Poutine as made by Acadians in the Upper Saint John Valley in Maine, USA, are dumplings made from flour. There is no potato in them, as is common further north in New Brunswick, despite Maine being a potato capital of the world. The dumplings are rolled out into balls by hand and simmered in soups…
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Poutine à la Mélasse
Poutine à la Mélasse is a pie with no top crust made in the Acadian areas of Canada. It is somewhat like Shoofly Pie and Molasses Pie, which are also made with molasses, or Québecois Tarte au sirop d’erable , except it is made with molasses instead of maple syrup. Like Shoofly Pie, the filling…
Poutine à Trou
Poutine à Trou are apple pastries mostly made in the Acadian area of south-east of New Brunswick in Canada. They are balls of pastry with a hole in the top. In English, they would perhaps best be understood by referring to them as Baked Apple Dumplings. To make them, you prepared your filling first. It…
Poutine au Pain
Poutine au Pain means “bread pudding” in Québecois and Acadian French. Like Bread Pudding in English, there is no one set recipe, but rather many. Language Notes “Poutine au Pain” is probably an anglicisme (“English-influenced expression”) that passed into Québecois in the early 1900s. Mentioned in Roger Lemelin’s 1948 novel Les Plouffe (The Plouffe Family)…
Poutine aux Raisins
Poutine aux raisins is a steamed raisin pudding made in the Acadian area of Canada. The pudding mixture is made from flour, baking powder, salt, raisins, molasses, egg and water mixed together. The mixture is placed in a large, clean, empty tin (in lieu of a pudding basin), and then set in a pot on…
Poutine Bouillie
Poutine bouillie is Acadian poutine made from a mixture of potato, flour, apples and raisins. It is served as a dessert. Language Notes “Bouillie” means “boiled”.
Poutine Carreautée
Poutine Carreautée is a pie with no top crust To make Poutine Carreautée, cubed, salted pork is boiled then roasted and set aside. In a pot, hot water is heated and when it reaches the boiling point, sugar and flour are stirred in, along with the cooked salt pork. This is poured into a pie…
Poutine en Sac
Poutine en sac is a steamed pudding cooked in a cloth bag. It is sometimes referred to as “poutine à la vapeur” (steamed pudding), because of the cooking process. In more colloquial Acadian or Québécois French, it’s sometimes called “poutine steamée.” The pudding will be a mixture of flour, sugar, baking powder, eggs, milk, fat…
Poutine Glissante
Poutine glissante is basically a dumpling served as a dessert with a sweet syrup such as molasses or maple syrup.
Poutine Québécoise
Poutine as served in Québec is a fast food, consisting of French fries, covered with cheese curds, then thick, dark gravy.
Poutine Râpée
Poutine Râpée Photos used courtesy of / with permission: © Bob Morton Poutine Râpée is an Acadian boiled dumpling made from potato stuffed with pork in the centre. It is made from both grated and mashed potato. The dumplings are about the size of a large orange, with a greyish, glutinous appearance. They are very…
Poutines Blanches
Poutines blanches are white dumplings made by Acadians for soups and stews. Unlike most other dumpling recipes for soups and stews, there is no fat in the recipe. Poutines blanches can be used as dumplings in dishes such as fricot, pot-en-pot, etc. Cooking Tips 1 cup of flour ½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon baking powder…