This delicious Low Carb French Meat Pie, also known as Tourtiere or pork pie, is a hearty low carb savory pie the whole family will enjoy!

WHAT IS FRENCH MEAT PIE?

A French Canadian meat pie is also known as a Tourtiere. It was traditionally made with ground wild game, mashed potato, onion, spices and baked in a double pie crust.

Today you will find many different variations of ground meat being used, but since my own husband remembers his Meme (grandma), making it with ground pork, that’s what I used for this delicious meat pie.

LOW CARB KETO FRENCH MEAT PIE

It’s really the warm spices that make this French meat pie unique and what my husband remembers the most when he was served this as a child.

To make this a Low Carb French Meat Pie, I substituted the mashed potato for Daikon radish. It works wonderfully because once it’s cooked, you can not notice any of the typical radish bite.

The spices, onion and ground meat are the stars of this recipe and the radish is the filler that holds it all together.

If you’re not a fan of radish, read below the other low carb vegetable options to swap out the radish with.

What can I replace Daikon radish with?

If you can’t find Daikon radish, you can replace it with the red little radish most often found in a market. I’d suggest peeling as it may turn your meat pinkish.

If you’d rather try other low carb vegetables, you can replace Daikon radish with turnips or even rutabaga, but please note that both of those options will increase your carbs and nutrition information below.

How to Make Keto French Meat Pie

To make a traditional French meat pie, you do need two pie crusts. I used my Coconut Flour Pie Crust but you can use whatever low carb pie crust you like.

Ingredients

After making the pie crusts, you need Daikon radish, or see my other options above if you can’t find Daikon, onion, ground pork, extra virgin olive oil, spices, like Bell’s seasonings and salt. Bell’s seasonings is a combination of  Rosemary, Oregano, Sage, Ginger, Marjoram, Thyme and Pepper.

Directions

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare the pie crust dough making sure to double the recipe for two pie crusts. Shape the dough into a ball, flatten, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate while you make the filling.

Peel and chop the radish. Chop the onion. Add the oil to a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the radish, onion, salt and garlic. Saute for 5 minutes or until onion is tender.

Add the pork to the skillet and cook until it is no longer pink. Stir in all the dry spices and seasonings. Cook for another 5 minutes then remove from heat.

Work in batches and place half the pork filling into a food processor. Pulse until desired texture. We processed until the radish pieces were no longer visible and it looks just like ground meat. Remove to a bowl and process the other half of the filling. Set aside.

Assemble the Pie

Remove the dough from the fridge and divide in half. Place two pieces of parchment on your counter and another piece over the dough. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to about 12 inches in diameter to fit a 9 inch pie pan.

Place the dough and gently press into the pie pan, removing excess crust on the edges. Add the meat filling. Brush the edges of the crust with the beaten egg.

Roll out the top pastry dough and place on top of the filling. Fold the top crust under the bottom crust and pinch or flute the edges. Brush with the remaining beaten egg. Cut vent holes.

Bake the pie in the preheated oven for 30 -35 minutes or until top crust is golden brown.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool for at least 15 minutes before serving.

Sugar Free Toppings for French Meat Pie

My French Canadian husband was aghast that I topped this keto French meat pie with sugar free barbecue sauce. It was my piece and for pork I think it goes together rather nicely.

Hubby says, his Meme would always serve this pie with ketchup and pickles.

So it’s personal choice I guess, either are delicious!

Low Carb Sides to Serve with French Meat Pie

Simple low carb sides that would be delicious with this low carb French meat pie;

Wedge Salad

Cauliflower Rice

Cucumber Dill Salad

Cauliflower Mock Potato Salad

Zucchini Halloumi Balls

How to Store & Reheat French Meat Pie

Cover leftovers and refrigerate for up to 3 days.

Reheat individual pieces by placing them into a toaster oven at 350 degrees F for 15-20 minutes.

Low Carb Keto French Meat Pie