Although the cuisine of Canada is not the most popular, it can still pleasantly surprise you. We tell you which of the Canadian dishes will give you gastronomic pleasure.
Tourtier
This dish is considered traditional for the part where the French-speaking population lives. The time of appearance of the tourtier is the XVII century, its name is associated with the name of the ship where the dish was first prepared. It is customary to stuff it with minced meat with herbs and spices, but sometimes fish is taken instead of meat. Tourtier is usually prepared for the winter holidays - Christmas or New Year.
PutIn
It's also from French Canadians. It can be attributed to the most outlandish and specific dishes of the country. In Quebec, cities are competing for the right to be considered the author of Putin. So what is it? French fries under spicy meat grate with cottage cheese/curd cheese. At least once you need to try!
Cocktail "Caesar"
It was invented in the late 1960s by Walter Chell, the manager of the Calgary restaurant. Today, the invention of Chell is very popular, the cocktail is in great demand. "Caesar" is made from the juice of clamato, vodka, Warchester, and on a glass on top make a salty rim.
Beaver Tails
It's essentially a flattened donut without a hole. The recipe for Beaver Tails belongs to the family of Graham Hooker: it was passed down from generation to generation, but in the late 1970s it became famous outside this family. In Ottawa, Hooker opened his first treat outlet and handed out sweet treats.
Pea soup
Did you know that pea soup is a classic dish of French Canada? The story goes that Marc Myron, the mayor of Ottawa, planning to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the travels of Samuel de Champlain, a researcher from France, was interested in what Champlain and others ate when they settled in the new land. It turned out to be pea soup! In long journeys, peas and cured meat are relevant (they were stored for a long time) - so there was a soup that is eaten to this day.
Nanairmo Bars
Incredibly delicious dessert consists of three layers: for its preparation use crumbs, oil vanilla glaze, crushed chocolate. Presumably the recipe was created in the middle of the XX century.
Cream tart
It belongs to the early Canadian cuisine. Delicate crispy crust, soft filling of butter, sugar, eggs - sounds very appetizing. Some prefer to add raisns there.
Montreal meat
This delicate product is salted and kept in special herbs for a week. Then beef brisket, saturated with flavors, is subjected to hot smoking and steamed. The mere sight of smoked Canadian meat makes you lick.
Bannock Bread
Flat sauerkraut bread appeared in Scotland. Bannock is called a universal dish of Indigenous Canadians. And for sourdough take not yeast, and baking powder.
Bacon
Canadian bacon is special: if pork sides are taken for the usual, then Canadians use loin salted and rolled in corn flour. Once it was exported to the UK because of the deficit, wrapped in yellow peas, and then preferred to collapse in flour.
Maple syrup
Canada is the largest manufacturer of this product in the world. By the way, they are not only watered pancakes, syrup can be used as a sweetener or flavoring agent for other dishes.
