Traditional Quebec Christmas foodstuffs
i'm planning a nice christmas dinner and would like to know where is the best place to buy traditional christmas baked goods, i.e. yule logs, three king cakes etc. the only place i know of is premiere moisson and au pain dore, but are there better places? and or cheaper? where are your personal preferences to go and buy said items?
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As I posted to williej about lamb tourtiere: Try La Maison du Roti http://www.lmdr.net/menu.html they are restaurant suppliers open to the public. Also go east for less expensive goodies at the Marché Maisonneuve 4445, rue Ontario Est.
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re: bigfellow
do you always bake your own? i'm not from quebec, and this is going to be my first christmas dinner here and i want to try all the "traditional" stuff! but i really have no idea (or the time!) to try making one on my own. not to mention trying to make my own yule log! have you ever tried any (tourtieres too) that were made in a bakery or a store?
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re: sharkbait88
SnackHappy
Dec 10, 2009 01:12 PM
There was a thread about tourtière last year.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/577356
I've tried the ones from La Fournée des Sucreries de l'Érable at JTM. They're really good, but not as good as homemade. The duck one is tasty, but it's really duck and pork and probably has more pork than duck. You can get takeaway tourtières from Au Pied de Cochon. I've had it at the sugar shack and found the dough was overmixed and crumbly, but the filling was great. Maybe the ones from the restaurant are better. The dough recipe from the cookbook certainly looks better than what I was served.
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