Do you know any Canadian cusine?

Question

I have to do a presentation tomorrow for my culinary class on Canadian cusine. Can someone please tell us what an easy to make main dish is in Canada???????

Answer 1

How about something from the West Coast? Seafood is very popular here so why not try this salmon recipe:

Cedar Planked Salmon with Maple Syrup Glaze and Garlic Mashed Potatoes

(best to use untreated western red cedar plank and soak in water for 1 hour)

Ingredients:
1 cup pure maple syrup
2 tablespoons finely grated peeled fresh gingerroot
4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
an untreated cedar plank (about 17 by 10 1/2 inches; if desired)
a 2 1/2-pound center-cut salmon fillet with skin
greens from 1 bunch scallions

Preparation:
In a small heavy saucepan simmer maple syrup, gingerroot, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, soy sauce, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste until reduced to about 1 cup, about 30 minutes, and let cool. (Maple glaze may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring maple glaze to room temperature before proceeding.)
Preheat oven to 350° F. If using cedar plank, lightly oil and heat in middle of oven 15 minutes; or lightly oil a shallow baking pan large enough to hold salmon.

Arrange scallion greens in one layer on plank or in baking pan to form a bed for fish.

In another small saucepan heat half of glaze over low heat until heated through to use as a sauce. Stir in remaining tablespoon lemon juice. Remove pan from heat and keep sauce warm, covered.

Put salmon, skin side down, on scallion greens and brush with remaining glaze. Season salmon with salt and pepper and roast in middle of oven until just cooked through, about 20 minutes if using baking pan or about 35 if using plank.

Cut salmon crosswise into 6 pieces. On each of 6 plates arrange salmon and scallion greens on a bed of mashed potatoes. Drizzle salmon with warm sauce.

Garlic Mashed Potatoes:

Ingredients:
7 cups peeled and cubed baking potatoes
6 cloves garlic, peeled
1/2 cup low-fat milk
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Preparation:
Place potatoes and garlic in a saucepan. Cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer 20 minutes; drain. Place drained potatoes and garlic in a mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients; beat with mixer until smooth. Serves 6

Cheers,

Petra M , Vancouver

Answer 2

My goodness, there are lots of choices that haven't been mentioned yet. Let's start with anything made with maple syrup such as pancakes with maple syrup; eggs poached in maple syrup (especially suited for those with a sweet tooth); then blueberry pie; or butter tarts (my American cousins tell me these are Canadian); venison stew (or any other deer or moose meat dish); seafood dishes (as mentioned by others); macaroni and cheese made with a great, old Canadian cheddar; wild rice pilaf (or any wild rice dish). I could go on and on.

Although your teacher might not agree, I'm beginning to think that lasagna, spaghetti, fajitas and stir fries are also Canadian; why not?

(Petra's cedar planked salmon with maple syrup glaze sounds VERY good.)

Answer 3

Canada, like the United States has different meals depending on where you live. Like sea food in New England and deer meat in Texas (yuck)

I will give you my favorite
"French Canadian Meat Pie".

This is enough for 2 pies.

Pound of ground beef
2 pounds of ground pork
2 big onions
3 or 4 garlic
pountry seasoning (couple of tea spoons)
salt
pepper
4 large potatoes cooked and mashed.

Fry the meat onions and garlic in large pan
add any seasoning and cover with 2 cups of
boiling water. Cover and simmer for about an hour.

mix with mashed potatoes.

pile high in pie crust....Cover with top crust
poke a couple of holes
Bake at 350 for about an hour.

Serve with...baked potatoe and cole slaw
or french fries and coleslaw

Answer 4

The first one to answer needs to check his facts.

There are two 'poutines'.

One is the 'Quebec' poutine, which is as it was described; french fries smoothered in beef gravy and cheddar cheese curds.

The second is the 'Acadian' poutine, and is a kind of potato dumpling from back in the 1600's. It is made by grating a couple of potatoes and making 'snowballs' out of it, packing a small bit of vegetable and salt into the center. If you're really adventurous, you might manage a small bit of pork ... but having meat was a rarity in colonial Canada. The potato dumplings are boiled in a large pot.

Another traditional Canadian dish would be any 'native' fish like trout, pike, bass, or pickerel broiled or grilled over an open flame and served with wild rice and wild turnip.

Answer 5

"tourtière" which is French Canadian meat pie.
It's minced beef and pork mixed with onions and minced raw potato. We usually add allspice and nutmeg.The mixture is put in flaky pastry and cooked in the oven like a pie.
Unlike the contributor above me there are no mashed potatoes! NO poultry seasoning either that's for chicken!
The quantities are about the same for the meat.

Answer 6

Venison steak. Make sure the deer meat is marinated in red wine for a few hours. Sear the meat in a pan with shallots and garlic, then cook slowly, it should be served med-rare.

Answer 7

if you know how to make pizza

there's Canadian pizza all it is is dough, sauce, non spicy peppers, cheese and any kind of meat imaginable.

its pretty much a meat lovers pizza but with double the meat

Answer 8

Canadian Sir Francis Bacon? (ham) They devour very gentle breakfast sausages contained in the morning, milder link sausages than contained in the U. S., even. Oh, and in case you order espresso, it comes w/ milk already in it.

Answer 9

I don't know if i would consider this a main dish but it is quite popular across the country, Poutine.

french fries, curd cheese and gravy on top

Answer 10

Poutine..mmm fries with gravy and melted cheese..damn I miss my high school poutine:)