Places, Traditions and Discoveries · Drawing 20 of 40
Lac-Saint-Jean tourtière
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Lac-Saint-Jean tourtière is a big meat pie. It hides pieces of meat and potato under its crust and bakes in a deep dish.
Look together
What is hiding under the crust?
An idea to try
Draw a large dish in cross-section, as though you could see through it. Your child adds what they imagine beneath the crust.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
The Lac-Saint-Jean tourtière in the reference recipe is prepared in a deep container. Pastry lines the base and sides and holds ingredients including pieces of meat, potatoes and broth. Another layer of pastry covers the top. This arrangement makes the different parts of the drawing easy to distinguish.
Use the words “under”, “inside” and “on top” to describe the dish. Imagine what lifting the crust would reveal, then compare a whole tourtière with a served portion. The cited recipe is a named example, not a claim to represent every family’s way of making it.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
An imagined deep tourtière, with simplified proportions and filling.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- RICARDO — Juliette’s Lac-Saint-Jean Tourtière (meat pie)Deep pot, pastry on the bottom and sides, meat and potatoes, broth and a top crust in this recipe.
Page prepared on September 12, 2026. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.
This drawing is from the book Québec Treasures to Colour
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