tourtiere

9.9

A meat pie from Quebec often made with minced pork and spices

noun
/tʊrˈtiːər/

Canadian

: tourtière

My grandmother prepares a delicious tourtiere every Christmas Eve for our family dinner.

Examples

The bakery down the street sells a hearty tourtiere filled with spiced pork and potatoes.
Many families in Quebec have their own secret recipe for homemade tourtiere.
I love to eat tourtiere during the holidays.
Have you ever tried tourtières from Quebec?
Many families in Quebec have their own secret recipe for homemade tourtiere.
My grandmother prepares a delicious tourtiere every Christmas Eve for our family dinner.
The bakery down the street sells a hearty tourtiere filled with spiced pork and potatoes.

Synonyms

pork pie

vstourtiere

5 3.1

A small cold pie filled with seasoned pork

is a warm traditional meat pie eaten especially at a Quebec Christmas

steak and kidney pie

vstourtiere

1 2.3

A pastry filled with pieces of beef and kidneys, often cooked in gravy

is made from minced mixed meats and tied to a seasonal holiday meal

Surface Forms

tourtiere singular

tourtières plural

Etymology

Tourtiere comes from the French word tourte, which once meant a small bird called a 'turtledove' and later also meant a 'pie' or the cooking dish tourtière. That's why tourtiere today is a rich meat pie in Quebec — the name keeps the old link to pies and the dish used to cook them, often at Christmas.