Recipes: Pumpkin Sausage Pasta Sauce - Old Farmhouse Chutney Cheese Ball - Old Farmhouse Chicken Salad Sandwiches - TFM's Pumpkin Bisque

This weekend I was able to do whatever I wanted!

With all the questions being asked me, "What's the Pumpkin Butter taste like?", "What's the Pumpkin Salsa like?", and "What was the recipe you made last year with the Pumpkin Pasta Sauce?", I knew I had to have a pumpkin theme sampling.

Back by popular demand, I sampled TFM's recipe for Pumpkin Sausage Pasta Sauce.  Once again, it was one the favorites of the day.

Pumpkin Sausage Sauce

1 jar TFM Pumpkin Pasta Sauce
¾ to 1 lb. bulk sweet Italian Sausage
2 to 3 Tbl. chicken broth

Garnish:

     sour cream

     toasted, salted pumpkin seeds

     La Tourangelle Walnut Oil

Cook sausage in a sauté pan.  Add Pumpkin Pasta Sauce. Rinse jar with broth, add contents to pan.  Simmer until heated through.  Serve over zucchini noodles or your favorite pasta. Garnish with sour cream, toasted pumpkin seeds, and/or walnut oil.

When customers approach this section of my sample table I either hear, "I've been wanting to try this.", or "Pumpkin sauce doesn't sound very good." In either scenario, THEY LOVE IT. 

You can use zoodles, pasta, sweet Italian sausage, chicken sausage, etc.  Enjoy.

Old Farmhouse Chutney Cheese Ball 

16 oz. cream cheese, softened

1 jar Stonewall Kitchen Old Farmhouse Chutney

¼ c. diced scallion

½ c. Colby cheese, shredded

½ c. Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

½ c. chopped, toasted pecans

Mix together the cream cheese, Old Farmhouse Chutney, scallion, garlic, salt and pepper.  Fold in the Colby and Monterey jack cheeses.

Form the mixture into a ball and roll it into the chopped pecans.  Serve with your favorite cracker or cookie.

This recipe is always a favorite when I sample and yesterday was no exception.  Although I like sampling this on Stonewall Kitchen's Sea Salt crackers, for this sampling (pumpkin theme), I used Dewey's Spiced Pumpkin cookies (a perfectly thin cookie). It hit all the notes of creamy, savory, and sweet. 

Old Farmhouse Chicken Salad Sandwiches
TFM's Rotisserie Chicken Salad
TFM's large croissants
1 jar Stonewall Kitchen Old Farmhouse Chutney
Shredded Monterey Jack/Colby cheese blend

Slice croissants in half (horizantally) and open.  On bottom half spread chutney.  Top with chicken salad.  Sprinkle with cheese.  Place top half of croissant on top of cheese.  Enjoy.

Using TFM's rotisserie chicken salad makes for a quick lunch.  On top of that, their rotisserie chicken salad was on special where if you purchased a pound, you got 1 box of large croissants for free.  

This recipe is also great for your leftover holiday turkey when making a sandwich.

With all the garnishes.  Delicious!

The Fresh Market's Pumpkin Bisque --- SOLD OUT!

This is already prepared and in the Deli's soup section.  Aside from heat and enjoy, you can garnish with sour cream, pumpkin seeds and a drizzle of La Tourangelle Walnut Oil.

I guess since I sold out (in one day no less), it's obvious this was a favorite. TFM's Pumpkin Bisque is delicious on it's own, but garnishing takes it to a whole new level.  Sour cream gives a little tang and creaminess.  Walnut Oil provides earthiness and nuttiness. Pumpkin seeds give a light salty crunch.