White Cheddar Creamed Corn

White Cheddar Creamed Corn

Yield: 12 each 8 oz sides

Ingredients:

  • 4 lbs Reser’s® Sweet Corn with Butter (71117.56013)
  • 1 cup Sour cream
  • ½ cup Roasted red peppers, diced and drained
  • 1 cup Green onions, sliced thinly
  • 1 tsp Hot sauce
  • 2 cups White Cheddar, shredded

Directions:

  1. Heat the Reser’s Sweet Corn with Butter bag in a pot of hot water or steamer until warmed through, approximately 14-16 minutes.
  2. Empty bag into a 6-inch 1/3rd pan and stir in the sour cream, roasted red peppers, ½ cup green onions, hot sauce, and shredded white Cheddar.
  3. Place into a steam table or warmer until ready to serve.
  4. Dish 8 oz into a small cast iron dish and top with remaining green onions as garnish.
 

French Onion Mashed Potatoes

French Onion Mashed Potatoes

Yield: 12 each 9 oz sides

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Heat the Reser’s Special Request Gourmet Mashed Potatoes bag in a pot of hot water or steamer until warmed through, approximately 18-20 minutes.
  2. In a 6-quart stock pot, add caramelized onions, thyme leaves, and beef stock and reduce stock by half.
  3. Add the soy sauce and set aside.
  4. Empty the bag of mashed potatoes into 6-inch 1/3rd pan, add caramelized onion mixture, and mix to combine.
  5. Add Swiss cheese and mix gently to combine.
  6. Place into a steam table or warmer until ready to serve.
  7. Fill 9 oz into a small serving bowl and garnish with one thyme sprig.
 

Honeydew Canapés

Honeydew Canapés

Yield: 16 each canapés

Ingredients:

  • 16 each Reser’s® Honeydew Chunks (79453.77410), sliced in half 
  • 16 each 1-inch slices sharp white Cheddar cheese
  • 32 each Baby arugula, leaves
  • 16 each Bamboo skewers
  • Hot Honey

Directions:

  1. Open the sliced Reser’s Honeydew Chunks and top with baby arugula leaves and white Cheddar.
  2. Top with the other honeydew half and insert skewer.
  3. Place onto plate and drizzle with hot honey.
 

Iced Mango Mint Green Tea

Iced Mango Mint Green Tea

Yield: 8 each pint drinks

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups Reser’s® Diced Mangoes (79453.17029)
  • 8 each Green tea bags
  • 64 oz Water 
  • 1 cup Mint leaves, washed
  • 8 each Mint sprigs for garnish
  • Ice

Directions:

  1. Heat 2 quarts of water to 200°F.
  2. Pour over 8 tea bags and 1 cup mint leaves, and let steep for 3-4 minutes.
  3. Strain out tea base and refrigerate until cool.
  4. To serve, fill a pint glass halfway with ice, top with 1/4 cup Reser’s Diced Mangoes and syrup, and stir.
  5. Add 8 oz mint iced tea and garnish with mint sprig.
 

Cherry Tomato, Avocado, and Mango Salad

Cherry Tomato, Avocado, and Mango Salad

Yield: 16 each appetizer salad servings

Ingredients:

Cilantro Vinaigrette 

  • ¼ cup Mango syrup from Reser’s® Mango Chunks (79453.73928)
  • 1 each Shallot, peeled and diced
  • 1 cup Cilantro, washed and roughly chopped
  • 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 cups Rice Vinegar, unseasoned
  • 2 ½ cups Avocado or canola oil
  • 1 Tbsp Kosher salt to season

Salad

  • 2 lbs Mixed cherry tomatoes
  • 2 cups Red onion, peeled and diced
  • 4 each Avocado
  • 2 cups Cilantro vinaigrette
  • 1 cup Green onions, thinly sliced
  • 16 cups Reser’s Mango Chunks (79453.73928)
  • Kosher salt
  • Black pepper, freshly cracked
  • Mint leaves, chiffonade

Directions:

  1. For the Cilantro Vinaigrette, add the syrup from Reser’s Mango Chunks, diced shallots, Dijon, cilantro, and rice vinegar in a high-powered blender and blend
  2. While the blender is running, slowly drizzle in the oil to create an emulsion and season with salt.
  3. Per order, toss the following:
    • 6 Cherry tomatoes, halved
    • 1 Tbsp Cilantro Vinaigrette
    • 1 cup Reser’s Mango Chunks
    • 1 Tbsp Red onion, diced
    • ¼ Avocado, peeled and diced
    • 1 Tbsp Green onions, thinly sliced
    • Kosher salt
    • Black pepper, freshly cracked
    • 2 each Mint leaves
  4. Place into the middle of the plate and drizzle with 1 Tbsp of dressing and top salad with chiffonade of mint leaves.
 

Grilled Pork Belly Macaroni and Cheese

Grilled Pork Belly Macaroni and Cheese

Yield: 10 each 9 oz entrée

Ingredients:

Pork Belly Dry Cure

  • ½ cup Brown sugar, packed
  • 1 Tbsp Smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp Garlic, granulated
  • ¼ cup Kosher salt
  • 1 tsp Black pepper, 28 mesh

Directions:

  1. In a medium bowl, mix the dry cure together.
  2. Mix the cure with the ½-inch slabs of pork belly and refrigerate for 12-16 hours.
  3. After curing, rinse the pork belly and pat dry.
  4. Place pork belly slices onto parchment-lined sheet pan and cook at 350°F for 12-14 minutes, flip slices over and cook for another 12-14 minutes or until browned.
  5. Heat the Reser’s Special Request Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese in a steamer until warmed through, 18-20 minutes.
  6. Empty the mac into a steam table pan and add the smoked Cheddar and mix to combine.
  7. To serve, grill a 3 oz piece of the cooked belly to warm through, slice, and place atop 9 oz of macaroni and cheese in a large, warmed bowl.
 

Steakhouse Potato Gratin

Steakhouse Potato Gratin

Yield: 10 each 8 oz side dish servings

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
  2. Heat Reser’s Scalloped Potatoes in a steamer for 20 minutes, or until heated through.
  3. Place the potatoes into a third pan and transfer them to a steam table.
  4. To finish, place 8 oz of the heated scalloped into a gratin dish or cast-iron rarebit dish and top with 1/3 cup Smoked Gouda cheese, and bake until golden brown, 4-5 minutes. Repeat for each additional serving.
  5. Garnish the top of the gratin with a pinch of the steak seasoning.
 

Charm City Macaroni Salad

Charm City Macaroni Salad

Yield: 24 each 6 oz servings

Ingredients:

  • 8 lbs Reser’s® Signature Macaroni Salad (71117.06039)
  • 1 cup Celery, diced
  • 2 Tbsp Old Bay seasoning, plus more for garnish
  • 8 oz Lump crab meat or surimi
  • 1 cup Green onion, thinly sliced

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl, mix the Reser’s Signature Macaroni Salad with celery, Old Bay seasoning, and crab meat.
  2. Scoop into a small bowl to serve and garnish with a dusting of Old Bay and thinly sliced green onion.
 

African Sweet Potato Soup

African Sweet Potato Soup

Yield: 16 each 5 oz servings

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. In a heavy-bottomed 8-quart stockpot, heat the oil over medium heat.
  2. Add the ginger and cook to soften without browning for 1-2 minutes.
  3. Add the Berbere spice and lightly toast for 20-30 seconds stirring constantly.
  4. Add the canned tomatoes, stock, Reser’s Special Request All Natural Mashed Sweet Potatoes, and peanuts. Bring to a simmer.
  5. Cook on a low simmer for 15-20 minutes until the soup has thickened and the peanuts have softened.
  6. Take off heat and puree with an immersion blender.
  7. Taste and season with kosher salt as needed.
  8. To serve, place an 8 oz ladle into a bowl and top with crushed peanuts and cilantro.
 

Garam Masala Egg Salad

Garam Masala Egg Salad

Yield: 16 each 5 oz servings

Ingredients:

  • 5 lbs Reser’s® Classic Egg Salad (71117.14134)
  • 2 Tbsp Garam Masala
  • 2 Tbsp Cilantro, roughly chopped
  • 16 each Naan bread
  • Melted ghee for brushing naan

Directions:

  1. In a medium bowl, mix Reser’s Classic Egg Salad with the garam masala and cilantro. Combine thoroughly.
  2. Brush the naan with melted ghee on both sides and lightly brown each side on a griddle.
  3. Place one scoop of the egg salad on a plate and serve with wedges of naan.