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Question from a novice sausage maker
Hi,
Do you freeze your meat for 30-40 minutes before grinding really helps keep the grinder from getting clogged up. I always use pork shoulder and never trim anything. We love homemade sausage.
Favorite ways to use up a giant bunch of cilantro?
How about a batch of Chili Verde it freezes well too
Favorite ways to use up a giant bunch of cilantro?
"Ooops" Forgot the Recipe link:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Cilantro-Mint-Chutney-238020
Favorite ways to use up a giant bunch of cilantro?
Chutney its really more like pesto but mint and Cilantro is amazing as a sauce for lamb, samosa's etc I love the stuff and it freezes well.
Is there a best cookbook for learning how to smoke meat?
I think Adam Perry Langs "Serious Barbeque" is pretty impressive with lots of pictures and info I wish I'd found this book when I was first getting started but there's still enough for novice and experienced cooks.
Looking for British golden syrup in Eugene
Someone on another thread mentioned that World Market carries Lyles Golden Syrup, I took note since I've seen recipes that called for it and that I wanted to make.
Help with Chili Verde
Mary Sue Millikin and Susan Fenigers Recipe for Chili Verde is my absolute go too, its amazing I make it and freeze boatloads of it, I can't get enough:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/pork-chili-verde-recipe/index.html
Pull Pork shoulder
I would smoke it first and finish it in the oven and yes the first three hours is critcal for smoke after that it won't accept much, if you get the meat temp up to at least 195 and then wrap in foil and a towel for at least an hour it will just fall apart and be amazing. I just did one last night but I have a Big Green Egg so I put in on at 8:00 PM and Took it off about 6:00pm at 220 wrapped in foil and a towel and stowed in a cooler until we were ready to eat "AMAZING"!! I've had many trial and error runs getting to what I do now but the biggest part was not letting the meat steam and rest for at least an hour after taking it off the grill.
Help me use up produce (butternut and acorn squash, pasrnips/carrots. corn)
Roasted Carrots are amazing the Barefoot Contessa has a great recipe for them with dill, it got me hooked on them and I bet parsnips would be a great combo with the carrots, but hey roasting any vegetable makes it 100 times better IMO
Sauce for Lamb?
I made a mint chimichurri sauce for some grilled lamb the other night, it was amazing found the recipe on Epicurious, I would definitely make that again and it would go with the beans and bring some color to the dish.
KFC-style light fluffy biscuits?
I can't make a decent biscuit to save my life and I've tried all of these things I guess I just need to keep doing it until I get it right but I'd be thrilled to make a biscuit like the ones in your pictures:(
Reprocessing Blueberry Jam
I've done that before and everthing was fine, with mine I needed to add more pectin since it did not set right but I opened and tried a jar and it was fine.
Anyone have a really CHEWY oatmeal cookie?
Hi,
I have really good luck with the Barefoot Contessa's Oatmeal cookie recipe tried dozens of others with no luck but I love her recipes never had a bad one yet, all of her recipes are online so you can look them up I can't remember which book its out of, hope that helps if you cant find it I'll look it up.
BBQ Pork Shoulder on my Weber
I have a Big Green Egg so charcoal loads aren't a problem for me now since I can go 24 hours but I started doing Pulled Pork on a grill similar to a weber and I did the CI method of smoking the pork for 3-4 hours and than wrapping in foil and finishing in the oven since they said the pork takes all the smoke it can in 3-4 hours and the oven is easier to regulate temp now I don't have that problem and can do 24 hour if needed but low and slow is amazing either way oven or grill.
Now what do I do with the saffron?
Hi,
My favorite thing to do with saffron is a dipping sauce you steep a pinch of Saffron in a couple teaspoons of Lime Juice and then add to mayo and some Siracha its my all time favorite right now....
Ina' Garten's Lasagna
I make a copy of Stouffers Veggie Lasagna with spinach,carrots and broccoli with a wite wine cheese sauce thats awesome, I just monkeyed around with recipes I found to get the right mix, but its my favorite especially homemade....
Pimento Cheese Recipe
Cooks Illustrated had a recipe for Pimento Cheese that was awesome, it just took a couple minutes in the food processor. I ran out of pimento peppers the second time and used peppadews and that was great too it was foolproof and so easy, I loved it..
Easy pizza at home?
I've been experimenting with pizza for a while now since we got our new "Big Green Egg" my husband bought me the pizza stone for my Bday. I usually make my own pizza dough since its just so much easier theres lots of good recipes around, you just have to get in there and start playing with it, I "LOVE" the Pizza Stone and I do think it makes a big difference in the crust so I would reccomend that, I know for years we made pizza in the oven without a stone and the the pizza was always just so so, now its Amazing. It just takes a couple of minutes to throw the dough together in a food processor or a kitchen aide mixer.
deep fryers
Hi,
I have a TFal Emeril Deep Fryer and I love it, it has a setting to strain the oil, and yes once in awhile it leaks or overflows but 9 times out of 10 it works great and the whole thing comes apart and can be thrown in the dishwasher except the heat element, I think its a great fryer.
Chicken Mole with skin or w/o?
It freezes beautifully, next time I make it I'm going to freeze it in one cup measures so I can enjoy it for a small meal more often that sauce is amazing, my girlfriend still talks about it and I think that was about a year ago.
Chicken Mole with skin or w/o?
Hi,
When I made the black mole I left theskin off, or took it off it was so good, your going to love it....
Pizza Toppings
"OOPS" Forgot to mention the chicken on the pizza and fresh cilantro when it comes out
Pizza Toppings
Hi,
I;ve been experimenting with pizza alot lately since we got a new Big Green Egg for Xmas and my husband bought me a pizza stone and plate setter for my Bday, one of our favorites (I mean the girls, the boys only want meat) is Thai pizza, we use some spicy peanut sauce and some red bell pepper, green onions and sprinkle with sesame seeds and a small handful of parmesan its really good and very different.
ISO new ideas for special caramel
What about a savory caramel, I made some vietnamese chicken wings where you stir chili/garlic sauce into the caramel and then coat the chicken wings and it was amazing, very unusual and I'm not much of a sweets person either but it sure was yummy.
Interesting Slider Ideas
I always do pulled pork sliders, you can make the pork ahead of time and then serve it in a crockpot, and use dinner rolls or potato rolls for the sliders, its a hit everywhere I take it.
Big Green Egg Grill
I read the CI review and didden't think they really looked into it very well since there is a place to put the water on the plate setter, kind of funny the grills that won their test were the ones I saw a BBQ team using on BBQ Pitmasters and they blew over several times during the competition plus because it was rainy out they coulden't maintain their temperatures, which is not a problem with the BGE we took the plunge this year and have been absolutely thrilled with everything it does.
Big Green Egg advice
We just got our BGE in October and we love it, actually its way easier to keep the temp low and slow, so unless your grates are clogged with soot or you need to clean, or your charcoal is wet it should be easy to get to temperature. I love doing pork butts and turkey and cornish game hens and now I;ve been playing with meatloaf it does a great job on just about anything. We don't use the rack though I just put the turkey on the grate and it cooks fine, I always brine mine first though and than smoke it low and slow.
2010 Thanksgiving Wins and Losses
Wins the Guiness Brined Turkey from Nov Bon Appetit, and the Roasted Brussell Sprout dish from Bobby Flays TG-Throwdown with the Pioneer Woman, I loved the idea of the pomegranites, it was absolutely the prettiest dish on the table other than that gorgeous dark golden smoked Turkey I did on the BBQ (we had to do it on the Big Green Egg) and I always do a sweet potato gnocchi with sage leaves and a brown butter sauce. I always do my Moms wild rice and mushroom stuffing (Separate from the turkey) and everyone else makes dessert I'm not much of a baker but everything turned out really well this year no Duds, wish I'd taken a few pictures.
Recipe so good you've made it at least 3 times: COTM Edition
This recipe from the Two Hot Tamales on Foodnetwork is my all time favorite I get cravings for it,
http://www.cookingindex.com/recipes/19010/pork-chili-verde.htm
Need great Green Chile Stew recipe
This is my all time favorite recipe for Chili Verde:
http://www.cookingindex.com/recipes/19010/pork-chili-verde.htm
I've tried a bunch and this is a family favorite, I make it at least 5-6 times a year.
