Smoked Scalloped Potatoes

Smoked Scalloped Potatoes

Yield: 18 each 5 oz Side Portions

Ingredients:

  • 5 lbs bag Reser’s® Scalloped Potatoes (71117.56001)
  • 2 Tbsp Butter
  • 2 Tbsp Garlic, minced
  • 1 Tbsp Shallot, minced
  • 1 tsp Thyme, minced
  • 1 cup Smoked Cheddar, shredded
  • 1 cup White Cheddar, shredded

Directions:

  1. Heat smoker to 225°F.
  2. Heat butter in a small pan and sauté garlic and shallots until softened, but not browned.
  3. Add minced thyme and take the heat.
  4. In a metal bowl, mix Reser’s Scalloped Potatoes with the sauteed garlic mixture to combine.
  5. Fill into a sprayed 2-inch half hotel pan.
  6. Top with shredded cheese and wrap with foil.
  7. Smoke for 1 hour.
  8. Remove foil and finish in a 375°F oven for 12-15 minutes until cheese is golden brown.
  9. Keep warm until service.
 

Honey Biscuits and Sausage-Bacon Gravy

Honey Biscuits and Sausage-Bacon Gravy

Yield: 10 entrée portions

Ingredients:

  • 20 each Biscuits, brushed with honey for the last 3 minutes of baking
  • 24 leaves Sage, fried for garnish
  • 2 oz. Butter, for frying sage

Sausage-Bacon Gravy

  • 4 lbs Reser’s® Country Gravy (71117.14453)
  • 1 Tbsp Butter
  • 1 lb Pork breakfast sausage, ground
  • ½ cup Bacon, cooked and chopped
  • 1 cup Yellow onion, diced
  • 1/8th tsp Cayenne pepper

Directions:

  1. Bake biscuits according to recipe, brush with honey the last 2-3 minutes of baking.
  2. Cool on a baking rack.
  3. For Sausage-Bacon Gravy, lightly brown the pork sausage in butter until cooked through, breaking up to crumble.
  4. Add the onion and bacon and cook until the onion is softened.
  5. Add the Reser’s Country Gravy and cayenne pepper and cook for 10-15 minutes, stirring often.
  6. Check seasoning when done and keep warm for service.
  7. For plating:
    • 2 Honey-glazed biscuits
    • 2 each 3 oz ladles of Sausage-Bacon Gravy
    • 2 each Sage leaves, fried in brown butter
 

Yukon Gold Potato Pancakes

Yukon Gold Potato Pancakes

Yield: Yield: 40 each 2 oz cakes

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Heat griddle to 350°F.
  2. Combine Reser’s All Natural Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes and all other ingredients in a large bowl and mix with gloved hands to combine.  
  3. Scoop with a 2 oz (#16 disher) and shape into a pancake with hands.
  4. Dredge lightly in flour and cook on griddle until golden with canola oil.  
  5. Flip and fry the other side.
  6. Serve with fresh berries and warm maple syrup.
 

White Cheddar Potato Soup

White Cheddar Potato Soup

Yield: 16 each 8 oz servings

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Heat the bags of Reser’s White Cheddar Mashed Potatoes in a steamer or hot water bath until hot.  
  2. Squeeze the hot potatoes into an 8 quart or larger soup pot and add the remaining ingredients.
  3. Mix with a whisk until smooth and heat over low heat, stirring as it heats through.
  4. Check seasoning for salt, add more if necessary.
  5. Pour into bowls and garnish with fresh thyme leaves and grated White Cheddar cheese.
 

Southern-Style Poutine

Southern-Style Poutine

Yield: 20 each 8 oz. servings

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Heat Reser’s Savory Gravy to 165°F and hold warm on a steamtable.
  2. Fry Reser’s Diced Russet Potatoes at 350°F until golden brown, 3-4 minutes.
  3. Portion 8 oz. of fried potatoes onto a heat-safe gratin or rarebit dish.
  4. Top with 3 oz. of savory gravy.
  5. Top with 2 oz. White Cheddar cheese curds and melt in oven or broiler.
  6. Garnish with chopped Italian parsley.
 

Bahn Mi Coleslaw

Bahn Mi Coleslaw

Yield: 32 side salad servings

Ingredients:

Bahn Mi Slaw

  • 7 lbs Reser’s® Shredded Coleslaw (71117.15363) 
  • 3 cups Pickled Carrots
  • 2 each English cucumber, half peeled, seeded, and thinly sliced
  • 3 each Jalapeño peppers, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup Cilantro, leaves only, divided in half
  • 1 cup Cashews, toasted and salted, roughly chopped and divided in half

Pickled Carrots

  • 3 cups Carrots, julienned
  • 2 cups Water, hot
  • 2 Tbsp Kosher salt
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • ½ cup unseasoned Rice wine vinegar

Directions:

  1. For Pickled Carrots, dissolve kosher salt and sugar in hot water and add rice vinegar.
  2. Pour the brine over the julienned carrots in a 2-quart container and let pickle at room temperature for at least 1 hour or refrigerate overnight.
  3. For Bahn Mi Slaw, mix Reser’s Shredded Coleslaw with the ingredients in a large metal bowl, saving half of the cilantro leaves and peanuts for garnish.
  4. Drain and mix pickled carrots into coleslaw base.
  5. Divide into portions and garnish with cilantro leaf and toasted cashews.
 

Furikake Tuna Salad Sandwich

Furikake Tuna Salad Sandwich

Yield: 16 each sandwiches

Ingredients:

  • 5 lbs Reser’s® Tuna Salad (71117.11405)
  • ½ cup Furikake seasoning
  • 1 cup Green onions, green only, thinly sliced, 1/3rd cup kept for garnish
  • 4 English cucumbers, halved and thinly sliced lengthwise
  • 2 Tbsp Kosher salt
  • 32 slices Japanese white milk bread (Shokupan)
  • 1 lb Butter, unsalted and softened, for spreading on bread

Directions:

  1. In a large metal bowl, combine Reser’s Tuna Salad with the furikake seasoning and green onions, and mix to combine.
  2. Refrigerate salad base for 30 minutes.
  3. Cut each English cucumber in half, thinly cut lengthwise, and season with kosher salt.
  4. Let the cucumbers sit for 15 minutes then pat dry.
  5. To build the sandwich:
    • Butter two slices of bread.
    • Layer cucumber slices to the edge of the bread on both sides.
    • Top with 5 oz of tuna salad mixture and put the sandwich together.
    • Wrap tightly and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes before serving.
    • To serve, cut off bread crusts and plate with thinly sliced green onion.
 

Sparkling Mango Mojito Lemonade

Sparkling Mango Mojito Lemonade

Yield: 1 gallon base, 16 each pint drinks

Ingredients:

For Mango Lemonade Base

  • 3 cups Reser’s® Diced Mangoes (79453.17029), drained and 2 cups syrup reserved
  • 2 cups fresh Lemon juice
  • 2 cups Simple syrup 
  • 2 quarts cold Soda water
  • 32 each Mint leaves
  • 8 Limes, diced
  • 16 each Lime wheels
  • 16 each Mint spring

Drink (1 pint glass)

  • 2 Mint leaves
  • ½ Lime, diced
  • Ice cubes
  • 8 oz Mango Lemonade Base

Directions:

  1. For Mango Lemonade Base, drain Reser’s Diced Mangoes from the syrup and refrigerate both.
  2. In a one-gallon container, mix together the mangoes, lemon juice, cooled simple syrup, and mango syrup.
  3. Add the soda water and chill the base for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to combine.
  4. For each drink, muddle the mint leaves and diced lime in a pint mason jar.
  5. Fill the glass halfway with ice cubes and top with 8 oz of the mango lemonade base.
  6. Stir to combine and garnish with a lime wheel and mint syrup.
 

Mango-Toasted Coconut Rice Pudding

Mango-Toasted Coconut Rice Pudding

Yield: 16 dessert servings

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. In a blender, puree coconut milk, Reser’s Mango Chunks, and mango syrup until smooth and refrigerate.
  2. Toast coconut shreds on parchment and set aside to cool.
  3. In a large bowl, place 4 oz Reser’s Rice Pudding in the middle.
  4. Drizzle coconut mango sauce around pudding.
  5. Garnish the sauce with Reser’s Diced Mangoes and the Reser’s Rice Pudding with toasted coconut shreds.
 

Serrancho Slaw

Serrancho Slaw

Yield: 25 each 5 oz sides

Ingredients:

  • 7 lbs carton Reser’s® Chopped Cole Slaw (71117.15125)
  • 1 cup Sour cream
  • 3 Tbsp Ranch seasoning
  • 1/2 cup Serrano peppers, seeded and diced, 2 Tbsp reserved for garnish
  • 2 Tbsp Chives, minced

Directions:

  1. In a large metal bowl, combine the sour cream, ranch seasoning, Serrano peppers, and chives.
  2. Fold the Reser’s Chopped Cole Slaw together to combine.
  3. Portion into small bowls and garnish with reserved diced Serrano peppers.