Greek green beans - awesome side dish from stuff in your pantry

January 3, 2016, 5:39 pm

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Great side dish from the pantry with a taste that goes awesome with grilled meat.    Chop two cups of onions and saute in 3/4 cup olive oil. add in two TBS minced garlic.  cook until onions are translucent.  dump in two cans (29oz) of diced tomatoes juice included. Add one TBS dried oregano.   Simmer for 10 min then add two cans (29oz) green beans.  season with S&P to your liking.  add a bit more oregano just because.  simmer low low for at least three hours. the longer the better. serve with a slotted spoon so all that olive oil doesn't end up on the plate. 

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January 27, 2016, 4:14 pm

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Hi. I'm planning on doing my first overnight cook tomorrow - a pork butt (or as they say in the UK, pork neck end). I'd like to cook some beans alongside it and will probably follow this recipe:

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/06/best-barbecue-beans-recipe.html

Have you left beans to cook overnight? I have an old Le Creuset cast iron casserole dish which I plan to use. I want the smoke to get to the beans but also don't want them to dry out so should I leave the lid on, ajar? Or just compensate by adding more stock than the recipe suggests? I'm not sure what configuration will keep them from totally drying up over 8 or so hours. Advice appreciated! Alternatively, because it's a 5.7kg / 12.5 lb joint of pork, it's likely to cook into the morning, so I could always put the beans in when I get up. 

Thanks in advance

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May 14, 2016, 5:09 am

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Hi everyone! I'm thinking on how to make vegetables with my joetisserie... Any suggestion on that ? Basket ? Thanks for your ideas !

I need to make a side dish

October 8, 2016, 2:11 pm

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So my friend is getting married and his fiances sister is friggin insane. She is throwing them a party and since I'm in the wedding party I have to make a side dish. But there is about 100 people coming to this disaster. 
Any ideas for a side dish?  Their neighbor is going to cook a pig. 

Smokey Bourbon Baked Beans

October 21, 2016, 1:08 am

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We made this to go with the reverse seared rib eye steaks second cook (pictured below), worked really well, a delicious side in its own right but not overwhelming the awesome taste of the steak. Full recipe with variations is on my blog, reproduced below (although it may change as I enhance it).

https://thecooksdigest.co.uk/2016/10/21/smokey-bourbon-baked-beans/

Ingredients

• 1 large onion
• 25g butter
• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
• 2 tsp chipotle paste
• 1 tsp BBQ sauce
• 250g tinned pinto beans*
• 350g tinned cannellini beans*
• 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
• 2 bay leaves
• 50ml white wine vinegar
• 4 rashers smokey bacon
• Up to 50 ml smokey bourbon
• 300 ml cold water
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black and red pepper
• 1 Romano pepper

* - dry weight. Tins will contain water so have a higher weight, look for the dry weight number.

Method

1. Drain the pinto and cannellini beans and wash them gently under tap.
2. Finely dice the white onion and Romano pepper.
3. On a hob, melt butter into the casserole dish and fry diced onion and pepper until soft.
4. Add paprika, pinto and cannellini beans to the casserole dish and stir.
5. Add bay leaves, water and tomatoes to the casserole dish and stir.
6. Bring to the boil and then simmer uncovered for 30 mins, stirring occasionally.
7. Cut the bacon into thin strips.
8. Add BBQ sauce, chipotle paste and bacon strips to the casserole dish and stir.
9. Simmer uncovered for 90 minutes to reduce.
10. Add salt, pepper, white wine vinegar and a slug of bourbon, stir and taste. Add more bourbon if necessary.
11. Simmer for up to 10 minutes whilst preparing the main meal.

Really botched the spoon bread. Need a recipe please...

February 12, 2017, 5:08 pm

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Folks: I've made boxed spoon bread previously and it's fine.  Wanted to make it from scratch tonight. Found a "classic Virginia recipe".  It was no good. Gonna try to salvage it in a frying pan for breakfast.   Got a scratch recipe for me? many thanks
For the yankees on this forum, spoon bread is like a creamy moist corn bread pudding.  It's a southern thing, you might not understand.  
 

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May 19, 2017, 4:08 pm

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Making this tonight ( Malcolm Reid's recipe) 

A @bgebrent inspired side: sautéed potatoes, red peppers and chorizo (pics)

May 26, 2017, 3:35 am

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In a recent post @bgebrent cooked up some sautéed potatoes to go with some sous vide pork. It all looked great, so I decided to have a crack at the potatoes. After a brief discussion with SWMBO, we sautéed potatoes with red peppers and chorizo. I think we/she hit a home run (or a six, for cricket fans), it was fantastic. We've had it with reverse seared steak, slow roasted apple smoked pork and even for breakfast (leftovers) with bacon and eggs.

Full recipe here:

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2017/05/26/sauteed-potatoes-with-red-pepper-and-chorizo/

Served with rib-eye and asparagus ...


... bacon, eggs and asparagus ...


... double cut pork chops and asparagus ... yes, asparagus is in season here


Close-up shot because SWMBO likes this type of photograph:


Sauteing in a pan

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Leftover vegetable hash spiked with Dizzy Dust

July 28, 2017, 6:27 am

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In an attempt to be marginally healthy, we've been having more veg recently (not skimping on the ribeyes). After a week of fun veg sides, we had a bunch of stuff left over so SWMBO made a lovely leftover veg hash. I added a BBQ influence by spiking it with DP Dizzy Dust. Result - really healthy, tasty mashup that paired perfectly with a reverse seared ribeye. This is also great for breakfast with eggs, bacon and toast.

Recipe: https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2017/07/28/leftover-vegetable-hash/

Cooked in an oven but tbh could be done in an Egg, we were doing low and slow that night though. Didn't get a shot of it plated with some steak (sigh), but here's some others.

Arty close up shot:


Arty overhead shot:


Non-arty all the veg ready to be cooked:

Honey glazed carrots with cumin and coriander ... great with Bayou-ish

September 16, 2017, 3:36 am

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Cooked these in a sous vide, and then seared in a CI pan on the MMX whilst the pork chops were resting. The pork chops had been cooked with DP Bayou-ish, the combo of flavours was superb. Or, the bomb, depending on where you are in the world. Full recipe here:

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2017/09/15/honey-glazed-carrots-with-cumin/

Arty shot of cooked carrots, SWMBO does like these:


Searing in the CI pan, the jus reduces and forms the glaze:


I froze the paste so it wouldn't get sucked into the vacuum sealer:


Served with pork chops and DP Bayou-ish:


Thanks for looking!

Mushroom and truffle risotto (with pics)

October 14, 2017, 5:21 am

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At the request of @maso, and prompted by @SamIAm2, here is the mushroom and truffle risotto recipe that SWMBO concocted to go with the Dizzy Pig Peking duck breast last week.

Recipe in the link below ...

https://thecooksdigest.co.uk/2017/10/13/mushroom-and-truffle-risotto/

... it's easy and quite hands on, really worth the effort. The trick is to use a proper truffle oil (not truffle flavoured) and a good selection of tasty mushrooms. I use a mixture of chestnut, oyster, enoki and shiitake mushrooms.

Some lovely mushrooms with cooked duck breast lurking in the background:


Selection of uncooked mushrooms:


Cooking:

Aloo jeera (potato with cumin seeds) and Dizzy Pig Bayou-ish Pork

November 17, 2017, 4:47 am

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After finding that carrots and cumin go well together, especially when paired with Dizzy Pig Bayou-ish on pork, I decided to look around for another side dish. Step forward aloo jeera, an Indian side dish of potato with cumin seeds. It's fantastic with the Bayou-ish rub, and really simple to make. Recipe for the side dish is here:

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2017/11/17/aloo-jeera-potato-with-cumin-seeds-vegetarian/

Side dish by itself:


Served with the pork and also a mushroom cooked with Dizzy Pig Red-Eye Express:


Pork cooking in the MMX with the mushrooms on the lower level:


Leftovers served with fried eggs for breakfast, damn tasty:


Thanks for looking!

Slider stuffing

November 21, 2017, 10:27 am

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anybody tried this?

5 cheese Mac N Cheese

December 10, 2017, 12:22 pm

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@ScottyTooHotty had posted this awhile ago so I just got around to trying it. All I can say is it’s unbelievable. Cooked it in the Dutch Oven on the egg using RW. MIL and wife was pleased. Banked a few brownie points today with the wife. Thanks for looking.

OT _ Fried Rice

December 21, 2017, 4:24 am

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So...

I have sees several methods to the hibachi style fried rice...

"Day Old rice"
"Sherry" or "Miran" (sp)
"White Pepper"
"Mix the eggs in the rice before the cooker"
"Mix the eggs in on the cooker"
"Mix in eggs before AND on the cooker"
"Sugar"
"Teriyaki sauce"
"Soy sauce"
"Worcestershire sauce"
" Effing Ketchup"
"Sesame seeds"
"Sesame oil"
"frozen carrots and peas"

Hard to sift through all the BS on the web...

any help from y'all on what works would be appreciated...  

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Smokey chipotle beans ... a warming side dish

January 6, 2018, 4:55 am

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A while ago I made some smokey bourbon baked beans. SWMBO suggested that to get them properly smokey, I should cook the dish in the Egg with some smoking chunks. Yep, she was right as usual. Smoked at 125C/250F for 3 hours over cherry.

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2018/01/05/smokey-chipotle-beans/

Cooking in the egg:


Actually, I cooked it along with some short ribs:


Served with short ribs and jacket potato with smoked cheese:


Thanks for looking!

Spicy Corn Salad

February 10, 2018, 10:18 am

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Ran across this on Malcolm Reed’s Youtube page. If you enjoy eating corn this is a must try. Super easy. The spice comes from jalapeño. I will post the Youtube link below. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6kZO7fMzdTk

Ramos potato chips/fries ... well, that's a game changer

February 18, 2018, 2:05 pm

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This might only appeal to the EU members, I don't know if Ramos potatoes are available on the other side of the pond. But if they are, give 'em a try. A white potato, Dutch-bred main crop, they make amazing chips/fries, potato wedges and jacket spuds. A decent margin of error when cooking before they are overcooked. Fluffy texture and a decent, clean, non-waxy flavour.

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2018/02/18/ramos-potatoes-where-have-you-been/

Chips / fries served in a basket with some tomato ketchup and a burger:


Oven baked potato wedges served with roast duck leg:


A baked Ramos potato, the skin was quite thin and really crispy:


Thanks for looking!

Classic crispy mac 'n' cheese

August 18, 2018, 5:23 am

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This one was concocted by SWMBO, and it was great. Inspired by some of the great mac 'n' cheese that we had in the US back in June. Made with smoked Red Leicester, mature cheddar and buffalo mozzarella. Recipe in the link below:

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2018/08/18/classic-crispy-mac-n-cheese/

Served with some steak and broccoli:

Smoking the cheese a couple of weeks earlier:

Cheese grated and making the roux:

Another shot with more steak in view (cheese is overexposed on the right):

Thanks for looking!

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August 30, 2018, 8:12 pm

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Hoping someone has a replaced firebox and fire ring that your wife wants gone

Also looking for a woo, woo2 or RA and possible a platesetter.