Tourti?re (French Canadian Meat Pie)

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

Step 2
Prick potato several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let cool for 10 minutes, then discard skin and mash flesh. Turn the oven off.

Step 3
Place mashed potato into a large skillet with ground pork, onion, water, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and allpsice. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until very thick, at least 1 hour.

Step 4
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 5
Line a deep-dish pie plate with one pastry. Spoon in pork and potato filling, then cover with remaining pastry. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with paprika. Cut a steam vent in pastry.

Step 6
Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. If the edges brown too fast, cover them with a strip of foil. Serve warm.