Hot Dog's & blueberry's

Hot dog's,blueberry's and baked beans month! The fourth ingredient, "pickle"
Never had that combination..Our hot dog is just with sauerkraut and mustard or ketchup and onion.But with a little help and imagination I created a hot dog you've never seen before.
I can't find the original hot dog sandwich,so I used an ordinary similar sandwich.
The pickle was sliced very thin,with an peeler and dried in an oven on 90ºC for about 1 hour.Now this is amazing! a very crispy pickle.
For the sauce I used a can of baked beans 150gr,1 shallot (diced),2 cloves garlic (crushed), 50gr chorizo and 1 cup olerosso sherry.
Saute the garlic and shallot, add the beans and the sherry and let simmer for about 15 minutes.
Let it cool down and blend it untill you've got a sauce..Add some olerosso to smooth it.
I really didn't know what to do with the blueberry's and don't like them.But as a jam it's perfect.
For 100gr blueberry you need 100gr sugar,heat up and let it cook for 15 minutes.Serve with
carmellised walnut,and the blueberry sauce,on ice cream.

Enjoy!

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White eggplant "Who's the boss" #133

Last weekend we were at the NKBBQ (Dutch championship).
The things I've seen there had inspired me for doing a lot of new things on the bbq.
One of the first things we see was the stand of the "BBQBabes" with an great eggplant slice..
On the other site of the event there was an stand with fresh white eggplant,and a lot of peppers.
We also bought some salt from "the man with the pan" and the" Sweet Baby Ray's" sauce.
Ok here's the plan,I've got a lot of eggplant ,pepper,potato and onion.Cut everything in pieces.
Put a skillet on high heat and bake the veggies and potato's.
Add the sauce to the veggies,and let simmer for about 15 minutes.
Make some skewers from chicken breast and grill direct.
We had a perfect dinner..Now who's the boss....the sauce or....

Enjoy with....

Grilling @ Work #132

Today I had to bring my grill to work..this is so much fun....Your colleague's will love it!!
Great for lunch and for the mood!!
I opted for two types of burgers, The Jalapeno's & Booze burger...o yeah booze at lunchtime....
Ok here we go.
For 10 hamburgers use 1Kg ground beef,fresh Jalapeno's to taste,1cup brown sugar,1cup Sweet baby Ray's sauce (or ketchup) 2 gloves garlic (crushed),1 sweet onion (diced), 2 eggs,1 cup breadcrum.
Put everything in a large bowl and mix well.
For the booze burgers change the Jalapeno's for 1 cup Whisky. The rest is all the same.
Make the hamburgers with a special tool,or like I do, with the cover of an old jar!
Now I've got burgers from around 100 Gr.
As a topping we used cheddar,pineapple and onion.
The boys at the office loved it...You've got to try it!

Thanks Robyn (Grillgrrrl) for introduce of the grill at work scene;-)

Enjoy

Beer Sausage & Eggplant #131

Last Weekend we were on the NK BBQ (Dutch championship BBQ).
We had a very nice day,with beautiful weather and good friends JW and Marjolein from "Picture a recipe".
They bought us a nice bottle of Mississippi spicy sauce.and we picked up a bag of "BlackRanch charcoal".
With a car full of goods,it was time to go to the BBQ event and look, taste, and buy some things.
I bought a sweet baby Ray sauce and a special salt from "the man with the pan"
We also getting some eggplants from the "BBQbabes" and a bunch of Jalapeno's.
Inspired on the bbqbabes,grilled eggplant,and the sausage I've seen at JW's place,I decided to make beer sausage and grilled eggplant.
I'm telling ya it was soo good... Cooking with booze is always good.
Okay,back to the grill,heat up till high heat,place a skillet on top and saute an sweet onion.
In the meantime put the sausage on the grate for a minute or so,(just for the grillmarks) and put them with the onions in the skillet.
Get a bottle of beer of your choice (we had the Wieckse rose beer)open with your Dickies buckle..so glad I had a buckle with opener.;-)and do the beer in the skillet too.
Cook for about 20 minutes with the lid closed.
Grill the eggplants slices with some "man with the pan" salt and some olive oil.

Enjoy

CocaCola Ribs #130

It was a bit of a rainy day,but I have to make those ribs...I had something in mind with CocaCola and can't wait for better weather or another day.
No I hear you say..CocaCola..for the ribs,Ow yeah CocaCola is great for sauce!
This is what you need for 2 Servings.
I had 2 ribs,that won't fit on one chopboard;-) Remove the membrane,clean up the ribs and dry the ribs.Make a dry rub with 2 cups brown sugar,1Tbsp sea salt,1Tbsp cumin,1Tbsp onion powder,1Tbsp Paprika powder and 1Tbsp pepper.Whisk everything,and rub the ribs,put the ribs in a zipper bag for about 6 hours.
In the meantime make the CocaCola sauce.You need 1can CocaCola,2cups ketchup,2cups brown sugar,1 cup apple cider vinegar,3 cloves garlic (crushed) 1 onion (fine chopped) 1Tbsp mustard and 1 Tbsp oil.
Saute the onion and garlic tender and add the rest of the ingredients and cook for an hour on low heat.Let it cool down.
Preheat the grill for 300ºF inderect grilling.Smoke the slabs with "Jack Daniels wood chips" on the grate for about 2,5 hours.
After 2,5 hours mop the ribs with the CocaCola sauce every 15 minutes (1 hour total) Wrap in aluminum foil and let it rest for 15 minutes.
Enjoy with some salad,cucumber,and of course a nice cool rose..

Hamburgers #129

After a week of hard work,it's good to chill and relax with a rose,fireplace and oldskool hamburgers!!
You love hamburgers,we love hamburgers everyone loves hamburgers.Specially the kids love them..If there are friends came over for the kids,they always gonna ask....".Is your dad making those nice hamburgers" can I stay for dinner? Please...please.
Ok here we go...and make those fine hamburgers for your husband,girlfriend or kids...quick and easy.
For 12 servings,you need 1Kg minced meat,1 cup brown sugar,1 cup ketchup,1 onion diced,2 gloves garlic crushed,pepper to taste,1 tsp Worcestershire sauce,bread crum,and 2 eggs.
Mix everything in a large bowl.Make the burgers with an lid of an Illy can,
(it's the right size for an burger of 125gr = 1/4 pound)
In the meantime prepare the grill for direct grilling high heat 450ºF.This time I was using the Black Ranch charcoal,It's my favorite charcoal for high heat..
Put the burgers for about 4 minutes each side on the grate,add a thin slice fresh pineapple,jalapeno and some cheddar cheese on top...and enjoy...with a nice rose
Happy weekend.

JackDaniel's smoked bread #128

O my....The skillet set has finally arrived.It is a 6 - 8 - and 10" skillet.
Everytime I use the metal drip pan's from Weber for my veggies or potato's (what is a shame)After use I throw them away..
Okay back to the grill,Preheat the Weber for indirect grilling,medium heat 300ºF.
I found a package of abby flour in the kitchen and thought of making a bread with the smoke of Jack Daniels wood flakes..I'm telling ya..It smells so good.
The bread is ready after 45 minutes.
The JD flakes become better in bread then in a piece of meat..
It is a nice appetizer,put some garlic butter or tapanade (like we did) on top,and enjoy with a glass rose.
In the meantime you can make Pizza dough,(the grill is still hot enough),or put some charcoals on top.Make a pizza of your choice.
We had the pizza's with boiled ham,mushroom,pepper bell,mozarella,jalapeno's and a nice tomato sauce.
For the sauce you need 6 tomato's,2 gloves garlic,oregano,basil,salt and pepper..very basic but very nice..
Heat it up and blend it with an kitchen aid hand blender.
The thin pizza's are ready in 30 minutes..Enjoy!