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Sugar pie

Sugar pie is a dessert in northern French and Belgian cuisine, where it is called tarte au sucre. It is also popular in Canada.

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Tarte au sucre
Tarte au sucre from northern France
Alternative namesSugar pie, sugar cream pie, finger pie
TypePie
Main ingredientsFlour, butter, sugar

Tarte au sucre (sugar pie) is a dessert from northern French and Belgian cuisine, which is also popular in Canada.

Various type of tarte au sucre are made. Some are a leavened dough topped with beet sugar or brown sugar, while others are made with a shortcrust pastry. The French Canadian version of the dessert sometimes uses maple syrup.1

Canada

In Canada, the sugar pie is considered a classic dish of Québécois cuisine.2 In 2019, the sugar pie was featured on a Canadian postage stamp.3

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Notes

  1. "Canadian Comfort Food: A collection of uniquely Canadian Cuisine". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. Cummings-Yeates, Rosalind. "Sweet Discovery: Tracing The Québécois Roots Of Sugar Pie". thetakeout.com. The Takeout. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  3. McCarty, Denise. "On the menu for April 17: five Sweet Canada stamps". linns.com. Linn's Stamp News. Retrieved 8 April 2025.