The best traditional Québécois dishes
The top 3 according to 12 votes from people: Poutine · Pâté chinois · Fèves au lard. (Updated Oct 8, 2024.)
Traditional Québec dishes, from poutine to pouding chômeur, according to Destination Canada, Wikipedia and Québécois cookery guides.
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Top 12
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1
Poutine
Fries, squeaky cheese curds and brown gravy; born in Centre-du-Québec in the 1950s.
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2
Pâté chinois
Layers of minced beef, creamed corn and mashed potato, Québec's shepherd's pie.
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3
Fèves au lard
Beans slow-cooked with salt pork and molasses, a sugar shack breakfast staple.
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4
Montreal bagels
Bagels boiled in honeyed water and baked in a wood oven, at St-Viateur and Fairmount.
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5
Tourtière
Spiced minced meat pie, a must for Christmas Eve and New Year.
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6
Tire sur la neige
Boiled maple syrup poured on snow and rolled on a stick at the sugar shack.
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Montreal smoked meat
Smoked beef brisket sliced in a sandwich, made famous by Schwartz's (1928).
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Pea soup
Thick yellow pea soup with ham, inherited from the coureurs des bois.
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9
Cretons
Spiced minced pork spread, on toast for breakfast.
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10
Tarte au sucre
Brown sugar or maple syrup pie, a holiday dessert.
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11
Cipaille
Multi-layered pie of meats and potatoes, from Gaspésie and Saguenay.
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12
Grands-pères au sirop d'érable
Dumplings poached in maple syrup.
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Pouding chômeur
Cake topped with maple syrup or brown sugar sauce, born during the Great Depression.
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Comments (9)
Pouding chômeur, le dessert le plus réconfortant du monde.
La poutine de La Banquise à Montréal, ouverte 24h sur 24 !
Le pâté chinois de ma mère, rien ne bat ça.
La poutine en premier, évidemment. Avec des vrais crottes de fromage qui font squick squick.
La tire sur la neige à la cabane à sucre au printemps 🍁
Les cretons sur une toast le matin, un classique.
La tourtière du Lac-Saint-Jean, c'est pas la même chose que celle de Montréal !
Le smoked meat de chez Schwartz's, la file vaut la peine.
La tarte au sucre de ma grand-mère 😍