Thursday, February 6, 2020

Recipes: Sesame Cream Cheese - Unexpected Company Seafood Spread - Summer Sausage with Jarlsberg Spread and Cornichon - Beef Chili

I'm finally getting around to posting recipes from my previous couple of tastings.  I'll start with the 3 recipes that received rave reviews from customers and my fellow TFM teammates.  It was rated as one of my best sampling assortments/ideas.

First up is an ever so easy recipe that can be quickly prepared.  It's one of those "who knew" recipes.  The most commented "who knew" was - "who knew you could marinate cream cheese in soy sauce?"


Sesame Cream Cheese
1 block (8 oz.) cream cheese         
Soy sauce
toasted sesame seeds
Sesmark Plain Rice Crackers

In a medium-small container, place cream cheese.  Add enough soy sauce until the block of cream cheese just starts to float.  Cover and refrigerate. Marinate 3 hours up to overnight; turning halfway through.
Note:  If marinating  3 to 5 hours use 100% soy sauce. If marinating overnight, use 50/50 mixture soy sauce/water. 

Remove from soy sauce and coat with sesame seeds.  Serve with Rice Crackers.


*****

Loved, loved, loved by everyone who tasted.


Unexpected Company Seafood Spread
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
3 Tbl. TFM Original Cocktail Sauce
1½ tsp. Old Bay seasoning
1/3 c. diced red onion
8 oz. TFM (Deli) prepared seafood salad

In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, cocktail sauce and Old Bay until smooth.  Stir in onion and seafood salad.  Cover and chill 4 hours or overnight.  Serve.

A few comments on Saturday were 'not enough cocktail sauce' and other 'not enough Old Bay'.  You can add these ingredients to taste.  However, I must say, that I prepared double recipe so I would have it for both Saturday and Sunday.  Sunday the flavors were much more pronounced and no one commented on lack of flavor for either ingredient. 


*****

I'm not a summer sausage fan, but we had some, in the shape of a football no less.  It looked like the perfect product to sample out.  But ... you know me ... let's do something with hit.  This was perfect - easy to prepare, delicious, and a nice change from the "usual".

Summer Sausage with Jarlsberg Spread and Cornichons
1 Olympia Provisions summer sausage
1 container TFM Jarlsberg Spread
1 jar Maille Cornishons
crackers

Drain a few cornishons and slice horizontally.  Set aside.

On your favorite cracker layer - a slice of summer sausage, Jarlsberg spread and top with a cornishon. Serve.



*****

This last recipe was on the meat counter at the store.  I gave it a go.  This recipe just parts ways with the "love, love, love".  It was more of the okay, nice, it's good.  Most of the customers, TFM teammates and I enjoy more of a meaty, thick, hearty chili.  The flavor/spices in here were nice, but it wasn't close to thick and hearty. Definitely not meaty.  Way too much bell pepper.  But here it is.




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