Quebec Recipes

While making the beef stock from scratch is time consuming, it really makes for a fabulous soup! Of course you can always buy beef stock too (if you are in a bit of a hurry)! This serves 4 as a main course with crunchy French bread and a simple side salad (try mixing tender butter lettuce, sweet green and red leaf lettuce, some crunchy iceberg, confettied light green cabbage and grated carrot with candied pecans and a light balsamic or Italian dressing).

Creamed lobster over buttered toast is comfort food at its best. This is a very popular recipe in southwestern Nova Scotia. You can also pour the creamed lobster over fries and mozzarella for a lobster poutine.

Baked Brie with walnuts and maple syrup. A party favorite! I use a can of finest light AA grade Quebec maple syrup for this.

This is a traditional meal in the homes of the French Canadians that will leave your home smelling of warm spices and your belly full.

A French Acadian recipe. To thicken stew you can add dumplings.

Originally from my grandma's recipe box, the secret of this delectable Christmas treasure is found in the ground cloves and chicken seasoning. We've always made our tourtieres en grand (in large quantity), as they freeze great making them a terrific quick fix throughout the busy holiday season!

Sucre la creme is a traditional fudge from the Quebec province of Canada. The ingredients are simple and few, but the result is sweet and delightful! And because this recipe is cooked in the microwave, you're never too far from a quick sugar fix!

A favorite with our family, this French-Canadian dish has been passed down from many generations. It's a simple dish that can be served with a bechamel sauce. If you like salmon you will enjoy this pie.

Very easy dessert to make! Add two scoops of French vanilla bean ice cream. Enjoy!

Inspired by a recipe I saw on television, I experimented with different combinations and came up with this. This is a delicious and unusual variation on plain old French Toast. Try it, I guarantee you'll love it! Thanks to the Blue Moon Cafe in Baltimore for the inspiration. Not for the diet conscious, but it tastes so good you won't care! Put bread in a warm oven to keep heated until the rest of the bread is done, if needed. Serve with a dollop of butter and warmed pure maple syrup, if desired.

A nice change from pancakes for Sunday breakfast. This is an old French Acadia breakfast from my childhood. Best served with ham steaks and eggs. Give this a try and add fruit if you wish. Serve with melted butter or margarine and warm molasses.

On a quest to get my kids to eat more veggies and not just at dinner time, my pumpkin french toast has now become a family favorite! Drizzle with maple syrup and sprinkle a small amount of powdered sugar for fun!

This version is the regional specialty at its finest. This lovely brown-sugar-and-egg mixture sets like pumpkin pie! Serve in a pool of thick cream, which is the perfect complement to the rich, sweet dessert.

This recipe adds a great Canadian favorite, poutine - gravy, cheese, and fries - to the world's favorite, pizza.

A blend of spices used in the traditional French-Canadian tourtiere (meat pie). I use beef, pork and veal, but this mix goes with any combination.

This dessert recipe was very popular in Quebec during the Depression and remains a favorite in many French Canadian homes to this day.

I had the most amazing sugar pie in Quebec City, Canada at a restaurant called the Cochon Dingue. (The Crazy Pig). Their version is custardy versus the soft-fudgy/brown sugar ones that are a regional specialty. The pie tastes better if made 1 night (or more) before serving. Good luck on having it around for that long! Serve topped with creme fraiche, if desired.

A French Canadian meat pie usually served Christmas Eve, this pie has a lightly spiced and herbed pork filling with a pastry crust.

Delicious egg bread made with eggs, orange zest, and anise egg wash for an "eggstra" special flavor! A slightly sweet bread good by itself or toasted, especially with coffee or tea. You can even use it for French toast or bread pudding. I make this every year for my family at Easter. A special treat they look forward to once a year! The colored eggs are great fun too and add to your holiday decor.

The problem that I identified was that French macarons are almost always baked with almond flour, and so many people with tree nut allergies, counting me, are affected by this problem, because we can't eat freshly baked French macarons from a pastry shop. This is problematic, because I've always wanted to try a French macaron, since my sisters have tried them and told me that they taste really good, and I was jealous.

This flavorful barbeque sauce for ribs is just like the kind they serve at a famous restaurant in Montreal, Quebec that has people lining up on the street any given night of the week. Try this u002du002d you'll luv it! Don't' skip the lemon juice or cinnamon. Simmer the left over sauce until sugar is completely dissolved and serve as extra sauce for those who like their ribs dripping with flavor.

Tourtiere is a traditional meat pie served in French-speaking areas of Canada for Reveillon, a Christmas or New Years Eve party. Enjoy this vegetarian version which I have modified from several sources. Makes 2 pies or one really big, thick one. Serve with a spicy chutney or steak sauce, mashed potatoes, steamed green beans, and a nice salad. Freezes well before baking. Bon appetit!

'Grands-peres au sirop d'erable', or 'Grandfathers in maple syrup' are dessert dumplings that are cooked in maple syrup and are a French Canadian classic. Here is my grandmother's recipe. Dumplings can be served warm or cold.

This is a Quebec recipe. Very simple and easy. You can add nuts if you like. The maple syrup pudding is an 'upgraded' version of poor man's pudding, which uses brown sugar syrup. The maple syrup will sink to the bottom.