Québec Recipes
Classic Québec recipes: tourtière, pea soup, pouding chômeur, sugar pie, poutine and Montreal smoked meat, made at home.
7 recipes
QuebecTarte au Sucre (Québec Sugar Pie)
A rich, silky brown sugar and cream pie from Québec, traditional at Christmas and the sugar shack.
QuebecMontreal Smoked Meat (Home-Style)
Spice-cured, smoked and steamed beef brisket piled high on rye with yellow mustard, adapted for a home kitchen.
QuebecPouding Chômeur
Québec's famous 'poor man's pudding': a tender cake baked over a hot maple syrup sauce that turns into caramel underneath.
Maple Syrup Pie
A classic Quebecois dessert, this rich and sweet maple syrup pie features a flaky crust and a delightful, custardy maple filling.
QuebecSplit Pea Soup
Yellow split pea soup with ham and root vegetables — a Québécois winter staple that freezes beautifully.
QuebecTourtière (Québec Meat Pie)
A savoury spiced pork pie associated with Québec réveillon and winter holiday tables.
QuebecClassic Poutine
Crisp fries, squeaky cheese curds, and a rich brown gravy — the Québec dish that went national.
Québec cooking at home
Québec has one of the strongest food traditions in North America. It's built on pork, dried peas, maple syrup, brown sugar and dairy, and shaped by long winters and the sugar shack season every spring. Many of the dishes here (tourtière, pea soup, sugar pie, pouding chômeur) come from the cabane à sucre menu and the réveillon table.
Each recipe sticks close to the home-style version you'd find in a Québec kitchen, with practical swaps if you're cooking outside the province.