Toronto Life – December 2018

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Month 2018 toronto life 131

French Connection

Sanagan’S Meat Locker,

the popular Kensington

butcher that recently opened

an east end store at Gerrard

and Coxwell, makes its

tourtière—a traditional

Christmas Eve indulgence—

year-round. It all starts with

an absurdly rich butter-and-

lard pastry crust. Inside, the

savoury pork-and-bacon

filling is flavoured with just

the right amount of onions and

ground aromatics, including

cloves, nutmeg and allspice.

$15-$28. 176 Baldwin St.,

1513 Gerrard St. E.,

416-593-9747.

Wizard of Oz

kanga’S personal-size pies come in many

flavours, but our pick is the traditional

Aussie one loaded with ground beef and

savoury gravy (and stamped with an

adorable pastry ’roo paw print). Dipping

each bite in ketchup is highly encouraged.

$6.85. 65 Duncan St., 416-324-9174; plus

two other Toronto locations.

Porky Pie

The pies at Riverside’s

ButcherS of DiStinction

are as varied as the cuts in the

display case. If there’s a

surplus of beef cheek or ham

or chicken, it’ll end up lovingly

wrapped in pastry in no time.

The small-batch pork, apple

and cheddar pie is a novel,

savoury-sweet solution to

having a bumper crop of

locally sourced braised pork.

$22.95. 738 Queen St. E.,

416-466-9191.

Gourd Almighty

Come autumn, almost

everything that’s edible or

potable is infiltrated with

pumpkin, and now that

includes savoury pies.

This one, from the teMpereD

rooM in Parkdale, stuffs

perfect puff pastry with

pumpkin, tender short ribs

from Ontario Harvest and

maitake mushrooms. $68.

1374 Queen St. W.,

416-546-4374.

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