Whisky chicken skewers #61

This was probably the last good day of the summer,first we had to go to the cinema with a few friends of Boris.After that I had to learn Rik how to fix a leaking tyre,a typical dad's thing,and I have to think of something what to eat tonight..Let's see, I had a mango,a piece of paradano cheese,cucumber,tomato,slaw,walnuts,parma ham(prosciutto) ,and some chicken left in the freezer!! I also had a small bottle of whisky,it was a leftover for my drip thing for the pulled pork..So I used it for marinate my chicken with some soy,5species,honey and whisky,(Tobamory,a single malt 10 years old). leave it in the fridge for at least an hour,then prepare the skewers,(soak the skewers in water first).Grill direct on a hot grate,serve with the salad and a glass of red wine...Enjoy

Pulled Pork #60

I had a day off, the weather was very nice and sunny,the perfect time to make a Pulled Pork.It was the first time for me to make this kind of slow food.So I went to the butcher for a nice peace of Boston butt (1,2Kg).
Now it was time to rub it in with a basic BBQ rub, and leave it in the fridge for a few hours.After a few hours I heat up the charcoals,now this is a tricky part,you want a constant temperature of 90 degrees for 6 hours.This is how I did it.Heat up 15 Ecobrasa cubes,prepare the Weber for indirect grilling,Now you think,that's not much...right...open the top and bottom ventilation holes in de Weber, it's now around the 90 degrees.Put every 30 minutes a handful of hickory wood and every hour 3 or 4 Ecobrasa's on the old charcoals,they will lit automaticly.You also have to drip the meat every hour with some apple juice,otherwise your meat will dry out.
In the meantime I couldn't wait that long for my dinner so I made some sandwiches with sausage rolls,cheese,zucchini and pepper and a salad with mango,walnut and prosciutto.
We had a great Merlot with it.very tasty.After an empty bottle and 6 hours waiting, the Pulled pork was ready....It looks great,smells great and taste great,tonight we have some with a sandwich,coal and baked beans..Enjoy!!

Making wine #2

After three days of yeast in a bucket,you can put it in a yeast bottle.
Make sure that you've added the sugar in three parts first,Stir everyday 3 times in the bucket and add every day the same amount of sugar.
Now it's time to clean the yeast bottle,the waterlock and the cap.Do it with a sulphite solution.Rins with a lot of water...
Now the hardest part.It took me 3 hours for 9Kg grape's to get it in the bottle..
Press the pulp yeast out of the bucket with a clean special towel and a sieve.Fill the bottle not till the end but till the shoulder.
Don't add sugar or something else in the bottle,measure the sugar/weight with an hydrometer.
For a medium sweet rose wine the mass is around 1035.Just close it with the waterlock and let it stay there for a few weeks, or till the wine is clear,and stopped to yeast.
You can see on the waterlock if the wine is still yeast,if the waterlock is in the middle, then the yeast has stopped.

The making of wine #1

Last summer we were in France, and see a lot of wine ranks,we had some tastings on a winefarm,we love wine.
A friend of us had a garden full of grape's.... Wow I had always a wish to make homemade wine,so this was a great opportunity..
First I had to buy was a set of bottles,yeast,brush,bucket and a bunch of chemicals.After cleaning the bottles & buckets it was time to clean the grape's in some sulphite and rinse it very good..We had 9Kg of grape's I can tell ya, it is a large amount of fruit,and still have some..gonna make some juice of it.After the rinsing you have to remove the bad grape's out of it,and pick the grape's and do them in a large bucket.Now you can crush the grape's with your clean feet or hands.(you can also use a crushtool)
After mixing the chemicals with the grape's and crush them it was time to wait till it gonna yeast,this will take a few days( 3-5)
For now I have to stir 3 times a day and add some sugar for the yeast and make some alcohol.

BBQ party

Today we celebrate my wife and son Boris his birthday party.Almost everybody stay's over for dinner (30 people).Off course it has to be something special on the BBQ,because everybody expect it from us.I start with preparing and grilling on friday afternoon because Rik had a soccer match on saturday morning and don't have the time to made that much of food on the day itself. So we made 2 meatloafs on friday,Between the 2 meatloafs I made a quick dinner for us,the grill was still hot enough to do some fajita's.The chicken skewers with cumin-yoghurt and satay we made on the day self. The meatloaf's were made with onion,jalapino's, garlic and cheddar.The first one was with an mesquito chippotlle to glaze it, and the other one was smoked on cherrywood for about 2,5 hours...But first we have a nice tart, and a great snack on the stick-it,After a great talking about food,wine and toys for boys,with a few friends,it was time for the satay.The rest of the evening was very nice at the fireplace and grill.My wife and son had a great day filled with presents and good friends..

Ribeye green peppersauce #59

While I was drinking a glass of red wine,enjoying the Umami experience with my wife and kids,Thinking of what we want to eat tonight.
I tried something different with the ribeye,we made it with homemade green pepper sauce,pomme duchesse and a salad.
For the "snack" I used a part anchovy,old Amsterdam cheese and a tomato on a skewer, as we gonna present it next week on my son's birthday party,for 30 people.This is really great!!! you've got to try this...

Back to the ribeye.I tried it with a homemade green pepper sauce,it was tasty but I prefer it without any sauce...just pepper and salt, just 5 minutes on the grill.For now we had it served with mashed potato's and a salad.
We also had an onion diced,2 gloves garlic (sliced) 250 gr mushrooms (sliced)and 3Tbsp whiskey ,fried in a pan as a side dish,because not everyone of the family loves mushrooms..
For the pepper sauce you need 30gr soft green pepper,250ml cream,sea salt,1Tbsp brown sugar.Enjoy!!

Boris birthday pizza #58

Today we celebrate Boris his 9th birthday,he want a homemade pizza....his favorite is the one with ham,mozarella,paprika and pineapple,the rest we made with pepper,salami,mozarella on the grill.
Make the dough as usual,this time i did some sage with the dough like in a focaccia.
Roll the dough to fit the grate or the plate for the oven.
Prepare the grill for indirect cooking and let the pizza there for about half an hour.The one in the oven is ready in 20 minutes on 200 degrees.enjoy with a rose Zifandel or like my wife did... with a sake!!