Recipes: Pesto Mascarpone Spread - Bacon Swiss Almond Spread

Posting these recipes (9/18/17) is LONG over due.

Pesto Mascarpone Spread

1 jar (8 oz.) Stonewall Kitchen Basil Pesto

8 oz. Mascarpone

½ c. grated Parmigiano Reggiano

Salt to taste

Garnish: pine  nuts (optional)

Stonewall Kitchen Sea Salt Crackers or TFM French Rounds

Place first 3 ingredients in a mixing bowl.  Stir together until thoroughly incorporated.  Season with salt to taste.  Place in serving bowl.  Garnish with pine nuts if desired.  Serve with favorite crackers.

A customer favorite!  SOLD OUT of Stonewall Kitchen's Basil Pesto.  This would also be good on pasta.

There was a lot of stock for Pine River Swiss Almond Cheese and I was asked to sample it out.  Anyone can sample directly from a container, but I believe there needs to more than that to the cheese.  So, I created the recipe below.  

Bacon Swiss Almond Spread

1 (16 oz.) container Pine River Swiss Almond cheese, softened

3- 4 oz. bacon, cooked and chopped or 1 jar real bacon bits

¼ c. diced scallion

¼ c. mayonnaise

½ tsp. Worcestershire sauce

TFM smoked almonds, roughly chopped

Place all ingredients, except almonds in a mixing bowl. Mix until thoroughly blended.  Transfer to a serving bowl.  Garnish with smoked almonds.  Serve with your favorite crackers.

Another customer favorite.  Great for football parties.  Would also be delicious on burgers.

Wine and Food Sampling - October 29th MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Wine and Food Tasting - October 22nd

Saturday, October 22nd (1:00 to 4:00 PM)  
(Fresh Market - Huguenot Rd.)

Food

• Pesto Mascarpone Spread
• Orange, Lime, Ginger Marmalade over Brie
• Pickled Pink Watermelon with goat cheese
• Affine Mustard Dill cheese

Wines

• Chateau Maycott Chardonnay
• Casillero del Diablo Sauvignon Blanc (New Vintage - 2016)
• Bogle Essential Red
• Masciarelli Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Wine and Food Tasting - October 22nd and 29th

This is busy season for me and I am trying to multitask (quite unsuccessfully I might add).  My schedule at The Fresh Market is:

Saturday, October 22nd

 TFM (Huguenot) 

1:00 to 4:00 PM

Saturday, October 29th 

TFM (Commonwealth Pkwy) 

1:00 to 4:00 PM

I will post the food and wines for each tasting, but it may not be until the night before.

As I plan for these sampling, and those for the holidays, you can picture me going through my cookbooks trying to find new and exciting recipes ...

Cookbooks in my kitchen

Cookbooks in my office. What a mess.

These cookbooks are about 1/2 of what I have.  

Wine and Food Tasting - October 15th

Saturday, October 15th (1:00 to 4:00 PM)  
(Fresh Market - Huguenot Rd.)

Food

• Sun-Dried Tomato Olivada
• Fig, Ginger Blue Cheese Spread
• Bacon Swiss Almond Spread

Wines

• Firesteed Pinot Gris
• Meiomi Pinot Noir
• Bogle Essential Red

Wild Hibiscus Flowers in Syrup

Angel will be at the store sampling Wild Hibiscus Flowers in Syrup from 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM.

• Wild Hibiscus flowers with goat cheese, black pepper and chive.
• Honey goat cheese with Wild Hibiscus flowers, pistachios and citron sea salt.