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.

Origin of tourtière

1
1950–55; <Canadian French; French: plate for tarts, equivalent to tourte tart (see torte) + -ière, feminine of -ier-ier2; see boutonniere

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British Dictionary definitions for tourtière

tourtière

/ (ˌtuːrtɪˈɛə, French turtjɛr) /


noun
  1. Canadian a type of meat pie

Origin of tourtière

1
from French

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