~292 cal · 24g protein · 18g carbs · 13g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Pork spread on toast with mustard
🇨🇦 Québec
In Québec, the breakfast table almost always has a crock of cretons — a soft, spiced pork spread simmered with onion, milk, and cloves, then chilled until spreadable. Slathered on toast with mustard, it is a Sunday-morning staple passed down in every French-Canadian family.
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Ingredients
Serves 6 —
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1 lb ground pork
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1 cup milk
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1 onion, minced
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1/2 tsp ground cloves
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1/4 tsp cinnamon
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6 slices toast (crusty bread)
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to taste mustard and salt
Instructions
1
Simmer the pork with the onion, milk, cloves, cinnamon, and salt over low heat, stirring, for about an hour until soft.
2
Mash the mixture smooth and check the seasoning — it should be well spiced.
3
Pack into a container and chill until firm and spreadable, at least a few hours.
4
Toast the bread, spread thickly with cold cretons, add a little mustard, and serve.
Québec French-Canadian home tradition.
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🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
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Québec. Snow-country cooking: curds, gravy, and sugar shacks.
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Canada. Maple, prairie wheat, and a fierce québécois food identity.
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North America. A collision of Indigenous, colonial, and immigrant tables.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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