Première Moisson / tarte au sucre (sugar pie)

For the most Quebec of sweets, get a tarte au sucre (sugar pie) — a rich slab of sugar, cream, and pastry that's a genuine local tradition most visitors never try. A good bakery like Première Moisson inside Atwater Market does it well, and you can carry it two minutes to the Lachine Canal to eat. Cheap, distinctly Quebec, and a perfect small thing to seek out.

The quintessential Quebec dessert — tarte au sucre (sugar pie), a slab of sugar and cream — from a good bakery, ideally eaten by the canal.

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