In my last article, I promised to tell you about my favorites from the 2018 edition of the Magog-Orford Harvest Festival. Now is the time for you to discover them.
Cooking by Marie-Ève Langlois
Coming from Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil in Montérégie, chef Marie-Ève participated for the first time in the Harvest Festival. Accompanied by her sister Vanessa, she presented her specialties to us. I was totally won over by its range of artisanal fruit jellies infused with lavender, rose or chamomile. The result is sublime accompaniments that can pair just as well with meats and cheeses as with desserts.
I was then able to taste his delicious spreads . A creamy salted caramel and fresh vanilla just the way we like them. Then, an astonishing tomato and vanilla spread which goes wonderfully with cheeses and cold meats. Finally, crunchy sunflower praline and dark chocolate or milk chocolate spreads. We're already looking forward to lunch to spread our toast with.
Small hunger pangs
Continuing my exploration, I was intrigued by the stand of Marie-Pierre and Kim, owners of the restaurant Petits Creux et Grands Crus located on avenue Cartier in Quebec. These restaurateurs of Corsican origin have decided to introduce us to the flavors of their motherland… to our greatest happiness! First, a range of pork terrines flavored with chestnut liqueur, myrtle liqueur or maquis herbs. Then a selection of jams : melon and muscat, strawberries and nepita or even pears and figs. Delights produced here but which take us on a journey. We love!
These products are also now in store.
The plantation
I must admit that I'm cheating a little here. It's not really a discovery from this year, but rather a favorite from last year. But I love this product so much that I was happy to find it and absolutely wanted to introduce it to you.
This is Kampot salt pepper . Obviously, this product is not grown in Quebec. But it is imported by a Quebec company which continues the work of La Plantation here, a social and sustainable agritourism project which produces organic peppers and which practices fair trade.
This pepper therefore comes from Kampot in Cambodia, a region renowned for its peppers which also benefit from a protected geographical indication. Salt pepper has the particularity of being picked green, before maturity. It is then subjected to a fermentation process which reveals all its flavor. Pepper lovers can't resist it.
So I didn't resist and brought it back to you. You can therefore find it in store and online .
Of course, these are not the only interesting products that it was possible to discover at the Harvest Festival, that is the pleasure of such events!