Chutney Crostata + Giveaway News!!!

March 31st
2008

Hello, Blake Makers, and a very special hello to you, Sooper Heroes. Why so special? There’s a giveaway this week!!! That’s right, they’re baaaack!

So, what are we giving away? More chocolate? Something sweet? Actually, no. In fact, this time, it’s something savory. It’s chutney!

Alison McQuade has been a loyal Blake Maker since the beginning. She makes some amazing chutney, and we’ve actually blogged about it before.

She wanted to share her most popular flavor with all of you, so she sent me a jar of the Fig & Ginger to try.

Like with all the free food we get to consider for the giveaways, I needed to taste it, cook with it and photograph it.

We’re always going to tell you the truth (whether good or bad), so I have a confession to make about chutney. I don’t have a lot of experience with chutney.

I rarely cook with it, and have eaten it less. Actually, I’ve only had it twice (and both times were from McQuade’s). That being said, I’ve enjoyed everything Alison’s sent me!

I made a crostata with it (here’s the recipe), and it turned out nice. It tasted like a big fig newton. I’m curious, however, to see what you guys will be able to do with it.

That brings us to this week’s giveaway.

Instead of a feeding frenzy, we’re going to do things a little differently this time. I’m going to post on Thursday, April 3, and you’ll have all day to sign up. We have 24 jars to give away, so here’s how you get one.

Tell us what you’ll do (make) with it. You don’t have to have a recipe, or any experience with chutney. Just give us what you’ve got; what you’re thinking of; what you’d like to try.

The 24 best ideas (chosen by us) will get a jar.

Keep an eye out for a Sooper Secret E-mail for further details. Comment with questions! Stay tuned!

13 Responses to “Chutney Crostata + Giveaway News!!!”

  • time to get the pinot noir infused noggin working overtime :)

    Posted by Chicken Fried Gourmet on March 31st, 2008 at 6:48 pm

  • Ah ha…the stakes get higher.

    Posted by Geggie on March 31st, 2008 at 6:51 pm

  • I like the challenge :-)

    Posted by Carrie on March 31st, 2008 at 7:52 pm

  • I signed up last week but never got a email confirmation. Do I need to sign up again?

    Posted by courtney on March 31st, 2008 at 7:55 pm

  • Hrmm, I wonder how I can cupcakeify that….

    Posted by laurie on March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 pm

  • Get them gears to turnin’. bk

    Posted by Blake on March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 pm

  • this is a brilliant way of running the giveaways! especially for those of us located in a different part of the planet! looking forward to thinking of something fabulous!

    Posted by the airy fairy on April 1st, 2008 at 6:09 am

  • :::fantasizing about fig chutney tartlets:::

    Posted by Olivia on April 1st, 2008 at 8:16 am

  • I have so many ideas floating in my head now…mmmmm….

    Posted by Sarah on April 1st, 2008 at 11:26 am

  • What a good idea… I’m looking forward to creating either a cheesecake or something Moroccan… maybe a lamb shank tagine with fig chutney. Delicious.

    Posted by Jonathan on April 1st, 2008 at 1:01 pm

  • My favorite use of chutney: A warm Trader Joe’s flour tortilla and McQuade’s Fig Chutney .. hard to beat and pretty addictive.

    Posted by Ted Martinez on April 1st, 2008 at 3:38 pm

  • well blake, based on these responses, you really should have a video or photo reply section for the winners. Those people should definitely get something extra for best creation.

    Posted by james on April 1st, 2008 at 10:47 pm

  • Hi, James. I agree. I have a feature called Say It On BlakeMakes where people can submit their stories, and I post them here to the blog. I’m working on a way to automate this process. bk

    Posted by Blake on April 2nd, 2008 at 7:52 am

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