Stonewall Kitchen Mustard Recipe Contest - We Have a Winner!

The votes are in and after much deliberation we have found the winner!  It was no easy task.
First we solicited recipes from bloggers all across the country. Then we sorted through a whole pile of fabulous recipes and blog postings on the recipe creations. Next, we came up with eleven finalists and then passed it off to the Stonewall Kitchen and blogger fans for voting.  Votes were tallied from Facebook, Pinterest and the Stonewall Kitchen Blog to determine the final top three which were:

goosefat1.blogspot.com   
Fiddleheads, Shrimp & Flageolet Beans with Champagne Shallot Vinaigrette using Stonewall Kitchen Champagne Shallot Mustard.

framedcooks.com
Ham and Pineapple Biscuit Sliders with Stonewall Kitchen Spicy Honey Mustard.

 

cookingwithbooks.blogspot.com
Mustard Hoagie Rolls using Stonewall Kitchen Maine Maple Champagne Mustard.

 

Each of these three recipes tasted delicious and were beautiful culinary presentations which made the final decision so tough.  

The Fiddlehead and Shrimp recipe was not only a beautiful presentation, but the light flavors of fiddleheads, with shrimp, beans, and the asparagus we added, really made for a great dish we would be happy to serve at our next dinner party. The mustard sauce was complex and full of flavor and we really enjoyed dipping our mustard hoagie rolls right in for a lasting morsel of flavor.

The Ham and Pineapple Biscuits were simply delicious. The grilled pineapple was refreshing against the robust mustard sauce and the biscuits rounded out the sandwich in a good-southern-manners sort of way! And we really enjoyed the presentation from the Framed Cooks blog. The pictures were bright and fun. We can envision preparing a plate of these for our next picnic.

The Hoagie Rolls were unique and oh, so tasty!  The texture offered a dense outer layer which protected the soft doughy inside. The tasting panel really enjoyed eating these just as is - without being made into a sandwich. We made a request to our recipe developer to make pretzels out of the dough. She said they came out great as a pretzel too (they must have because we never got to see or taste them - somehow they disappeared in the photo studio!).

And this is what our Judging and Tasting panel consisted of:

And the winner is....drum roll, please! .....Framed Cook's Ham and Pineapple Biscuit!  Congratulations!  

Thanks to each and every blogger and voter who participated in our first recipe contest.  We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.  Be sure to try the recipes from each of our contestants, they really are all so wonderful. Keep an eye out for our next recipe contest. Dessert maybe?

Grilling this weekend? Try one of our newest products!

Are you planning to fire up the grill this weekend to celebrate the unofficial start to summer?  Whether you are planning for burgers, hot dogs, grilled seafood or veggies, you always need something to top it off with.  We launched our newest ketchup just in time for the holidays!

Our County Ketchup is a staff favorite and is one of our most popular products.  We like to consider it an "adult" ketchup - filled with tomatoes, garlic and a little bit of spice.  We took that ketchup and kicked it up a little bit, adding smokey chipotle peppers.  Our new Chipotle Ketchup has been a big hit with our employees and is now available in our stores and online!

Happenings this weekend;

- Vote for your favorite Mustard Recipe, competition ends today!
- Memorial Day Sale happening in our 3 Outlet Locations
- Container Gardening Workshop at our York Store
- Enter our Grill Giveaway!

Check back for the first look as we begin to release our newest products!  We listened to some of our fans and have created a few things that we think you will be very happy to see!