Saturday 18 May 2013

Herb Baked Egg




Herb Baked Egg

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Pretty straight-forward.  There are a few more ingredients I will add to bring this tasty and easy dish into the real world.

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  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp milk
  • Bit o butter
  • Pinch of salt
  • Pinch of herbs
1. Preheat bbq to 325 degrees F. 
2.  Butter a ramekin.

3. Break an egg into the ramekin.
4. Spoon milk over egg.

5. Sprinkle salt and herbs on egg.

6. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the whites are set and the yolks are beginning to thicken. Keep in mind that the eggs will continue to cook even when they are out of the bbq.

Enjoy!
 Special thanks to How to Make Baked Eggs for the recipe.

Wednesday 15 May 2013

Beer Basted Boar Ribs



Beer Basted Boar (I mean pork) Ribs 
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Interesting that the quest to acquire the recipe involves Rhapsody Malt but the recipe doesn't have any additives. Oh well, more room to improvise. Here is the recipe I will attempt:

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  • 2 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tbsp oregano
  • 1/2 tbsp seasoning salt
  • 1/2 tbsp basil
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • Rack 'o ribs
  • 1 - 2 cans of beer
  • bbq sauce of your choice
 
1. Take ribs out of the fridge and let them come to room temperature. Combine spices in a bowl to create a rub for the ribs.

2. Rub spices all over the ribs.


3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Pour beer into the bottom of a baking dish or roasting pan. Pour  some for yourself too! Add the ribs to the beer and cover the pan with aluminum foil. Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes.

4. Remove ribs from oven and slap them onto the preheated bbq grill. Baste one side with bbq sauce and grill for 15 minutes. Flip ribs, baste and grill.


I used Guinness to cook the ribs. I don't know if the rub is necessary or if the beer will be enough to flavour the meat. The next time I cook this dish I will try it sans rub.

 Special thanks to Just a Pinch for the recipe.


Wednesday 1 May 2013

Spice Bread


Spice Bread

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Yeah....right. Here is the recipe I will attempt:

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  • 1 tbsp active dry yeast
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, soft
  • 2 eggs
  • 5 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1. In a large bowl, mix together 2 cups flour, sugar, yeast, salt, water and milk. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature for 2 hours. 
 










2. Next, stir down the mix and add butter, eggs, allspice, and cinnamon. Mix in enough flour to make a soft dough, most of the remaining 3 cups. 




3. Turn dough out onto a floured board. Knead the dough for 10 minutes, adding small amounts of flour until dough is soft and not sticky. Put dough in greased bowl. Turn dough over in bowl so that the dough top is also lightly greased. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place for 1 hour.



4. Punch down dough. Turn dough out onto board and knead for 5 minutes. Divide dough into two equal parts. Shape each half into round loaf. Put loaves on greased baking sheet. Cut a 1/2-inch X onto the top of each loaf. Cover loaves with clean kitchen towel and let rise for about 45 minutes or until double in size.





5. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes or until brown. Cooled loaves can be bagged and frozen for later use, though I wouldn't recommend trying to place them in stacks of 20.


There probably are easier bread recipes, but I didn't find them. I modified this recipe because of the lack of ingredients and too many exotic ingredients should be reserved, in my humble opinion, for a more complex World of Warcraft recipe.  The bread turned out a little dry and not as chewy as I think the recipe intended. I omitted aniseed and molasses, but I also made a noob bread maker mistake and used Cake and Pastry flour because I did not have bread flour. I should have used All Purpose flour, especially since the WoW recipe called for Simple Flour. My bad. The bread was still very tasty, and the mild dryness is cured with jam, honey, etc. Please share any recipes here, cause this took way too much time.

As promised, I cooked over an open flame. Yahoo! Propane tank is full and the BBQ is rawrin' to go!