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Fun de Lentil Tour #fundelentil

June 22, 2015 by Tara Noland 20 Comments

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Fun de Lentil Tour

I was asked by Canadian Lentils to come on a Fun de Lentil Tour here in Calgary. This was the most amazing day touring some of my favorite restaurants and one that I had never been to before. Canadian Lentils has challenged 24 restaurants in 7 cities across Canada (Vancouver, Calgary, Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Saskatoon) to develop a signature lentil dish and serve it to their customers for the month of June. Each of the restaurants are vying to win, with customers voting in their favorite dishes online. The object was to show the versatility of the lentil and to showcase Canadian grown ingredients. The restaurants have a chance to show off their creativity.

Fun de Lentil Tour by Noshing With The Nolands

The Fun de Lentil Tour was created by Anita Stewart, Food Day Canada founder, culinary artist, author and recipient of the Order of Canada and was the most memorable of days. We were provided luxury transportation from River Cafe with Chef Andrew Hewson to Rouge Restaurant with Chef Jamie Harling and CharCut Roast House with Chefs Chefs John Jackson /Connie de Sousa. 

We love our lentils in this house and I was fortunate enough to come in as runner up in the Canadian Lentils Recipe Revelation Challenge for 2015 for our Lentil Prosciutto Parmesan Pizza.

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For the Fun de Lentils Tour our first stop was the River Cafe, in gorgeous Princess Island Park.

Fun de Lentil Tour by Noshing With The Nolands

We started our day with a Rhubarb Prosecco Cocktail, simply delightful! This is such a great way to celebrate rhubarb, I have to try this for sure!!

Fun de Lentil Tour by Noshing With The Nolands

The dish we enjoyed at River Cafe was Black Beluga Lentil Salad with Edgar Farms Asparagus on Silver Sage 64 Day Dry-Aged Beef Carpacio.

Fun de Lentil Tour by Noshing With The Nolands

The lentils played perfectly along with the beef and the little horseradish meringues were such a unique touch, I just loved them. This was a gorgeous spring medley of flavors.

Fun de Lentil Tour by Noshing With The Nolands

Our next stop was at Rouge and we had the most gorgeous setting out in their yard. The day cooperated with a bright sunny sky and perfect temperatures.

Fun de Lentils Tour by Noshing With The Nolands

This wine was excellent and went fantastically with our amazing lentil dish at Rouge. A perfect sunny sipper for our day, this wine has hints of melon and pear, almond and spice with a silky finish. I will be hunting down this wine for sure.

Fun de Lentil Tour by Noshing With The Nolands

The lentil dish at Rouge was Elbow Falls Elk and Sprouted Lentil  Tartare with Smoked Red Lentil Hummus and Black Lentil Cracker. Fairwinds Goat Feta and Black Garlic Vinaigrette. This dish was exquisite and an astounding use of lentils in so many ways. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Fun de Lentil Tour by Noshing With The Nolands

Our next stop was Charcut, this restaurant I have never been to and was very excited to be checking out what they had in store for us. Served up was Red Lentil and Bacon Bratwurst Sausage with Fennel Kraut.

Fun de Lentil Tour by Noshing With The Nolands

Lentils are used to make the binding for this sausage. I honestly have never had such an amazing sausage. Juicy and so flavorful, I just couldn’t stop eating it. Also, I was enamored with the Fennel Kraut. I adore fennel and loved this fresh pickling idea, it was the perfect accompaniment with the sausage. A few pickled jalapenos and some grainy dijon mustard finished off the platter.

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Served up with the sausage was this Golden Brown Dandy Ale from a local brewer here in Calgary, the Dandy Brewing Company. The beer has a low carbonation, which I really like and a wonderfully smooth and refreshing taste. It paired exceptionally well with the sausage.

This ended the tour and was a perfect day of enjoying lentils in so many new ways. These are chef created dishes but think of all the ways you can now enjoy lentils at home. Lentils are super healthy and delicious. There is a lot of wonderful nutrition in such a small seed. They are packed with fibre, potassium, folate, protein, iron and maganese.

There are also many kinds of lentils:

  • Green Lentils
  • Red Lentils
  • French Green or Dupuy Lentils
  • Black or Beluga Lentils

95% of Canada’s lentils are grown in Saskatchewan and Canada is the largest producer of lentils in the world. There are over 5,000 active lentil farmers in Canada and these farmers planted 3.1 million acres of lentils in 2014 alone. Those acres produced 1.84 million tonnes of lentils last year.

Do you know how lentils grow? They grow in pods and each pod has 1-3 lentils per pod. Lentils are a short crop, growing only 24″ tall. Canadian lentils are exported to countries like India, Turkey, Bangladesh, UAE, Egypt and Algeria.

For the full listing of all the restaurants and to vote for your favorite, come to Fun de Lentil Tour!!

 

 

 

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  1. Florian @ContentednessCooking says

    June 22, 2015 at 2:32 pm

    Wow what a fun tour! So many great fantastic lentil ideas!

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    • Tara Noland says

      June 22, 2015 at 2:33 pm

      It really was an amazing day, thanks Florian.

      Reply
  2. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says

    June 22, 2015 at 5:14 pm

    I’m so pleased to see all the ways lentils were used so creatively. Your pizza looks smashing!

    Reply
    • Tara Noland says

      June 23, 2015 at 7:35 am

      Thank you so much Maureen!

      Reply
  3. Healing Tomato says

    June 22, 2015 at 7:09 pm

    So many wonderful lentil recipes. I love the tour idea too.

    Reply
    • Tara Noland says

      June 23, 2015 at 7:35 am

      It was such a fabulous day and the weather cooperated too!

      Reply
  4. christine says

    June 22, 2015 at 8:29 pm

    So fun, Tara! I’ve only made lentils once or twice. I love seeing how versatile they actually are. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Tara Noland says

      June 23, 2015 at 7:47 am

      Lentils can be used in so many ways, I have lots already on the site.

      Reply
  5. Joanne/WineLady Cooks says

    June 23, 2015 at 7:28 am

    A fun event with lots of new and innovative ways to use lentils. They all look and sound so delicious.

    Reply
    • Tara Noland says

      June 23, 2015 at 7:47 am

      Thanks so much Joanne!

      Reply
  6. [email protected] Information says

    June 27, 2015 at 11:37 am

    I must admit I don’t cook with lentils much but these recipes look fantastic

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  7. Becky says

    June 29, 2015 at 12:30 pm

    Wow! What a creative combination of ingredients on the pizza. I wouldn’t have thought to add lentils! I’d love a slice. 🙂

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    • Tara Noland says

      June 29, 2015 at 3:56 pm

      Thanks so much Becky, it was alot of fun to make and eat!

      Reply
  8. agapelovedesigns says

    June 30, 2015 at 8:29 am

    What a fun tour! Everything looks yummy, though I dont think I have ever tried lentils!

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    • Tara Noland says

      July 2, 2015 at 9:15 am

      You must try lentils they are fabulous in so many recipes. Thanks for coming over!!

      Reply
  9. [email protected] Made. Interest. says

    July 2, 2015 at 9:06 am

    I am so hungry after reading this! Lentil Salad withBeef Carpacio, and the Bratwurst both look amazing!

    Reply
    • Tara Noland says

      July 2, 2015 at 9:16 am

      The food that day was soooo amazing!!

      Reply
  10. Karly says

    July 6, 2015 at 4:40 pm

    Ooooo, looks like a total blast! I need to find tours like this to go to here in San Antonio.

    Reply
  11. Krissy Allori {Self Proclaimed Foodie} says

    July 6, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    Such beautiful food photos! I would have loved to have been there.

    Reply
  12. Michele @ Flavor Mosaic says

    July 7, 2015 at 5:57 pm

    This sounds like a wonderful tour, and delicious food. I love the creative ways to serve lentils. I also love that outdoor dining setting at the one restaurant.

    Reply

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