Street View Street Food
Butter Tart
History
Traditionally, the English Canadian tart consists of
butter, sugar, and eggs in a pastry shell, similar to the
French-Canadian sugar pie, or the base of the U.S. pecan
pie without the nut topping. The butter tart is different
from pecan pie in that it has a “runnier” filling due to the
omission of corn starch. Often raisins, walnuts orpecans
are added to the traditional butter tart. However purists
contend that such additions should not be allowed.
Culture
Butter tarts are an integral part of Eastern Canadian
cuisine and are objects of cultural pride of many
communities across Ontario and indeed Canada.
This cultural and community connection with the tart
has spawned butter tart themed tourism such as the
Butter Tart festival at Muskoka Lakes, Ontario,[9] the
trademarked “Butter Tart Trail” at Wellington North,
Ontario, and the “Butter Tart Tour” in Kawarthas
Northumberland, Ontario.
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