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The Great Canadian Lentil ~ Wild Mushroom Ravioli
In busy restaurants it’s important to be able to assemble the ingredients for a great dish like this in minutes. In fact, that’s the point of this multi-layered recipe. Norm creates all the pieces,...
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The Great Canadian Beluga Lentil Burger – A Whale of a Burger
As one of Quebec’s top chefs, when Charles dubbed this a “Whale of a Burger”, I listen. Then I read…and headed to my local lentil purveyor immediately. You could substitute dried cranberries...
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Red Lentil Ragout with root vegetables, Newfoundland Chanterelles and Mount...
Topped with Citrus-roasted Cod Loin Chef Roary Macpherson, uses ‘scrunchion fat’ in this recipe, the rendered remains of frying small bits of fat pork to use as a topping for a variety of Newfoundland...
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Tagliolini with Black Beluga Lentils and Butter Poached Lobster
Pasta y Fagioli is a classic of Italian cuisine. Derived from la Cucina Povera (cuisine of poverty) Italians have long combined pasta and legumes for a nutritional punch above its weight. This elegant...
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Coconut-Cardamom Rosewater Red Lentil Ice Cream
Bacalao, St. John’s Dessert Chef Andrea Maunder writes: “This is a riff on Asian red bean ice cream, with East Indian inspired flavourings, using Canadian lentils and Newfoundland honey! It’s vegan and...
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Cassoulet- Smoked N.S. Wild Boar Sausage, Crispy Choucroute, Lentils
Served w/ Tomato and Duck Confit A great riff off on the classic French Cassoulet only using an all-Canadian cast. Begin by making the Duck Confit (duck fat is now available in specialty grocery...
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Buckwheat Honey and Thai Spiced Flank Steak & Lemongrass Lentils
Chef Ross Munro is a beef expert, aging PEI meat to perfection before serving it. Thai-inspired, the lemon grass, spice paste and curry leaves can be found is Asian food stores. 2 pounds (908 g)...
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Smoked Green Lentils
With Wild Sorrel, Lovage, Sprouted Red Lentils, Dark Harbor Dulse and Pickled Rhubarb Jesse harvests New Brunswick with wild abandon and an infectious smile. He’ll forage for the sheep’s sorrel and...
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Laird Lentil Falafels
The Laird lentil is to the culinary world what Marquis wheat was and Yukon Gold potatoes are – a true, unmitigated star! Released as a registered cultivar way back in 1978, it is still the standard...
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Crispy Pickerel with Chorizo and Green Lentil Ragout
Both Harissa with its characteristic heat and the lemony-flavoured Sumac are available at Persian food markets. Like many of the other recipes, the Lentil Ragout, this time well-endowed with Chorizo...
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Wild Pheasant with Immature Juniper, White Asparagus, Morels & Ramps
On Beluga Lentils with Pancetta in Red Wine DNA specializes in true Boreal cuisine and the wild flavours of Quebec. Because foraged ingredients are so difficult to find, Chef Derek Dammann and his...
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Pan Seared Snapper Fillet with Spicy Spot Prawn Escabeche
On Red Wine Braised Black Lentils with Wilted Mustard Greens and Lentil Fritter Chef Yarymowich has this dish on her Picasso Menu during the extraordinary May-long exhibit at the Art Gallery of...
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Lentil Burger
From the heart of lentil-land, this burger can take on any comers. I like them made into ‘slider-size’…mini burgers that I can use as appetizers to top with sour cream or a favourite relish. 2...
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Pressure Cooked Curried Duck and Lentil Soup
While Chef Rogalski uses a pressure cooker to prepare this flavour-rich soup, it can be prepared as well in a large, heavy saucepot. While he suggested buying the Duck Confit, Chef Craig Flinn of...
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Slow Roasted Bourbon and Brown Sugar Glazed Berkshire Pork Belly on Du Puy...
Chef Jeremy Langemann serves this fabulous dish over double-moked bacon and caramelized-onion Du Puy lentils with a Manitoba Saskatoon berry gastrique. It’s a great combination..Manitoba-gown pork,...
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Lentil Scones with Country Ham and Cheese Curds
This is a recipe I know I will make over and over. The clincher for me is the kale…I love the stuff and with the cheese curds and lentils, they are full of all the good things I love to eat! They’d...
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Wood Grilled Ocean Wise Albacore Tuna
With Sprouted Lentil & Wild Ramp Fritter, Smoked Onion Puree, & fresh Dill-Camelina oil Camelina is a new organically grown and processed oil from Saskatchewan. It has a grassy flavour...
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Warm Lemon Lentils with Cumin, Coriander, Spinach and Fairwinds Farm Yogurt...
Andy understands flavour! This dish, minus the yogurt topping, is totally vegan. Using Red Fife flour, the heritage grain popularized by the Fife family in the mid-1800s and one of foundations of...
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Lentil-Crusted Quadra Island Scallop Black Lentil Panelle
With Smoked Lentil Ragout, Asparagus & Honey Lime Vinaigrette The dish says “Spring in British Columbia!” Not only does Chef Filatow use the season’s first asparagus and the marvellous scallops...
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Red Lentil Crusted Albacore Tuna with Beluga Lentil and Cherry Tomato...
It’s interesting to watch chefs all tackle a challenge to develop a recipe. Chef Dang has created a very ‘clean’ dish where all the flavours and textures are in concert one with another. Red Lentil...
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