Asian-inspired sandwich carves out a taste for Manitoba boar

Winnipeg chefs can help you change up your lunch-hour routine and turn it into a grocery shopping trip on Thursdays this August.

A beet that is ona boat or a plane comingtakes all that time [to deliver. Manitoba produce, however] you're getting fresh, right out of the ground ... as well you're supporting the local economy and local producers.- Chef Tim Palmer, VG Restaurant at the Fairmont Winnipeg

Today, executive chefTim Palmer from VG Restaurant at theFairmontWinnipeg taught farmers market shoppershow to cook up delicious recipes using local ingredients bygivinga do-it-yourself cooking demonstration.

Chef Tim Palmer prepareda Manitoba Boar Belly Bao Bun, a dish inspired bylocally sourcedmeat and home-grown pickled produce, and CBC Manitoba'sJanet Stewartguided the audiencethrough the cooking demo.

Every Thursday this August a different downtown chef is challenged to design a new and easy recipe while showcasing the bounty of Manitoba's harvest through cooking demonstrations.

The catch is that only locally grown ingredients found at theDowntown Farmers' Market will be incorporated.

Cooking demonstrations take placelive at the farmersmarket from the corner of Portage Avenue and Edmonton Street, but can also bewatched by live stream onFacebookand atcbc.ca/manitoba.

Each demonstration is 30 minutes and starts at 11:30 a.m. followed by a repeat demonstration at 12:30 p.m.

A limited number of samples will be available for tasting.

Manitoba Wild Boar Belly Bao Buns by VG Restaurant

Featuring pickledmarket vegetables, "secretrooftop"Vietnamese corianderwith theFairmont honey and a soy glaze.

Things to find at the market:

• Local boar/pork belly.
• Root vegetables for pickling (carrots, radish, kohlrabi, turnips, beets, parsnips).
• Local herbs (fresh cilantro, Thai basil, mint, Vietnamese coriander).
• Local honey.

Fairmont honey and soy glaze

• cup Fairmont honey.
• cup tamari.
• 1 tbsp. sesame oil.
• 1 tbsp. toasted sesame seeds.
• Zest and juice of 1 lime.

Directions

1. Place tamari and honey in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and then simmer for four to fiveminutes to thicken and concentrate flavours.
2. Remove from heat and add the sesame oil, seedsand lime, whisk to combine thoroughly. Use sauce to glaze barbecue meats;also delicious as a dipping sauce for salad rolls or dumplings.

Farmers market beet salad

Featuring feta, crispy roots, fresh dill, Begonia petals drizzled with a Saskatoon berry vinaigrette.

Things to find at the market:

• Local feta.
• Beets.
• Root vegetables for chips (carrots, sunchokes, parsnips, beets andsweet potatoes).
• Fresh dill and thyme.
• Begonia blossoms or other edible flowers.
• Saskatoon berries.

Saskatoon berry vinaigrette

• 1 cup red wine vinegar.
• 1 cupSaskatoon berries.
• 2 tbsp.Fairmont honey.
• 1 cupcanola oil.
• 1 tsp. fresh thyme, chopped.
• tsp. salt.
• tsp.ground black pepper.

Directions

1. Place berries, vinegar and honey in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and then simmer for fourminutes to soften berries.
2. Puree with canola oil, thyme, salt and pepper. Do not crush up all berries leave some whole for texture. Cool and enjoy.