tourtière

or tour·tiere

[ toor-tyair ]

noun

1. a Canadian, especially French Canadian, pastry-covered pie containing minced pork or other chopped meat and various chopped vegetables.

tourtière

/ ˌtuːrtɪˈɛə; turtjɛr /

noun

1. a type of meat pie

Word History and Origins

Origin of tourtière¹

1950–55; < Canadian French; French: plate for tarts, equivalent to tourte tart ( torte ) + -ière, feminine of -ier -ier ²; boutonniere

Word History and Origins

Origin of tourtière¹

from French