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tourtiere

tourtiere is the alternative spelling of tourtière.

Meaning of tourtière

Noun

tourtière (countable and uncountable, plural tourtières)

  1. (Canada, Quebec) A type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.
    • 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...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

Forms of tourtiere

pluraltourtieres

Questions about tourtiere

What is tourtiere the alternative spelling of?
Tourtiere is the alternative spelling of tourtière.

Words near tourtiere in the dictionary

  1. tours of duty
  2. tourscape
  3. tourscapes
  4. tourte
  5. tourtes
  6. tourtiere
  7. tourtieres
  8. tourtière
  9. tourtières
  10. Tourtouse
  11. Tourville

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