Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff
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@canefan said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@voodoo said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
I made a 5kg rolled pork loin with crackling , stuffing and gravy last year which was a hit, so I've been deleated that again. Problem is, we have just moved back into our house after 12mths out, and the oven apparently no longer displays what setting its on, nor what temperature its at. Fucking guesswork, eek.
Could be an absolute disaster.
Probably best I have 4 or 5 practice runs before the big daymmm
Get a dual probe thermometer to know what is going on
I have a standard thermometer, just the first 40mins is guesswork!
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@canefan said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@NTA said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Kangaroo burgers.
That is all.
Isn't the meat too lean?
Nope. Same rules as roo steak apply: rare
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@NTA said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@canefan said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
@NTA said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Kangaroo burgers.
That is all.
Isn't the meat too lean?
Nope. Same rules as roo steak apply: rare
Brisket mince is my go to for burgers. Nice and fatty
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@MajorRage I've cooked beef wellington a good few times with varying results, a point of note is that the bigger the joint the more difficult it seems to be. I no longer use pancakes or crepes but instead use parma ham which works fine. As said before you have to make sure the mushroom duxelles is dry, dry, dry.
The foolproof recipe for me is Gordon Fucking Ramsay's one. Never had problem with this one:-
Wrapping it very tightly in the cling film before chilling is also key.
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@Catogrande The fillet in the video is about the size of the venison in my last cook which was a success. I agree, you need a narrow fillet. I'm a total glutton so I like Proscuitto slathered with chicken liver pate and the duxelle
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@Catogrande @MajorRage I've used the recipe from seriouseasts a bunch of times and really rated it.
Make sure you get butter puff pastry - it's noticeably better than the alternatives, but harder to fine
foie gras is nice, decadent and (in my opinon) fairly optional
when cooking, the biggest issue I've had is sticking to the base. I put it on foil, but that wasn't a success - from memory, baking paper on an elevated rack went pretty well
no matter waht it looks like, it'll taste incredible. Pics please!
edit: recipe link I forgot to paste https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/12/the-ultimate-beef-wellington-recipe.html
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also, one of the side effects of smoking a couple of back to back briskets is fat everywhere.
So, when you crank up the heat for some steak, you get this:
It burned off pretty quickly, but exciting nonetheless. Luckily in a kamado you can put the fire out by starving it of oxygen... and welders gloves are really helpful
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@MajorRage said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
So what's everybody cooking for Xmas?
I'm trying a Beef Wellington for the first time. 1.2kg of fillet on order at the local butcher, house remortgage papers in place to pay for it. Any tips on thoughts on how to cook? I saw Jamie Oliver make this on TV the other day as I was thinking it would be my approach. I generally like his stuff as it's not difficult and works quite well when I try it out.
Still debating what to serve with, I had a stunning celeriac puree the other day at a local joint which I might also give a crack.
I certainly concede the above Turkey looks pretty good, but for me it's the most over rated protein on the planet.
Cooking?
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How to smoke a brisket.
Step 1- Go to butcher and get biggest one they have.
Step 2- When you get home drop it from a unnecessary height on to the table so it makes a loud bang, scares the shit out of everyone and establishes your dominance as a hunter gatherer.
Step 3- Slap meat further establishing your dominance.
Step 4- Pour drink.
Step 5- Tell wife to come look at your meat. Chuckle at your comic genius.
Step 6- Trim brisket. Pretend you know what you're doing. Pour another drink.
Step 7- Season brisket with some spicy combination that has salt pepper and garlic slapping meat several times for good measure.
Step 8- Inject it with salted beef broth.
Step 9- Try wrapping with plastic wrap. Fail miserably because plastic wrap is stupid and whoever invented it deserves a slow painful death. Ask wife for help and somehow yet again she coaxes it into doing what she wants.
Step 10- Place in refrigerator for 24 to 48 hours.
Step 11- Fast forward to somewhere between 6:00 and 8:00 in the morning.
Step 12- Remove brisket from refrigerator slap meat one more time for old times sake. Remove plastic wrap and place brisket in smoker at 225°.
Step 13- Crack beer because it would just be irresponsible to start drinking hard liquor before noon.
Step 14- Fall asleep watching TV in recliner.
Step 15- Wake up in a panic! Rush outside and check pellet level in Hopper and temperature of brisket.
Step 16 - All is well and it's past noon! Pour drink.
Step 17- When brisket stalls out around 160-165 degrees wrap it in foil or butcher paper. Do not let your wife see you do this or she'll ask you to do something dumb like wrap Christmas presents. Turn smoker up to 275 degrees.
Step 28 - More drinking! Also since you can't slap the brisket when the wife walks by sneak a good one in on the derriere. This is romantic, she will think it is romantic promise. You are Romeo god of love and smoker of delicious meats.
Step 49- Time to prep cooler for resting the brisket. Gather up all of your wives very best high quality towels. You know the fancy ones that are for decoration yeah those ones. They hold heat the best. Layer those in the cooler.
Step 94- When brisket hits 203° in the point end toss it in the cooler and throw more towels on top.
Step 622- Inform everybody that the brisket is done and revel in the looks of disappointment on their faces when you tell them that it has to rest for at least an hour in the cooler and a half an hour on the cutting board. Keep them from starting a mutiny by not just pouring yourself a drink but poor drinks for everyone!
Step 1,346 - Cut and serve brisket make sure to show everybody how moist it is by squishing it and watching juices run out.
Step 2,359 - Gorge till you put yourself into a meat and alcohol induced coma.
Step 6,888 - Buy the wife new towels. Possibly remodel a bathroom if she wants. -
@TeWaio said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
How to smoke a brisket.
Step 1- go to butcher and get biggest one they have.
Step 2- when you get home drop it from a unnecessary height on to the table so it makes a loud bang, scares the shit out of everyone and establishes your dominance as a hunter gatherer.
Step 3- slap meat further establishing your dominance.
Step 4- pour drink.
Step 5- tell wife to come look at your meat. Chuckle at your comic genius.
Step 6- trim brisket. Pretend you know what your doing. Pour another drink.
Step 7- season brisket with some spicy combination that has salt pepper and garlic slapping meat several times for good measure.
Step 8- inject it with salted beef broth.
Step 9- try wrapping with plastic wrap. Fail miserably because plastic wrap is stupid and whoever invented it deserves a slow painful death. Ask wife for help and somehow yet again she coaxes it into doing what she wants.
Step 10- place in refrigerator for 24 to 48 hours.
Step 11- fast forward to somewhere between 6:00 and 8:00 in the morning.
Step 12- remove brisket from refrigerator slap meat one more time for old times sake. Remove plastic wrap and place brisket in smoker at 225°.
Step 13- crack beer because it would just be unresponsible to start drinking hard liquor before noon.
Step 14- fall asleep watching TV in recliner.
Step 15- wake up in a panic! Rush outside and check pellet level in Hopper and temperature of brisket.
Step 16 - all is well and it's past noon! Pour drink.
Step 17- when brisket stalls out around 160-165 degrees wrap it in foil or butcher paper. Do not let your wife see you do this or she'll ask you to do something dumb like rap Christmas presents. Turn smoker up to 275 degrees.
Step 28 - more drinking! Also since you can't slap the brisket when the wife walks by sneak a good one in on the derriere. This is romantic, she will think it is romantic promise. You are Romeo god of love and smoker of delicious meats.
Step 49- time to prep cooler for resting the brisket. Gather up all of your wives very best high quality towels. You know the fancy ones that are for decoration yeah those ones. They hold heat the best. Layer those in the cooler.
Step 94- when brisket hits 203° in the point end toss it in the cooler and throw more towels on top.
Step 622-inform everybody that the brisket is done and revel in the looks of disappointment on their faces when you tell them that it has to rest for at least an hour in the cooler and a half an hour on the cutting board. Keep them from starting a mutiny by not just pouring yourself a drink but poor drinks for everyone!
Step 1,346 - cut and serve brisket make sure to show everybody how moist It is by squishing it and watching juices run out.
Step 2,359 - gorge till you put yourself into a meat and alcohol induced coma.
Step 6,888 - buy the wife new towels. Possibly remodel a bathroom if she wants.That's a great effort sir.
I'm going to pour myself another drink
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@Bones said in Recipes, home grown goodness, BBQing and food stuff:
Agree with the sentiment, but get the heck outta this thread with that levity. This is a serious thread for polish chicks and kiwi blokes to talk about burning meat and shit over really long amounts of time while ignoring their families and kids.
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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:
Agree with the sentiment, but get the heck outta this thread with that levity. This is a serious thread for polish chicks and kiwi blokes to talk about burning meat and shit over really long amounts of time while ignoring their families and kids.
I'm so glad you made the distinction.