Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff
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The Kamado has been getting plenty of use. About 4 times a week since getting it
I'd recommend getting a charcoal basket if you have the Classic I. You don't need to use the grate at the bottom after that and the airflow improves
A dutch oven has been worth it just for the 'over the top' chili.
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Righto, mothers day you ungrateful swine.
Smoked up a couple of lamb forequarters, marinated for 3 days. Bloody magic, never done lamb like that before -usually a leg - so it was a differnet cut. Sweated bullets that I'd dry it out, but it came out tender as anything, with a great smoke ring and a really tasty lemony charcoaly flavour. Win.
Finished with a couple of pies; lemon meringue and chocolate peanut better. FML, I'm dying fat and happy. Pics to follow.
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@Duluth said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Favourite mid winter cooks?
Over the top chili on the Kamado is my current favourite
1.5-2 kg gammon Into the slow cooker on a bed of thyme and sliced red onions, pour over half a litre of chicken stock, half a litre of water, cook for 6-7 hours on low. Throw in some peeled carrots sliced into sticks with a couple of hours to go. Serve with some mash, the carrots, the liquid and onions as a sauce (or make it into a gravy). Supposed to glaze with sugar and wholegrain mustard but I don't bother anymore. Leftovers make great sandwiches.
Or this with some homemade bread:
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cajun-chicken-gumbo -
I am commuting daily to hamilton to work hands on (physical) in Ops as we are getting hammered around the country with absenteeism. Then when I get back to Akl I do my own job. This has been going on for three weeks. First day off the treadmill today.
So why I volunteered to cook the cake for a four year old's birthday .... i don't do deseerts Never baked a cake I must've been mad
Most stressful thing I have done in years. Took two attempts and 7 of Bach Brewings Supa Juice
The only instruction was he wanted a blue cake
(this is the recipe photo but it came out pretty close - bit greener than that rich blue but kid was happy and adults impressed. I didn't eat any but apparently mosit, airy and not over sweet)
Two take outs - cakes are really unhealthy. The frosting alone was 400gms of icing sugar 1/2 cup of butter and 200 gms cream cheese!!!!
I'm told blue cake makes your shit turn blue
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@dogmeat said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
I am commuting daily to hamilton to work hands on (physical) in Ops as we are getting hammered around the country with absenteeism. Then when I get back to Akl I do my own job. This has been going on for three weeks. First day off the treadmill today.
So why I volunteered to cook the cake for a four year old's birthday .... i don't do deseerts Never baked a cake I must've been mad
Most stressful thing I have done in years. Took two attempts and 7 of Bach Brewings Supa Juice
The only instruction was he wanted a blue cake
(this is the recipe photo but it came out pretty close - bit greener than that rich blue but kid was happy and adults impressed. I didn't eat any but apparently mosit, airy and not over sweet)
Two take outs - cakes are really unhealthy. The frosting alone was 400gms of icing sugar 1/2 cup of butter and 200 gms cream cheese!!!!
I'm told blue cake makes your shit turn blue
Sorry bro, but that looks disgusting. No need to share the recipe 😎
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@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Duluth said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Favourite mid winter cooks?
Over the top chili on the Kamado is my current favourite
Recipe please 🙏
I did a variation on this recipe. The main difference is I added an Americano coffee just after the tomatoes
Recipe is in the video description
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@nzzp said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Yes
Weber make great, long lasting products. We have a baby Weber Q that is over 20 years old and still storming along.
Sweet! It doesn't have a drip pan, do I just use the aluminium ones they sell?
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@Bones said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Picked up a second hand weber spirit 210 in pretty mint condition for 50 quid, just missing flavorizer bars. Good deal?
I have a similar gassie which I never use, but it is extremely well made. U could probably pick up spare flavorizer bars easy. The drip pan usually sits in the middle of the que under the bars, IIRC there should be a little bracket and the fat is designed to roll down into it. You can buy aluminium foil weber pans or cheap copies from places like bunnings or Mitre10
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Hamburger patty from the farm across the valley, home-grown tomatoes & lettuce, onions from neighbour. Topped with mayo & home-made tomato relish.
Bloody marvelous
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During winter I often cook a puy lentil ragu. Roasted a chicken and served it on the ragu tonight.
Here's a basic recipe for the lentil ragu (I add smoked paprika, and then lemon juice and fresh herbs at the end. Maybe some white wine to deglaze, or some sherry vinegar.)
I use two cups of chicken stock and one cup of water per cup of lentils.