12 Traditional Canadian Christmas Recipes You'll Love #CanadianCuisine #christmas2025 #sharpaspirant

turkey

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken or pork can be more affordable and lighter options.

pumpkin pie

🥗Healthier: sweet potato pie

💰Cheaper: apple pie

Sweet potato pie offers a similar flavor with fewer calories.

egg nog

🥗Healthier: almond milk nog

💰Cheaper: store-bought egg nog

Almond milk nog is lighter and can be made dairy-free.

stuffing

🥗Healthier: quinoa stuffing

💰Cheaper: rice stuffing

Quinoa adds protein while rice is often less expensive.

Combine everything together in a large bowl. Then cut the butter or lard until the mixture is crumbly. Add water and blend just until dough comes together nicely.

Shape into a ball, wrap and chill in the refrigerator.

Once the filling has been made, roll out the dough and place into the baking dish.

In a large pot of boiling water, add 2 medium sized potatoes with the skin on and boil till fork tender, remove from heat and soak in cold water and remove the skin easily that way. Then in a large frying pan place a little bit of cooking oil then your onion, and garlic, saute till fragrant.

Add in your ground hamburger and pork along with seasonings and saute for 3 minutes. Then add in your beef stock and scrape down the sides to mix all the flavors together. Simmer on medium - low heat till the liquid has evaporated, roughly 30 minutes.

Using a grater, grate your potatoes into the mixture, remove from heat and set aside to cool down for one hour.

Meanwhile prepare your crust according to the above directions. Once it's been chilled for one hour remove the crust and place on a lightly floured surface and divide it in half.

Roll each half out to form a large circle shape, one will be for the bottom of the crust the other for the top.

Place your bottom half gently over your pie plate and ladle in your filling (be sure the filling has come to room temperature prior) this ensures the pie crust does not become soggy.

Then fill to the top of the pie shell and press down with a ladle till compact.

Now create your egg wash, simply beat two eggs in a bowl.

With some egg wash, brush the outside of the oval crust to ensure that the lid sticks together during cooking.

Next put the pie crust overtop and using kitchen scissors, cut around the outside edges to remove the excess dough and with your fingers pinch all around the crust to ensure its closed. Finish by brushing the entire top of the pie with remaining egg wash and with a knife make two cuts along the top to allow for ventilation while cooking.

Bake at 375 f for 45 minutes till golden brown.

Serve with Ketchup and enjoy!

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