This is an amalgamation of dishes from different cultures. This recipe combines tourtières which are typically French Canadian and pierogies which are of Eastern European origin. What you end up with are bite-sized cheesy meat pie served as a main or as a side.
There are many variants of tourtière and this one is the most iconic version. Filled with ground beef and pork, covered in crust and baked in the oven, this dish is often enjoyed with hunter sauce or ketchup.
For an added kick, add some grated cheddar cheese before the top layer of crust is added. Stuffed crust tourtière? Yes!
The tourtières that hail from the Lac-Saint-Jean region are slow-cooked deep-dish meat pies made with potatoes and various meats cut into small cubes or diced. Some families will serve it as-is or topped with a hunter sauce or ketchup.
