Alfresco feasts

Bring on barbecue season! Here are a few delicious ideas for enjoying Catie’s products at your summer table:

Pickle-packed potato salad: Sweet and tangy Bread & Butter pickles add lots of punch and crunch to this summertime classic. However you like to dress your salad, be sure to drizzle some pickle brine over the potatoes while they’re still warm so they soak up all that flavour. Dice up plenty of the pickles and sweet onions into the salad and garnish with more!

These antipasto skewers are a great make-ahead bite for summer gatherings. Everyone can enjoy their own serving on a stick!

Just layer pickled vegetables (we like a variety of our hot dilled vegetables, pickled garlic cloves & scapes, plus bread & butter pickles) with cheese, cherry tomatoes and meat.

Sweet ’n spicy ribs: Our pepper jellies make fantastic glazes for everything from ribs to chicken, kabobs to burgers. Switch up the flavour profiles to pique the palate all summer long. These ribs were cooked low and slow for a couple of hours, then glazed with Jalapeno Pepper Jelly (heat it up a little first to thin out for easy brushing) and finished off quickly at high heat until deliciously burnished. Serve with plenty of napkins and dig in!

If you’re serving cocktails at your cookout, the quintessentially Canadian Caesar is always a good call.  Add a variety of toppings – our spicy pickled beans, carrots, asparagus, garlic cloves and scapes amp up the flavour factor and add a fun flourish.
Or offer up a refreshing spritzer, made with one of our fruit jams, citrus, mint and sparkling water. Shake, strain and serve over plenty of ice. Enjoy!