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After yesterday’s post, I thought it was only normal to show you a bit more about this amazing farmer’s market in Montreal called the Marché Jean-Talon. There is quit a few farmer’s markets around the city but it is one is by far my favorite. I love to just go walk around to look at all the organic fruit stands, the plants and flowers stands and talk to the farmers about their passion and their products.

Everybody is always so nice and so open to discuss cooking and educate you on the different products and recipes you can do with their products. During the summer, the market is enormous because the whole structure is open and you have sellers on the inside and the outside of the market smiling at you and inviting you to taste their fruits and veggies.

These photos are covering maybe 20-30% of the beauty of the market and I’ll keep taking new photos next time I’m in the area to show you more of it… For the moment, I hope you enjoy this trip at the Jean-Talon market in Montreal…

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Ohhh Dumplings! I have a serious obsessions over them. Either it’s the classic Chinese pork and shrimps served with hot sauce or dijon mustard, like the one I’m presenting you today, or something more exotic like bananas and strawberries served with chocolate or maple/honey sauce, I love them all…

They are fairly easy to do and it only take a bit of patience because the result is beyond tasty and you can be sure that you will be surprising your guest with these cute little appetizers. What’s also fun about them is that they are super versatile! You can pretty much fill them with anything you like and either steam, fry, boil and bake them without any problems and every ways will end up different and delicious.

Like I’ve mentioned, today I’m presenting you how to make the classic pork and shrimps dumplings that are shaped in a cute little “coin purse” or like I enjoying calling them; the kitty cat heads because of the cute “cat ears” on top. I even prepared some step by step photos of the folding process because I thought maybe my bad, broken English would have been too complicated for you guys to understand. 😉 lol

I hope you’ll enjoy this recipe!

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A day at the Jean-Talon farmer’s market, in images….

Pork and Shrimps Chinese Dumplings/Wontons