Extra Cheesy Mac & Cheese Extra Cheesy Mac & Cheese, Ken loves mac & cheese as long as it’s extra cheesy. He calls it the ooey gooey factor. Plus, our cold smoked cheese makes it even better. Patti invited her lovely friend Harriett over for lunch to try this new recipe. To make it a little fun she made it with wagon wheel shaped pasta…
https://youtu.be/IcrDtlJgcGc Peppered Roast Beef Coffee Gravy “Smokin on Your Gasser” Video Peppered Roast Beef with Coffee Gravy “Smokin on Your Gasser”. Hickory smoked with a nice pepper crust then smothered with a coffee gravy. Pull apart tender, juicy with a “Kiss of Smoke” in every bite. Smokin’ on Your Gasser, there are a lot of fine gas grills out there; in fact there are more…
Makin’ Bacon Makin’ Bacon, we love makin’ bacon. This was a beautiful, lean bacon and there is something special about making your own bacon with your flavor profile. I love thick cut pepper bacon and can’t get enough. We made 30 pounds of Maple Pepper Bacon!!! Enough for a few days around here. Pure Bacon Porn... We made our cure into maple pepper slurry,…
https://youtu.be/fFrfZZMg9yI Video Smoked Beef Shanks Video Smoked Beef Shanks had a big, beefy flavor and were melting in your mouth tender. We braised these in Chianti wine, beef broth and, of course, garlic and onion. Patti served them on top of her garlic blue cheese mashed potatoes. Beef Shanks are a hearty, savory meal that was just plain delicious with a “Kiss of Smoke”. Patti…
Pork Chops with Fresh Raspberry Sauce Pork Chops with Fresh Raspberry Sauce with berry season here and we get lots of fresh juicy berries of all kinds. Being the temperature has been in the 90’s we wanted something lighter than beef. Patti picked up some thick boneless pork chops on sale and came up with the idea of a fresh raspberry sauce. Easy, delicious and…
Buffalo Style Meatballs We were invited to a neighbor’s potluck and asked to bring an appetizer. Ken wanted to bring little meatballs “Buffalo style”. Using our favorite ground beef, which is so very lean, our meatballs didn’t shrink the way ordinary fattier ground beef does. So, instead of golf ball size we had more like tennis ball size. Ken seasoned them with < and basted…
Habanero Glazed Pork Strips WoW!!! Our Habanero Glazed Pork Strips made it into Green Mountain's Cook Book! Habanero Glazed Pork Strips for date night tonight, simple and easy. I let these guys go in the smoke for about 45 minutes then pulled them off, turned up the heat to finish our Smoked Chipotle Garlic Treat and twice baked potatoes. Returning the pork strips to finish…
Patti’s Philly Cheese Steak Patti’s Philly Cheese Steak, Patti knows something about Philly cheese steaks, she was born and raised in Philly and something was missing from her sandwich: much meat. We fixed that with a big sirloin stuffed with smoked cheese and covered with grilled onions. No American cheese here because we stuffed it with smoked Gouda. Now, this was a cheese steak seasoned…
Smoky Sweet and Sour Pork Smoky Sweet and Sour Pork, we love Chinese food, but we can make it at home to suit our taste. Ken made a great sauce starting with bottled sweet and sour sauce and added lots of imagination. We gave it a “Kiss of Smoke” with Pacific Pellet Gourmet BBQ Pellet Country Cherry pellets in a wedge. We’ve given it a…
Smoked Chicken Breasts Honey Mustard Glaze Smoked Chicken Breasts Honey Mustard Glaze was the perfect marriage of sweet and smoky. Made extra delicious with Briggs True Mustard sauce blended with honey and a generous sprinkling of Chef of the Future Honey Garlic Bourbon Rub & Glaze. We smoked these low and slow and they were definitely worth the wait. Patti sautéed some fresh green beans…
Cold Smoke Essentials Cold Smoke Essentials: garlic and cheese for our “Smoked Garlic Sauce” and our “Smoked Chipotle Garlic Sauce” and when you add smoked cheese to your recipes it changes everything in a GREAT WAY!!! We thought while we were at it we would throw on a ham chub that we’ll slice for sandwiches and pork chops seasoned with our new “Date Night Butt…
Apple Bourbon Pork Steak Apple Bourbon Pork Steak, because a pal of Ken’s was coming to dinner and his beverage of choice is Jack Daniel’s. So, Patti followed that theme in a delicious glaze for our pork steak. To go with it Patti made her garlic mashed potatoes and green bean fries. It was a savory and simple dinner and a huge hit. Patti and…