From Barkman Honey, we added Pure Wildflower Honey. Celebrated for its delicately sweet taste and beautiful golden color, this honey adds a touch of richness to beverages as a sweetener or a drizzle over specialty cappuccinos, coffees, and teas. Perfectly complementing a wide range of dishes, from breads and biscuits to rolls, pastries, cereals, waffles, fruits, and desserts, it effortlessly enhances the flavor of your creations. True Source certified and crafted in an SQF Level 3 certified facility, Barkman Honey guarantees authenticity and quality. Available in convenient six, 5-pound jugs, the ideal choice for professionals seeking to delight their customers with a touch of pure wildflower sweetness.

From Gourmet Table, we added Ranch Dressing Pouches. Each 1.5-ounce pouch packs a punch with the signature ranch taste that elevates any dish. With 60 pouches in a pack, these Flavor Fresh Ranch Dressing Pouches offer a hassle-free solution for culinary perfection. Gourmet Table brings you a culinary essential that combines quality, flavor, and practicality in every pouch. Upgrade your kitchen efficiency with the unmatched convenience of Gourmet Table Flavor Fresh Ranch Dressing Pouches.

And from Smithfield, we added Silver Medal HRI Doublesmoke Slab Bacon. This premium bacon, available in generous 30-pound packs, is a testament to quality and flavor excellence. The distinctive double smoke process imparts a depth of smokiness that elevates every bite, making it a standout ingredient for your menu options. Whether used as a main ingredient or to enhance the flavor of diverse dishes, this slab bacon promises to captivate taste buds and leave a lasting impression. Ideal for breakfast menus, sandwiches, or as a versatile ingredient in various culinary applications, Smithfield Silver Medal Doublemoke Slab Bacon delivers unparalleled taste and texture. Enhance your menu with the unmatched quality that defines Smithfield, turning each dish into a flavor delight.

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Multitasking ingredients such as flavored butters, sauces, dressings, and gravies save time and money in the kitchen.

Multitasking ingredients can enhance several dishes keeps food costs, labor, and inventory in line. Ingredients that can be used in more than one item are the Holy Grail of menu management, keeping food costs, labor, and inventory in line. Dennis offers a variety of products from multiple vendors that are designed with multitasking in mind—you can use them as is, or as speed-scratch basics for multiple applications.

Consider the following examples as a template for maximizing the utilization of your own flavor-building inventory. 

Flavored Butters

One of the easiest and most convenient ways to add flavor to food is by mixing seasonings and other ingredients into butter, which can then be chilled or even frozen for later use. In addition to using on steaks and other proteins hot off the grill, these butters can be used to:

• Sauté or dress vegetables
• Slip under the skin of chicken before roasting
• Include in a signature bread service
• Offer with cornbread or muffins
• Float on a bowl of soup
• Top off a baked potato
• Spread on grilled or toasted sandwich bread

Nestlé Professional Chef Mary Locke suggests the following to offer as schmears for corn on the cob, but the butters have many other uses:

• Fire Roasted Poblano Flavor Concentrate with butter, Cotija, and a squeeze of fresh lime
• Herb de Provence Flavor Concentrate and goat cheese
• Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Flavor Concentrate thinned out with a dab of good olive oil and toasted pine nuts
• Fire Roasted Jalapeño Flavor Concentrate and mashed, ripe avocado
• Chipotle Flavor Concentrate, blue cheese, and crumbled bacon

Dressings as Marinades

Many dressings, particularly vinaigrettes, include an acidic ingredient such as vinegar or citrus juice, which also serves as a tenderizer in marinades. Other common dressing ingredients that tenderize proteins include honey and yogurt (think of tandoori marinade), which also aid in flavor-boosting caramelization when cooked.

Likewise, many marinades can be used as dressings for salads and other chilled foods—perhaps with the addition of an ingredient to make them more clingy, such as oil or mayonnaise.

Creamy Sauces

Creamy, relatively neutral-flavored sauces such as béchamel, Alfredo, and cream gravies have many uses in addition to adding a luxurious touch atop cooked foods.

• Use as a replacement for cream sauce or béchamel in a casserole or au gratin
• Flavor mashed potatoes or other vegetables by substituting a creamy sauce for some of the liquid
• Customize with the addition of tomato, pesto, sautéed onions, mushrooms, crumbled bacon, and so on
• Use in cream soups, such as Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice or Seafood Bisque
• Substitute for cream sauce in a classic Spinach and Artichoke Dip recipe
• Mix with vegetables and a protein (optional) for a main course stuffed baked potato

It’s All Gravy

Talk about a menu workhorse: Gravies of all kinds are the ultimate multitaskers. in ways that go way beyond the mashed potato.

• Over hearty sandwiches like French dips, open-face turkey, and New Orleans-style po’ boy sandwiches
• As a dip for fries or tots, or for a classic poutine
• In casseroles, shepherd’s pie, and pot pies
• As a binding for meatloaf or meatball mixtures
• As a flavor-building thickener for soup
• To moisten a brunch-worthy egg strata
• In a simmer sauce for pot roast, chicken fricassee, and other braised proteins
• In quesadillas, instead of—or in addition to—cheese

Sauces = Spreads = Dips

Sauces are the true shape-shifters of the menu-making world. Depending on qualities such as flavor and thickness, a sauce can be used as-is or in additional uses such as a warm spread (for sandwiches, for instance) or a dip for finger foods.

The cheese sauce is a perfect example. The binder for mac-and-cheese and the topping for nachos and steamed broccoli can also be used to create a cheeseburger, fondue, or dip for fries. Thicken cheese sauce with a product such as cream cheese to make it more spreadable or add flavor and body with products such as crumbled cooked chorizo or crabmeat to create a dip.

Stir into scrambled eggs, mix into fritters, layer on flatbread, or mix into beer and broth with sturdy vegetables to create a soup.

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Join us in the test kitchen as we transform fresh green beans into the perfect summer entree, salad, or side dish. Featuring lightly charred, grill-blanched green beans dressed with mustard aioli and finished with Feta cheese and almonds. These aren’t the green beans you grew up with!

Each year an increasing number of hungry diners look to your menus for fresh and trendy seasonal ingredients. Keeping their interests piqued when it comes to menu design and product offerings is vital to your operation. Discover something new and fresh for your menu….

Served open faced atop grilled cheesy toast, topped with a sunny side egg and dressed with a house-made Poblano mayo this “ham sandwich” hits rockstar flavor levels. Their not just for breakfast, the egg defiantly brings that added HELLO factor to this dish!

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Although easy in preparation, this recipe for Ham & Brie Stuffed Crepes will have your guests wondering “How the heck did they make that?” … It’s that good!

On top of the taste, a few great things about this recipe are that the mix can be made in batches to suit your production levels, the crepes can be stuffed a day in advance and for the crepes you can use a premade labor-saver. Ease, flow and a labor-saving items make for a ham-dunk dish in any culinary operation.

Note: When packing for travel try serving the spinach and mushroom salad undressed and on the side to prevent over-wilted greens.

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Caramelizing is the process of slowly extracting (cooking low & slow) either natural sugars or sugars that have been added during processing. Many vegetables that have a high natural sugar content are commonly cooked to caramelization; onions, carrots and parsnips to name a few. On the other hand, many hams have sugars added during the curing process, which makes ham perfectly suitable for caramelizing. And yes, caramelized ham would be great on a scoop (or 3) of vanilla ice cream, perhaps with the addition of grilled pineapple or toasted pistachios… just saying.

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From Kens, we added sweet & tangy honey mustard cups. These 2 oz. portions are convenient and efficient, and can easily pair with meals as a dipping sauce or dressing. We also received shredded asiago cheese, a classic Italian favorite that adds robust-flavor and a finishing touch to pastas, potatoes, salads, and more.

Now available from Companions, we have clear and disposable poly gloves – great for using in the kitchen and handling food. These gloves are loose-fitting and powder-free, and are offered in small, medium and large. We’ve also added multiple sizes of zipper storage bags from ZipGards. Choose from sandwich, quart, or gallon for your desired food storage needs. Lastly, we’ve added blank 2×2 labels for your Date Code Genie. We keep these in stock so you never need to worry about running out. Use them for everything from point-of-sale labels to back-of-house inventory; extremely useful for labeling food and keeping your kitchen, freezer and storage areas organized.

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First, a delicious labor-saver from Thin n’ Trim; we’ve added their fresh, sliced medium, roast beef. Also in deli meats, Farmland Boiled Ham. From Morrell brand, Snow Cap Lard. From Ken’s we’ve added Red Wine Vingear & Oil dressing. In non-foods we’ve added individual size hand sanitizers from Germ Buster, paper plates, quart storage bags,  drink carrier trays in two sizes and three new cutlery kits.

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First from Carla’s Pasta a new Walnut & Gorgonzola Stuffed Striped Ravioli. Precooked Round Egg & Sage striped Pasta Pillows filled with Walnuts, Gorgonzola, Ricotta, Parmesan & Blue cheeses. Next from FPI a Coconut Breaded Butterfly Shrimp, perfect for signature appetizers, baskets, or entrée preparations. FPI’s variety of shrimp fulfills every menu need while saving on labor, time and ingredients. Next a staple in any kitchen, Ranch Dressing. From Chef’s Label we have a Ranch Dressing Pouch Mix, yields 1 gallon of dressing. Lastly from Chef’s Superb, an Instant Cheese Sauce Mix, easy preparation – just add mix to hot water and bring to boil.

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First we’ve added a new Black Forest Ham, completely Antibiotic Free from McKenzie. Pork was raised vegetarian fed, always gluten free and fully cooked for your convenience. Next from Durabox, a Stock Printed Corrugated White Box. Available in size 20x20x2″ already printed for your ease. New from Saratoga, a Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing. For over 40 years, the signature blue cheese dressing from Saratoga is a perfectly balanced dairy based dressing that complements the aged Wisconsin blue cheese chunks and crumbles inside. From Kayem, a new Sliced Roast Beef, fresh to frozen, always gluten free and NO MSG! Next diversify your menu with the spicy, sizzling flavor of Tyson Fire Stingers Magnum Hot Bone-In Chicken Wings. Featuring the slow building heat of cayenne pepper, our breaded flat and drumette cuts make a daring appetizer or center-of-plate item. From Sugar Foods, new Crispy Sliced Garlic. Made fresh, a ready to eat, ready to use time saver, great on potatoes, casseroles, burgers and vegetables. From local vendor, Maine Family Farms, we’re carrying their Frozen Beef Patty, 90% lean. And lastly, we have two new Fresh Produce items from the Chef’s Produce Picks page, Ramps (Wild Spring Onions) and Fiddleheads, a New England spring classic for culinarians! Both are SPO items, but will arrive within days.

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