Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff
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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.
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@Bones said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo go on then. Mustard, pepper, salt flavoured, oven-proof bag.
NOM NOM
I couldn't the bag unfortunately as I can't see the oven temp, all the markings are worn off! Took me an hour to even figure what setting bake/fanbake was!
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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 π
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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 JalapeΓ±os 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 π
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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 π 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