200 g./7 oz. potatoes - 200 g./7 oz. superior quality white flour - 50 g./1 ½ oz. butter - 15 g./1/2 oz. beer yeast - 1 small cup lukewarm milk - 2 eggs - salt - nutmeg.
for the filling: 100 g./3 ½ oz. diced smoked bacon - 1 chopped onion - 1 chopped garlic clove - 250 g./9 oz. minced pork - 100 g./3 ½ oz. chopped cooked ham - 100 g./3 ½ oz. Emmenthal cheese - 2 tablespoons chopped parsley - 5/6 cloves crushed with pestle and mortar - 1 tablespoon flour - 40 g./1 ½ oz. butter - salt - white ground pepper.
Boil the potatoes, peel and mash using potato masher. Our flour on to the table and knead in the potatoes, butter, crumbled beer yeast dissolved in some milk, whole egg, grating of nutmeg. Add salt and knead until an even, elastic mixture is obtained.
Form a ball and leave to rest for 2-3 h. in a warm place covered with a napkin. Divide the dough mixture into two parts and spread with rolling-pin into 2 discs the size of the baking-tin.
Prepare the filling: gently simmer garlic, onion and bacon in a casserole dish, add the pork, ham and Emmenthal cheese cut into scales. Stir and add the cloves, salt, pepper and parsley. Add a cup of water and cook for 15' with a lid. Sprinkle with flour, stir and cook for 5'. Line the baking-tin with butter and flour, place a disc of the dough in it, pour in the filling, cover with the second disc and press the edges to seal.
Brush the top with the beaten egg yolk, puncture to let the steam out when cooking and place in a heated oven for 25.
It can be served hot or cold.
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Marzemino
dei Colli Trevigiani
Santa Margherita
Lively, semi-sparkling red wine with intense bouquet of raspberry and strawberry.
Serve at:
10° - 12° C.
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n Canada pies are a common dish replacing soups or as a main dish, to be served at any time of day in their cooking recipient.
They derive directly from English cookery and the favor they enjoy in gastronomical settings is due to their simplicity, the variety of the ingredients that can be used for the filling and the fact that they are easy to preserve and carry, which makes them highly suitable for hunting or fishing expeditions.
