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🇨🇦 Traditional dishes from Canada

3 dishes people actually cook in Canada: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Butter tarts

60 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Butter tarts, a traditional dish from Canada

Sweet, gooey, and utterly irresistible tarts!

  • 250 g all-purpose flour
  • 125 g unsalted butter
  • 150 g brown sugar
  • 100 ml corn syrup
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 50 g raisins

Poutine

45 min · easy · 5 ingredients

Poutine, a traditional dish from Canada

Indulge in this cheesy, savory Canadian classic!

  • 800 g french fries
  • 250 g cheese curds
  • 500 ml gravy
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Tourtière

120 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Tourtière, a traditional dish from Canada

Savor the rich flavors of this classic meat pie!

  • 500 g pork
  • 250 g beef
  • 1 onion
  • 1 potato
  • 2 garlic
  • 1 tsp thyme
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 2 pie crust

What do people eat in Canada?

The three dishes from Canada documented in Copper are Butter tarts, Poutine and Tourtière. All three are baked. All three need an oven. Between them they use 21 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Canada?

The three recipes need 21 ingredients between them. Copper's atlas covers 588 dishes from 196 countries, and these three are the Canada entries. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Canada take?

Poutine is the quickest at 45 minutes. Tourtière is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 60 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Canada is easiest to make at home?

Poutine is rated easy — start there. The full method is on its recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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