Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff
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@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Well.
After 2 months of being constrained to supermarket meat, I finally found a brisket on Waiheke Island. A bargain at $30. Organic even!!!
Snapped it up
Unfortunately the house we have rented has a very old oven where you can't read the temperature. So I decided to do it on the BBQ, a bit off-piste if you will
Hot sear, then turned it down to the lowest temp, and closed the lid for 3 hours - and MASSIVELY overdid it.
Was fucking terrible
Tough, flavorless, brutal
Total waste of time. Ate some (of course), but threw 500gms of meat in the bin.
Gutted.
Ha ha! Sorry but I did laugh.
Brisket is one of the nicest cuts of meat..... unless overcooked
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@Hooroo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Well.
After 2 months of being constrained to supermarket meat, I finally found a brisket on Waiheke Island. A bargain at $30. Organic even!!!
Snapped it up
Unfortunately the house we have rented has a very old oven where you can't read the temperature. So I decided to do it on the BBQ, a bit off-piste if you will
Hot sear, then turned it down to the lowest temp, and closed the lid for 3 hours - and MASSIVELY overdid it.
Was fucking terrible
Tough, flavorless, brutal
Total waste of time. Ate some (of course), but threw 500gms of meat in the bin.
Gutted.
Ha ha! Sorry but I did laugh.
Brisket is one of the nicest cuts of meat..... unless overcooked
I thought it important for general morale to post some failures here along with the mostly epic successes you guys seem to create
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Yesterday I did a skirt and shin mushroom and red wine casserole and it was yummy.
Today that casserole is now a pie with Jalapeños and Cheese! (and a smaller potato top as Mrs Hooroo doesn't like meat and cheese pies)
soooo good! (hopefully) Will try and add a photo once out of the oven.
Edit: Happy. Happy
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@Bones said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Meant to be in Crete next week so Greek food week lined up. Probably going to make a moussaka and a stifado/kokinisto. Any other (easy) ideas? Bonesetta isn't huge on lamb but I might be able to sneak some in.
Keftethes are super easy, zucchini or tomato fritters, pastitsio and saganaki all good.
Stay away from retsina
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@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Bones said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Meant to be in Crete next week so Greek food week lined up. Probably going to make a moussaka and a stifado/kokinisto. Any other (easy) ideas? Bonesetta isn't huge on lamb but I might be able to sneak some in.
Keftethes are super easy, zucchini or tomato fritters, pastitsio and saganaki all good.
Stay away from retsina
Hah I know them as kofte. Awesome suggestions, thanks! I'll be steering clear of raki too.
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@Bones said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Meant to be in Crete next week so Greek food week lined up. Probably going to make a moussaka and a stifado/kokinisto. Any other (easy) ideas? Bonesetta isn't huge on lamb but I might be able to sneak some in.
Lamb cutlets or fillet served with this combo mixed together :
Greek Yoghurt (Pottle)
Honey (tablespoon)
Fresh chopped Mint (Some)
Lemon juice (Half Lemon)
Lemon zest (I use whole lemon zest but prolly not necessary)
S&P (I use cracked white pepper rather than black)Just throw that over the sliced fillet or cutlets and sprinkle with pomegranate hoohoos (I don't know the name of the sharp/sweet little lovelies that come from a pomegranate)
Lovely!
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@Bones said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo it's almost like you knew I love lamb and were just creating a list of how to ruin it
nah tempted to give it a go, but pomegranate can blergh the fuck off. Still be ok you reckon?Yeah, fully works without Pomegranate as I do it out of season all the time. The honey/Lemon/Greek Yoghurt/Mint combo just works!!
I like having it in a flat bread type thing
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@Bones said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@Hooroo it's almost like you knew I love lamb and were just creating a list of how to ruin it
nah tempted to give it a go, but pomegranate can blergh the fuck off. Still be ok you reckon?I question anyone to even describe the taste of pomegranate. It is so nothing.
As a colour and texture and slight point of acidity, then it’s good but I can’t work out how how someone would be anti it.
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@shark said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Pomegranate seeds are a little flavour pop. They burst which adds texture, and they add sweetness. I love them on a green, grain salad with feta and mint.
if you have fresh pomegranate, my better half found out that you can get the seeds out (which are a bitch) by cutting in half and hitting the back. The seeds literally just drop out.
Also, in terms of flavour pops, capers. Fark yeah baby,
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@nzzp said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@shark said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Pomegranate seeds are a little flavour pop. They burst which adds texture, and they add sweetness. I love them on a green, grain salad with feta and mint.
if you have fresh pomegranate, my better half found out that you can get the seeds out (which are a bitch) by cutting in half and hitting the back. The seeds literally just drop out.
Also, in terms of flavour pops, capers. Fark yeah baby,
Yeah, you cup it in your hands and hit the skin side with the back of a spoon. The seeds fall through your fingers
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@Crucial said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Or just top and tail it, slice the skin off and you will see all the segments of seeds which you can cut out. Far less messy.
I bet you have a tonne of kitchen hacks for the home cook! I like that one!
