Places, Traditions and Discoveries · Drawing 20
Lac-Saint-Jean tourtière
Lac-Saint-Jean tourtière hides pieces of meat and potato under its pastry. It bakes in a deep dish.
Look together
What might you discover beneath 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 context
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Source review: 2026-09-12. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.