Ground Beef burgers with walnuts, Granny Smith apples, Brie cheese and blackberry preserves.

Servings: 4

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 pound Ground Beef (93% lean or leaner)
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 Granny Smith apple, cored, cut into 8 rounds
• 4 tablespoons Brie cheese, softened
• 4 teaspoons marionberry or blackberry preserves
• 4 whole-grain artisanal rolls

DIRECTIONS

1. Combine Ground Beef, walnuts, salt, pepper, and in a medium bowl, mixing lightly but thoroughly.  Lightly shape into four 1/2-inch thick patties.
2. Place patties on grid over medium, ash-covered coals. Grill, covered, 8 to 10 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, covered, 7 to 9 minutes) until instant-read thermometer inserted horizontally into center registers 160°F, turning occasionally.
3. Place two apple rounds on bottom of each roll; top with burger.  Evenly spread cheese and preserves over burgers.  Close sandwiches.

Cook’s Tip: Cooking times are for fresh or thoroughly thawed ground beef. Color is not a reliable indicator of ground beef doneness.

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We’ve added an extra sweet, aromatic, and juicy red apple, the Macoun Apple. A cross between the ‘McIntosh’ and ‘Jersey Black’ cultivars, Macoun apples are a medium size variety and when ripe have a deep red to purple hue and sometimes have an irregular shape. While they are good for most culinary uses, Macouns are highly sought-after as a fresh-eating apple. Their sweet-tart flavor evokes McIntosh, but Macoun has a harder, crisper skin than the Mac, and its complex flavor hints of strawberry and spices. Macoun apples go well in salads, pies and applesauce. With their bright red skin and juicy white flesh, they make an attractive apple on a cheese plate.

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For a perfectly portioned dessert or fall gathering crowd pleaser, look no further than this easy mini apple pie recipe! These cute mini apple pies are a blend of sweet and tart apples roasted in the air fryer with brown sugar and warm baking spices, served in flaky mini-pie shells and finished with Reddi-wip®

Yield: 12 servings

INGREDIENTS:

• Two, 9-inch refrigerated pie crusts
• 2 large Granny Smith apples, pealed and diced into 1/2-inch cubes
• 3 medium Honeycrisp apples, peeled and diced into 1/2-inch cubes
• 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 3/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• Pam original No-Stick Cooking Spray
• J. Hungerford Smith Caramel Topping
• Udi’s Au Naturel Granola
• Reddi-wip Real Cream Whipped topping

DIRECTIONS

1. 1. 1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
      2. Unroll pie crusts on counter and cut out twelve 4-inch circles. Press dough back together in order to get 6 circles out of each crust. Press circles into ungreased muffin tin. Poke sides and bottom of each cup with fork.
      3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until pie crusts are golden brown.
      4. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely. Set aside.
      5. In a large bowl toss apples with cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar until coated.
      6. Spray air fryer basket with cooking spray and add apples. Air fry at 400°F for 25 to 30 minutes, shaking basket every 5 minutes, or until apples are slightly dried on the outside and tender on the inside.
      7. Remove apples from oven and return to bowl. Reserve 1 to 2 tablespoons of brown sugar mixture in bottom of air fryer basket and stir into roasted apples.
      8. Spoon roasted apple mixture into mini pie shells, about 2 tablespoons per pie. Top with each pie with caramel and granola. Top with Reddi-wip®; serve.

We added lots of great items this week! From Uncle Ben’s, we added two varieties of rice – Mexican fiesta and brown whole-grain. Both are great quick and easy to make sides that elevate the flavors of your dishes without the added labor. For your bread bowl needs, try the mini French boule bread from Vie De France. This bread is small and round in size, with lattice cuts along the top. Simply hollow out the center for a delicious bread bowl to serve your soups, chowders, and stews in.

From Sweet Source, we added a wide array of different sweet and delectable desserts for all your dessert needs. The New York style cheesecake is a creamy vanilla cheesecake baked on a buttery graham cracker crust. It’s delicious enough to serve as is but has the capability to be paired with whatever signature toppings you desire, and comes pre-sliced for ease and consistency. The tiramisu is a perfect blend of Italian ladyfingers soaked in espresso, topped with mascarpone cheese and a dusting of cocoa. Coming in a operator-friendly fold down tray for convenience, serve in the pre-sliced squares as is or get creative and use it for unique desserts and parfaits. The brownies are a rich fudge brownie made with real butter and chocolate. Tasty enough to serve as is in pre-sliced squares, or serve it up a la mode style. The salted caramel cheesecake is a sweet treat baked on a crumbly graham cracker crust and topped with a salted caramel drizzle. It comes in 14 pre-sliced pieces for consistency and convenience. For the last of the desserts, we have gourmet carrot cake – a three-layer cake loaded with shredded carrots, coconut, pecan pieces, and crushed pineapple and topped with a decadent cream cheese icing and chopped walnuts. This dessert is also pre-sliced for low labor and consistency.

For takeout containers, we added a black hinged micro container from Empress. This takeout box comes with 3 separate compartments for food separation and to prevent sauces and flavors from mixing, and is a common medium 8″x8″x3″ size for frequent use. We also received fruit cups. Try the diced peaches cup submerged in fruit juice, fruit pear cup, or orange mandarin fruit bowl. From Milano, we have their grated parmesan cheese. This is great for adding to a sauce or sprinkling on top of pasta dishes. We also added Stouffer’s alfredo sauce, which is a blend of Italian-style hard cheeses combined with cream to create a rich, flavorful alfredo sauce. It is gluten-free, has no preservatives and has a good source of calcium.

If you’re looking for a sweet breakfast/brunch item, try the chocolate-filled croissants from Savor. These croissants are filled with a chocolatey hazelnut filling, topped with chocolate shavings and are ready to bake with an easy freezer to oven application. From Pierce Chicken, we added 6-ounce breaded chicken breast fillets. These southern-style fillets have simple ready to cook instructions, and have a crunchy golden exterior for visually-appealing dishes.

Next, we received a variety of dressings and condiments from Highland Market. Choose from chunky blue cheese, creamy Caesar, golden Italian, buttermilk ranch and creamy coleslaw dressings, to tartar sauce and mayonnaise for sandwiches or dipping. For the mayonnaise, we offer both Highland Market extra heavy and heavy duty mayo. Each case comes with 4, 1-gallon jugs so you’ll never run out of your customers’ favorites. From Versa, we have premium soybean frying oil that showcases a neutral flavor profile and high heat stability, for a consistent quality finish. Lastly, we added 30-pound resealable bags of whole frozen strawberries from Wyman’s, a family-owned Maine company. With no sugar added, no preservatives and nothing artificial, these strawberries are great to add to smoothies, desserts, sauces and filled with vitamin C and heart-healthy fiber.

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New this week, we added a variety of fresh grapes with a range of flavors. Cotton Candy grapes are delicious round green grapes, and taste just as sweet as its name. The new Gum Drop grapes are also sweet in flavor and gives notes of – you guessed it – gum drops and gummy bears. They are dark red in color and make for a sweet tasty snack. Lastly, we added Moon Drop grapes. These unique grapes are dark blue in hue, have an elongated shape, and have a similar flavor profile to other black grapes. (They kind of look like mini eggplants!)

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Starting with 3 skus of Del Monte diced fruits in juice, Peaches, Mixed with Cherries and Pears. In non-foods we’ve added Fresh Nap Plus hand wipes that clean and sanitize, and a 6x6x3 clear hinged takeout container.

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From Oak Point we’ve added fresh, 3.5oz beef patties. From Advance we’ve added a new chili featuring sirloin, ground chuck and black beans. From Classic Delite we’ve added 3 premade sandwiches, Turkey, Ham and Cheese – Turkey and Cheese – Turkey, Salami and Cheese. From Margherita we’ve added sliced Genoa Salami. Last in foods, we’ve added Del Monte 4-pack mixed fruit cups. In non-foods we’ve added new cutlery kits from World Centric and a heavy duty grill brush from Chef-Master.

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In this video tour Chef Timothy Labonte takes you behind the scenes to see firsthand how they process and prepare millions of pounds of wild blueberries annually.

The Wyman’s mission is simple: They want to help the world eat more fruit. To do that, they impeccably maintain wild blueberry barrens filled with the antioxidant-rich official Maine state berry, as well as source from some of the best fruit farmers on the planet; revolutionizing how it’s all grown, harvested and fresh frozen.

First from Jasper Wyman, Red Raspberries. Enjoy the sweet taste and excellent nutritional benefits of these fresh-frozen red raspberries in smoothies, muffins and other baked goods. Next from Steve’s Snacks, just in time for Fall – Pumpkin Whoopie Pie! Like a pumpkin pie only better, these spiced pumpkin cakes surround sweet creamy vanilla filling, a true taste of fall, especially here in Maine. Individually wrapped for your convenience. From Pillsbury we have 5 new items. First, Bakers’ Plus Devil’s Food Cake Mix won’t crack or crumble, so your cakes will be easier to produce with less scrap. It stands up beautifully to excessive handling for elaborate decoration. A creme cake mix that is ideal for suspending fruits, nuts and other particulates. Can never go wrong with a Brownie, a moist, fudge-like texture with a rich, intense chocolate flavor. One box gives you full range of creativity to produce multiple different brownie options. Spice up your breakfast with two new pancake mixes, first a Sweet Pancake Mix. A great alternative to your standard buttermilk pancake by incorporating a tasty amount of sweetness, providing a high quality, consistent, and tolerant pancake in an easy, add water-only format. But if you prefer the buttermilk, we have that too. Lastly from ES Foods, adding to our variety of breakfast kits, a Honey Nut Cheerio Kit. A good, quick breakfast alternative for meals in the classroom or field trips.

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