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Cherry Chicken Spirals

Cherry Chicken Spirals
No Comments07/30/13
Cherry Recipe
Cherry Chicken Spirals
 
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Ingredients
  • 4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast halves
  • 8 slices Turkey bacon, halved
  • ⅔ cups Great Lakes Dried Cherries, snipped
  • 3 Tablespoons Honey Mustard
  • 1 cup Panko Bread Crumbs
  • ½ teaspoon Dried Thyme leaves

Instructions
  1. Pound chicken until ¼ – ½ inch thick. Fry the bacon until lightly browned. Lay the bacon on the chicken. In a small bowl, combine cherries and half of the mustard. Divide the cherry mixture evenly among the chicken. Roll up each piece of chicken. Brush the rolls with remaining mustard. In a shallow dish combine bread crumbs and thyme. Roll chicken in crumb mixture to coat. Place seam side down in a greased baking pan. Lightly spray tops with cooking spray. (optional) Bake uncovered in a 375 degree oven for 30 minutes or until no longer pink. (170 degrees) Recipe courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens.

Cucumber Dried Cherry Salad

Cucumber Dried Cherry Salad
107/24/13
Cherry Recipe
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Cucumber Dried Cherry Salad
 
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Ingredients
  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Red Wine Vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1 Tablespoon Dried Parsley
  • ½ cup Great Lakes Dried Cherries, cut in half
  • 1 15 ounce can Chick Peas, drained and rinsed
  • 1 Seedless Cucumber, cut into chunks
  • 4 ounces Mozzarella cheese, cut into small chunks
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
  1. Whisk together the olive oil and vinegar, parsley, salt and pepper. Stir in the cherries and set aside to rest while you cut up the cucumbers and cheese. Place the cucumber, chick peas and cheese in a bowl. Pour the cherry mixture on it. Stir until well blended. Add more salt and pepper if desired.

Dried Cherry Chili

Dried Cherry Chili
No Comments07/24/13
Cherry Recipe
Dried Cherry Chili
 
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Yummy! The cherries add a nice sweetness to the spiciness of the chili.
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Recipe type: Soup

Ingredients
  • 1 14 oz can Chicken Broth, divided
  • 1 ½ cups Great Lakes Dried Cherries
  • 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 1 Sweet Gusto Onion, diced
  • 3 Garlic Cloves, minced
  • 1 large jalapeno pepper, diced
  • 1 red pepper, diced
  • 1 ½ lb Ground Turkey, (Jennie-o lean)
  • 2 Tablespoons Chili Powder
  • 2 teaspoons Ground Cumin
  • 1 teaspoon Dried Mustard
  • ½ teaspoon Dried Oregano
  • 2 14 oz cans Fire Roasted Tomatoes
  • 2 cans Black Beans, drained and rinsed
  • ¼ cup Chopped Cilantro

Instructions
  1. Heat 1 cup of chicken broth. Place cherries in a small bowl. Add hot broth and set aside. Heat olive oil in a 4 quart pan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, jalapeno and red pepper. Sauté for 5 minutes. Add turkey and cook until it is no longer pink. Drain if necessary. Add chili powder, cumin, mustard and oregano. Cook over medium high heat, stirring occasionally, about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and remaining broth, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes. Stir in beans, cilantro and cherry mixture. Cook until heated through. Serve.

Tropical Fruit Update / Thailand

No Comments07/18/13
Market Info

Re: Market update (16th July 2013)

 

Please find current market situation for your reference


Pineapple: Today is low season of pineapple. The crop season will be in October-December. This will be the biggest season of Pineapple. We expect raw material this year should be in the same level as per last year crop. There will be another small crop during April-May before low season.


The dehydration sectors is only 20% of Pineapple crop consumption. Therefore, even if shortage during poor season. Our section should be still be able to keep inventory.


Currently Pineapple ring may be slightly various in size due to lack of pineapple raw material.


Pineapple core will be more plentiful from October onward. Today we need to limit order of Pineapple core down to 100cs x 20kgs per container in order to make our stock last till new crop arrived.


Papaya for color added: White papaya that use for color added production, season is in August-October.


Crop size expect to be similar to last year so as raw material pricing. We expect offer price to be stable and we believe that we should be able to secure raw material to cope with demand.


Papaya natural: Season will start in October. We will update on raw material situation again in September.


Inventory of papaya raw material in our inventory is now running low. We, therefore, may not be able to offer in large quantity from now on till new season start.


Mango: Our mango in inventory should be able to cope with the demand throughout the season. New mango season will start in March till June.


Some surcharge may be need due storage cost (especially cold storage). Energy price will have effect on the cold storage cost further.


We may see some price adjustment during October.


Cantaloupe: Crop is year round available. Only some shortage during interval of the season.


However, cantaloupe this year is much higher in price and less available due to fresh market take more cantaloupe and the price has been firm year round.


We need to limit cantaloupe order down to 50-100cs per container as we are facing with slow collection of raw material.


There will be no total shortage of this product and expect the price will stay at present level for some times.


Ginger: This year crop will be delay by one month, we expect the crop will be in August-September.


The growing area have been unchanged and farmer expect to be able to offer similar quantity of ginger as per year 2012.


However, slight price increase of raw material will occur due to higher minimum wage applied since 1st January 2013. Therefore, we expect to see some up charge on ginger price offer this year.


Coconut: Currently is low season of coconut. Of course raw material still available but small quantity and need longer time for collection.


We expect more coconut available in October-December. However, the price expect to be firmed at this level.


Starfruit: First available crop in July is not good. However, the second crop will be in August then next set of fruit will be available in August – September. We expect the price will be stable but quantity available will not be large.


There should be only slight effect due to the demand of this fruit product is not big.


Pomelo: Currently we manage to find more supplier for pomelo skin. Therefore, offer can be provided in larger quantity than before.


Pomelo is year round fruit. There is no shortage, only occasionally slow in raw material collection.


Hibiscus: Season will be in August-September, only one season a year. Production for the first shipment of new crop will be in late September.


Today our raw material stock is running very low. However, the demand of this item is not so big. Therefore, we may see only shortage by 30 days.


Guava: Main season is during April-June. However, guava is year round available and the price remain firm throughout the rest of the year (April-July, raw material cheaper compared to the rest of the year).


Strawberry: Raw material of Strawberry are now coming in (season is in June-early August).


We were told that the crop size is smaller than year 2012 due to less farmer grow the variety that we use and push the price of raw material higher.


However, we manage to secure the raw material similar quantity as last year.


The first lot of strawberry production for year 2013 will be 2nd-half August onward.


Contract can be signed. However, the period of shipment need to be limit to January 2014 shipment only.


By February 2014, we will offer based on quantity available of raw material in inventory.


Kiwi: Raw material is now running low. Season is in end August and the first available shipment of Kiwi crop will be in September / early October.


Today price and availability of the new crop are not yet know. We are working with our supplier on this information.


Please check our raw material availability before confirm order with customer for this time being.


Peach: Season will also start in August. We will reserve more raw material quantity than last year in order to cope with the demand. However, this item still low demand.


Apple and Pear: Our raw material in inventory should be able to cope with the demand till new season start in October/November.

Other factors that influence on pricing of our products

:- Highly fluctuation of fuel cost is due to political instability in some countries.

:- The change in fuel cost will have direct and indirect effect to our production cost, freight cost, so as to the raw material (fruit) cost.

:- Fluctuation on currency will also effect on our pricing.

:- Market demand can affect on raw material price ie. if more fresh market consumption or more fresh fruit export, we will have direct influence on product available and shortage.


Sweet Gusto Onion Soup

Sweet Gusto Onion Soup
No Comments07/18/13
Sweet Onion Recipe
Sweet Gusto Onion Soup
 
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Ingredients
  • 4 Sweet Gusto Onions, sliced (4-6 cups)
  • ¼ cup Butter
  • 2 Garlic Cloves, minced
  • 1 teaspoon Dried Thyme
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • ¼ cup Red Wine
  • 4 (10.5 ounce) cans Beef Broth
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
  • French Bread
  • Provolone Cheese slices
  • Swiss Cheese
  • Parmesan Cheese, grated

Instructions
  1. Saute onions and garlic in butter in an 8 qt stock pot on medium heat
  2. until tender and beginning to brown. Season with thyme, salt and pepper. Add the wine, beef broth and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer for 15 – 30 minutes. Heat the oven broiler. Slice the bread in ½ inch slices. Arrange bread on a cookie sheet and broil for 3 minutes, turning once until well toasted on both sides. Set aside. Arrange oven safe bowls or crocks on a baking sheet. Fill each bowl almost to the top with soup. Top each bowl with a slice of toasted bread, a slice of provolone cheese, some swiss cheese and a sprinkling of parmesan cheese. Broil in the oven until cheese is melted and slightly browned.

 

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