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We did this too for Xmas Eve. Mom stopped making them a few years back. Maybe next year I will restart the tradition. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
oh poor Grandma, that is not good! so awesome that the tradition lives on though!
These look delicious, I’ve never had them. Great pics, mouthwatering!
Mmmmm…. French Canadian Tortiere! This sounds close to my mom’s recipe, and serve’s a a good reminder that I don’t HAVE said recipe. Maybe it’s time for me to figure out how to make my own, instead of mooching off of her every Christmas, eh?
LOVE this! Growing up in Quebec, tourtiere has always been a part of our holidays! Oh heck…It’s been a part of our every day food repertoire! 🙂 I make it often as well. Now that I’m married to a farmer, the ingredients are always readily available! LOL! I cheat though. I’m the worst pastry/pie crust maker on the planet! Yours looks delish!! Thanks for sharing this!
We do this for Christmas Eve every year as well. It’s taken a while to convince my MIL to stop adding things like veggies and gravy and go back to how her mom use to do it and this year she finally nailed it – well except the one that she just couldn’t help but put mixed veggies in. But the traditional one was bang on and delicious.
This sounds great. I have not heard of Tourtiere until now!
I’ve never made one of these but I do like plate pies so this is something that I will try. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
I’ve never made nor eaten tourtiere before. I feel very un Canadian at the moment lol
I think this coming fall I’ll definitely give this a go, thanks for the recipe!
I have never heard of a Tourtiere until today, guess I am missing out!
ive never tried making pie crusts from scratch , looks great!
This looks DELISH! My husband loves pie and this Tourtiere pie looks FAB!
I have never tried to make this but i know how delicious it is
This looks easy enough to make, I bet I could do it! Thank you
I’m not a big meat eater but for some reason I find tourtiere delicious! I’ve never made my own though.
I have never tried a Tourtiere but I think I would like it.
I have to admit I have only eaten it once but it was really good. I just have never thought of making it, now that I have a recipe I will have to give it a try!
This sounds so yummy I have never had this before burt shall make it
I’ve never made one of these pies but sure looks delicious !
Would you please share your pastry recipe for the tourtiere ?
Sorry we have been swamped and didn’t see your comment until today. I wanted to make sure you saw the response so I decided to send you an email as well. Here is a pastry recipe that we have on the blog: https://littlemisskate.ca/recipe/homemade-pie-crust-recipe-step-by-step-instructions-with-photos/
I have also used the tenderflake pastry mix where you just need to add water, mix with a fork and then roll it out.
I admire people who can take the time and have the talent and the patience to do this sort of thing (btw, its nt me)