French Meat Pies

Our Lady of Lourdes began serving French Meat Pies in the late 1800's at its traditional holiday dinners at the church. Many of the French Canadian parishioners also prepared the "tourtieres" for their own families to serve at Christmas and New Year's Day.  Over the years at Our Lady of Lourdes, people would prepare and serve their meat pies at various parish events.  The women who cooked for funerals, in particular, would have different recipes, so they worked through to create a consensus in order to find the best one, which is now the recipe for the parish.
 
The traditional French Meat Pie Dinners stopped in the 1980's, but the parish continues to make the pies to support the church. The current ingredients for the pies consist of ground pork tenderloin, onions, and "secret spices."  

How to buy - Meat pies can be purchased at the Parish Office during office hours Tuesday through Friday, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. The cost of a pie is $30.00 and serves 6-8 people. 

Our Lady of Lourdes French Meat Pie - LINK
This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.