After Thanksgiving Recipe: Potato Croquettes

Happy Thanksgiving from Forsgate Country Club! Are you full yet? Wondering what to do with your Holiday leftovers? How about making some potato croquettes! Forsgate Executive Chef Mike Kasperek shows us how "Inside The Gate."



Potato Croquettes Recipe:
4 C. Yukon gold mashed potatoes
2 eggs
2 tbsp parsley
½ c. aged pecorino cheese
Salt and pepper
2 tbsp chopped apple wood bacon
1 tsp onion powder
1 cup panko bread crumbs
1qt vegetable oil for deep frying




Cooking Directions:
1: Combine all ingredients in a bowl
2: Form into patties or quenelles
3: Dredge in bread crumb
4: Panfry in hot oil

After Thanksgiving Recipe: Turkey Pumpkin Chili

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Forsgate Country Club Executive Chef Mike Kasperek demonstrates a creative way to use your leftover holiday favorites in our new blog video "Inside the Gate."




Turkey Pumpkin Chili Recipe:
2 Tbsp Extra Vigin Olive oil
1 C. diced onion
1/4 C. diced green pepper
1/4 C. diced yellow pepper
2 clove garlic minced
1 pound left over turkey chopped
1 16 oz can diced tomatoes
16oz. pumpkin puree
2 tbsp. chili powder
1 tsp ground black pepper
Dash of salt
½ c. shredded sharp Vermont cheddar
1Cup Chicken Stock as needed
½ c Cranberry sauce
1/4c Sour cream


Cooking Directions:
1: Sauté the onion, peppers, and garlic
2: Add: Turkey, Tomatoes, Pumpkin Puree, and spices
3: Simmer: 20 min
4: top w cheese and cranberry sour cream

PGA Professional Golf Tips For Beginners

Mark Mazzolo, Head Golf Professional

One of the most commonly requested improvements is “consistency”. You gain more consistency by striking the ball rather than scooping the ball. If you use the golf club how it was designed to be hit, your game will get more consistent.

Golfers come in different shapes, sizes, abilities, and talent levels that make every golf swing unique. For as long as I have been teaching this game I have not seen the same swing come from two different golfers but every good golfer is using the club correctly.

The golf club was designed to be hit in the most powerful position, slightly in front of the ball with forward shaft lean. If the sole of the club is lying flat on a surface the shaft of the club will always lean toward your target. With this fact in mind it is imperative that you use the golf club this way to consistently strike the golf ball.

The most effective way to accomplish the goal of using the club correctly is to combine a circular motion around your body with balance and limited extra movement making sure that your hands and body are in front of the ball when you are making contact.

There is no right or wrong way to swing a club there is just a right or wrong way to use the club!


Find more golf tips at Golf For Beginners

 We want to remind all the golfers at Forsgate that they can maintain their consistency throughout the winter by continuing to practice their game at Forsgate. The indoor practice facility will open at the end of the month.

PGA Tour Stars Put the "Pro" in "Pro Golfers" At Forsgate Charity Classic

ANNIKA  AND BRAD AT THE SKILLS CHALLENGE AT FORSGATE'S CHARITY CLASSIC

"MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ – Annika Sorenstam has still got the magic, as hundreds of delighted fans got to see first-hand when she and PGA Tour star Brad Faxon visited Forsgate Country Club to host the club’s annual Charity Classic last month. Everyone came away deeply impressed by Annika the person as well as Annika the professional golfer on every level. She was exactly how golf fans like their Sunday heroes – affable, accessible, and engaging, and she charmed everyone with her grace, class, and sincerity. She had wit, sparkle, and – Man alive! – did she still have game."...Read More at Walk In The Park. Check out Jay Flemma

RDC Chief Executive Officer Christopher Schiavone

Check out RDC Chief Executive Officer Christopher Schiavone's "Industry Profile" in the fall issue of Golfing Magazine. Mr. Schiavone also currently serves as the president of the New Jersey Golf Course Owners Association.

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Golfing Magazine Article: Christopher Schiavone Interview