Montana ingredients featured in winning recipes

Montana chefs cooking with Montana ingredients created lovely meals at the recent Montana Chef Competition.

The Montana Department of Agriculture sponsored the event to promote the use of Montana products in gourmet cooking. The cooking and judging were done at the renowned Buck's T-4 Lodge in Big Sky

Here's the gold award-winning main course, courtesy of Eric Trager, chef at Bridge Creek Back Country Kitchen & Wine Bar in Red Lodge.

The Montana ingredients featured are Garden City Fungi mushrooms, Renita's Specialty Sauces mustard, Montana Legend Brand beef, On Thyme Gourmet herbs and Amalthe...