Tourtine: a tourtière with an unholy filling
I thought we’d seen the worst 2020 could dish out, but someone has invented tourtine.
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Kate
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Chris 11:56 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
Ouf. It looks regurgitated.
Kate 12:20 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
It probably tastes OK, but I don’t see the point. Proper tourtière isn’t a pot pie – the filling shouldn’t have a liquidy sauce like poutine. Basically, this is a poutine en croûte.
JaneyB 12:52 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
How perfect lol. Now all we need is a terrible drink to wash it all down (and preferably away). Ideas?
Blork 13:07 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
Well, tourtière du Saguenay (AKA tourtière du lac-St-Jean) tends to be soupier than regular tourtière, with more chunky bits. But still…
Kate 13:21 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
Ah. I’ve never had the Lac St-Jean variation.
My dad used to bridge the two solitudes by having his tourtière with HP Sauce.
DeWolf 20:41 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
I was shocked the first time I had the Saguenay version. It’s quite different compared to normal tourtière.
Honestly this tourtine doesn’t sound too bad, all things considered…
Blork 22:23 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
They interviewed the guy on AIH tonight and now I’m thinking I want to try it.
Jorgh 03:51 on 2020-12-12 Permalink
The Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean version is the only tourtière (though every family has their one “authentic” recipe). The proper nomenclature for small, shallow ground pork pies with no potatoes or venison is “pâtés à la viande”. Obviously. Also, “la puck”, not “le puck”, and skipping class is “loafer un cours”, not “foxer un cours”. Montréal French is simply wrong in so many ways. (seriously though, it is a bit of a culture shock the first time around, and regardless of one’s preferred nomenclature, every one should try what the Saguenay calls a tourtière at least once in their life)
Kate 16:22 on 2020-12-14 Permalink
My family didn’t have a recipe, since I don’t have any French ancestry at all. My mom used to get the La Belle Fermière ones, which I don’t think exist any more, which are my baseline for how they should look.