tourtière
See also: tourtiere
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Canadian French tourtière, from a cooking vessel of the same name, from French tourte (“meat pie”). There is a common false etymology that it derives from the alternative meaning tourte (“passenger pigeon”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tourtière (countable and uncountable, plural tourtières)
- (Canada, chiefly Quebec) A type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.
- 2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail[3]:
- Last December, I called my mother to get her recipe for tourtière, a beloved traditional French-Canadian dish. It would be the meaningful heart of a bundle of gifts I had lovingly gathered to honour a Métis elder I had recently met. To share this recipe for tourtière was to share a piece of my family’s story with this elder, to whom I owed a great debt of gratitude.
References edit
- ^ “Tourtière”, in Cook's Info[1], 2010 March 12, retrieved 11 September 2012
- ^ Casselman, William G (2012 November 10 (last accessed)) “Tourtiere & Omelette: Foods Named After Their Cooking Utensils”, in Bill Casselman's Canadian Word of the Day[2], archived from the original on 29 January 2013
Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tourtière f (plural tourtières)
- piedish
- (Canada, Quebec, food) tourtière, a type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie. Synonym of tourtière du Lac-St-Jean
- (Quebec, food) meat pie
Synonyms edit
(tourtière du Lac-St-Jean):
- tourtière du lac Saint-Jean (European French, Quebec French)
- pâté à la viande du Lac-St-Jean
(meat pie):
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tourtière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.