Mini Tourtières
photo by YummySmellsca
- Ready In:
- 4hrs
- Ingredients:
- 22
- Yields:
-
5 pot pies
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
-
Filling
- 1 2⁄3 cups textured vegetable protein, granules
- 1 1⁄2 cups hot vegetarian beef broth or 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon tamari
- 1 teaspoon vegan worcestershire sauce
- 1⁄2 cup red wine
- 1 tablespoon canola oil or 1 tablespoon melted vegan margarine
- 1 large sweet onion, finely grated
- 1 large russet potato, skin-on, finely grated
- 2 garlic cloves, grated
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon savory
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1⁄4 teaspoon celery salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup hot water
- 1⁄3 cup toasted soy flour or 1/3 cup fine cracker crumb
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For Assembly
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch, mixed with
- 1⁄4 cup cold water, for brushing
- 4 (9 inch) pie crusts, unbaked (or enough dough)
directions
- Combine TVP, broth, tamari, vegan Worcestershire and wine in a small bowl and set aside.
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat and add the onion, potato and garlic.
- Cook about 5 minutes, until potato begins to soften and garlic is fragrant.
- Add TVP mixture (with liquid), spices and water, stir well and bring to a boil.
- Reduce to a low simmer and allow mixture to cook, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally (and adding a splash of water if necessary) to prevent sticking.
- Remove from heat and add kinako or cracker crumbs. Stir well.
- Loosely cover and let stand for 10 minutes.
- If mixture is still "soupy", add in more kinako or crumbs, 1 tablespoon at a time and stirring well after each addition, until the mixture is still "wet" but not drippingly so (especially if using kinako, which takes a few minutes to absorb liquid).
- Cool to room temperature before using.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Whisk together cornstarch and water, set aside.
- Roll and cut out about ⅔ of the pie dough to fit into 5 “pot pie” pans (about 5” across and 1 ½” deep).
- Fill the pie crusts with cooled tourtière filling.
- Roll and cut out the remaining pie dough, top the filled pies and crimp / flute the edges to seal.
- Trim the edges and brush with cornstarch slurry.
- Cut a cross into the top of each crust to vent.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for 35 minutes, or until dough is golden brown and mixture is steaming.
- Let stand 10 minutes before digging in!
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<p>Montessori teacher, nutritionist and pastry chef: baking is my passion, but teaching the value of good food to whole families is close to my heart too! I have a passion for re-instilling the love of good-quality, home-made and mostly healthy food into the hearts and kitchens of children and their families today. I believe that any ?homemade? food, even when labelled as naughty, is a more wholesome treat than pre-packaged, cookie-cutter junk.</p>
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