Game pie
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Game pie is a form of meat pie featuring game. The dish dates from Roman times when the main ingredients were wild birds and animals such as partridge, pheasant, deer, and hare. The pies reached their
A still life by Adriaen van Utrecht (1599–1652) showing some of the types of game used in traditional cookery. Note the variety of small birds
Substitutes for bread; – or – right honorables, saving the loaves, and dividing the fishes. By James Gillray
Game pie as served in a cafe in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Tourtière
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Tourtière is a French Canadian meat pie dish originating from the province of Quebec, made with minced pork, veal or beef and potatoes. Wild game meat such as bear or venison is sometimes used. It is
Game pie
…past. They are usually served hot, and may have no shell but only a pastry cover – or in restaurants only a puff-pastry lid added at the last minute. Tourtière du Lac Saint-Jean List of pies, tarts and flans…
Tourtière du Lac-Saint-Jean, ready to be put into the oven for baking
Traditional French Canadian pork meat pie