. I just made it the other day but I used only ground beef and it came out great!
Not a review, yet, just don’t know what is meant by fill bottom of shell with pastry? Didn’t see pastry listed anywhere! Please help! Recently divorced, and retired, and have found i love cooking! In RI i remember pork pies, and want to make one!
Added onions. Next time, I want to try adding carrots as well as onions, and probably serve it with a size of gravy.
Thank you so much for bringing memories of Christmas back to me. This is basically the same recipe that ma grand-mere passed to ma mere (I apologize, my computer doesn’t speak French). Grand-mere’s differences were that she always used onions and used allspice as her seasoning. Just remember that every grandmother out there had her own recipe, each as good as the other. Also we all adjust spices and seasonings to our own tastes. Keep that in mind and we all eat well.
I tried this recipe because I wanted to have a pork pie, like my mother use make. Well, it came out perfect. My boyfriend and I both loved it. I served cranberry sauce with it and brussel sprouts (for a veggie), cuz that’s how I had it when I was a kid. And since my mom had passed away, and I couldn’t find out how to make it, so I turned to “Allrecipes.com”. Thank you so much for bringing my memories back to life. IT WAS DELICIOUS.
This recipe sounds intriguing but I have to say that the picture does not look like there is ANY ground meat. Looks more like chunky pulled pork or beef.
Instead of homemade mashed potatoes, I use Betty Crocker instant-2 pouches. You’d never know my secret!!! This dish is a family favorite!! My kids ask for it all the time! I get 2 nights of dinner out of this 1 recipe for a family of 4
I only used one pound pork and one pound beef, which is enough for three sheets of 9in crust. And I have added some home brewed alcohol, beer will do too. And some bacon! I used oven to cook the meat to keep the meat jelly in the filling, yummy !
Loved this recipe! Like other reviewers I make two pies for the ingredients listed. Added peas to recipe second time I made this and it was delish!
This is very similar to the pork pies I used to make. Yes, I am also a “Main-iac”! It is a real favorite at my home, especially during the winter holiday months….. a real must in the Franco-American community! The only change in my recipe was to add some sauteed onions and 1 tsp. of minced garlic. I skipped the nutmeg, as it is not a favorite spice of mine with meat. Also, when I fixed the potatoes, I added butter and just alittle milk to whip them up, then added the onions, garlic, and drained meat. This is a dish which tastes even better the next day when the potatoes are stiffer. Bon appetit!
omg way to ruin a pork pie with mustard
Being of French Canadian heritage, 1st generation American, my Memere made French meat pie every Christmas. Very similar to this except I season mine with cinnamon, poultry seasoning, cloves, allspice, salt and pepper. (ooooh, NO ketchup or mustard.) Before baking I brush on one egg with a bit of water and sprinkle with paprika…what a beauitful looking and tasting pie when you’re done. Sandy T.
For those looking for more flavor, try using poultry seasoning to taste. it makes all the difference. I always use just pork.
Me and my husband both really enjoyed this recipe!! I did change it up a little bit though. I only used 1 pound ground pork and 1 pound ground beef and I browned the meat with 1 onion chopped, approx. 1 tbls minced garlic and steak seasoning. I also added garlic to the mashed potatoes. This was the perfect amount of filling for 1 pie. Very tasty! Thanks for the great recipe.
This Pork Pie was very good with mashed potatoes in the mix rather than bread crumbs as in other recipes. Found the meat could have had some chopped onion and some more spices though.
This is so good. One of my favorites. My mother in law makes something very similar, but uses bread crumbs instead of mashed potatoes. I use the boxed mashed potatoes to make it easier and faster.
Reggie has been looking for that perfect pork-pie recipe. he made the pie for supper tonight and after he took the first bite, he said Honey you found the right recipe. I am glad I found this site and especially this recipe. Thank you Laurie. I have never had Pork pie until tonight I love it Sandy