Tourtière-Style Pork and Baby Potato Skillet

A cozy make-ahead skillet with ground pork, tender baby potatoes, carrots, peas, and gentle tourtière-style spices for a familiar Quebec-inspired lunch without pastry.

Tourtière-Style Pork and Baby Potato Skillet
Prep time
10 min
Cook time
25 min
Yield
1 serving

Ingredients

  • 220 g Baby potatoes
  • 0.5 g Black Pepper
  • 7 g Canola Oil
  • 80 g Carrot
  • 40 g Celery
  • 1 g Dried Thyme
  • 60 g frozen peas
  • 0.5 g ground allspice
  • 0.3 g Ground cinnamon
  • 150 g Lean ground pork
  • 90 g Low-sodium beef broth
  • 1.5 g Salt
  • 15 g Tomato Paste
  • 50 g Yellow Onion

Instructions

  1. Halve the baby potatoes, dice the carrot, onion, and celery, and keep the frozen peas ready.
  2. Heat the canola oil in a skillet over medium heat, then add the baby potatoes cut side down and cook until lightly golden.
  3. Add the onion, carrot, and celery, and cook until the onion softens.
  4. Add the ground pork and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until no longer pink.
  5. Stir in the tomato paste, thyme, allspice, cinnamon, salt, and black pepper until the pork and vegetables are evenly coated.
  6. Pour in the beef broth, cover, and simmer until the baby potatoes are tender.
  7. Stir in the frozen peas and cook uncovered until the sauce thickens slightly.
  8. Let the skillet cool slightly, then pack into a meal-prep container for reheating later.