Tarte au Sucre (Sugar Pie)

Submitted by Lennie

"Serve this very sweet French-Canadian classic with a glass of ice-cold milk; it really does help to counteract the sugar rush. In small slices, this pie is delicious."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Serves: 8-12

ingredients

• 1 9 in. unbaked pastry shell
• 3⁄4 cup light brown sugar (for best results don't use the dark brown sugar)
• 3 tablespoons milk or 3 tablespoons cream
• 1 tablespoon butter, cut in small dice

directions

1. In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar and milk (cream will make a richer pie).
2. Pour this mixture into unbaked pie shell and scatter diced butter on top of it.
3. Bake in a preheated 400F oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until pie dough is golden.

Reviews

[Janice Gill]

This is the pur laine (all wool) Quebec recipe and wonderfully good it is. Try using maple sugar for the real old-fashioned taste. The trick with this pie is to serve small helpings ...think of it more as a confection than a dessert. Cold whipped cream served with it halps to cut the sweetness though it doen't help the caloric count. Thanks for posting and publicizing our wonderful Canadian cuisine

 

[Liveelou]

There might be a better recipe out there. This was definately a traditional recipe, but I found it to be grainy on the teeth. Not what I remember, and I'm married to a Quebec man whose family has served Sugar Pie at every family gathering. I'm going to hit up one of them for their recipe.

 

[Tearoom mom]

Thank you for submitting this recipe!!! My grandmother used to make it every time I visited her in Quebec!!! I havent had it in about 26 years!!! This is truly appreciated by Canadiens!!

 

[Sarah Cox]

This was exactly like the tart au sucre I've had in Quebec. I followed the directions exactly and had no trouble. It turned out wonderfully - looked perfect and tasted wonderful.

 

[Sally Battle]

I tried this pie and was very disappointed. It barely covered the bottom of my pie crust and was just a film of something that tasted like melted light brown sugar. I was very disappointed.