What's for dinner tonight ?

Maple Bacon Wrapped Whitetail Tenderloins on the BarBee:

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Caramelized Brussels with Pecans, Butternut, Maple & Cinnamon:

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Served with three cheese pasta (of course topped with 3 grated cheeses) and a fine red:

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Cheers,
Nog
 
The brisket point turned out delicious. The salt and pepper and fat made for a perfect dark bark on it while the inside stayed nice and moist. The burnt ends were melt in your mouth so good. The applewood smoke is my favourite giving a very smooth milder smoke flavour. Made a Texas style sweet, spicy, tangy bbq dipping sauce for it as will as a beef dripping au jus sauce. Side dishes were roasted sweet potatoes and baby nugget potatoes with garlic, onion, herbs and spices tossed in avocado oil, homemade coleslaw, and black beans, cumin, feta, red onion, salt n pepper dish. For desert a delicious frozen treat with crushed ice, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, cream cheese, heavy cream, splash of honey and dash of vanilla.

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The brisket point turned out delicious. The salt and pepper and fat made for a perfect dark bark on it while the inside stayed nice and moist. The burnt ends were melt in your mouth so good. The applewood smoke is my favourite giving a very smooth milder smoke flavour. Made a Texas style sweet, spicy, tangy bbq dipping sauce for it as will as a beef dripping au jus sauce. Side dishes were roasted sweet potatoes and baby nugget potatoes with garlic, onion, herbs and spices tossed in avocado oil, homemade coleslaw, and black beans, cumin, feta, red onion, salt n pepper dish. For desert a delicious frozen treat with crushed ice, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, cream cheese, heavy cream, splash of honey and dash of vanilla.

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everything you create looks absolutely astonishing - if Michelin knew your address, you would be listed in their restaurant guide! :)
Your photography skills are equally amazing! What camera or phone are you using?
 
Agreed your cooking looks awesome I only wish we could smell and taste through the web! Any chance you can post the recipe for that bbq sauce
Thank you! The smokey BBQ smell through our garage and into the kitchen last night was pretty awesome I must say :)

Yes no problem for the recipe. These amounts are pretty approximate cause I don't measure them when adding them but this should be close. I was looking at Texas brisket sauce recipe's online before making it and these ingredients looked the most like the flavor I was after which is a combination of tangy (from the apple cider vinegar), sweet (from the brown sugar, honey, and ketchup), bit hot/spicy (from the chili sauce), and some savory flavor (from the mustard, herbs/spices and sauteed onions & garlic). If you like it more sweet than spicy use less chili sauce ( I used Sambaloelk chili sauce ) and if you don't like it too tangy use less apple cider vinegar.

My daughters and I loved this sauce but my wife like more of just meat flavor so I made here a beef dripping/au jus to go with hers. For the burnt ends I roll the burnt end cubes around in this sauce then put them back in the smoker on the highest heat my smoker will go to for about 8 minutes or so with more smoke. You can also do the same without smoke by just putting them under your oven broiler for a bit until golden juicy. Much more fat in the point than the flat and the burnt ends really taste so good after letting that fat render a bit more and caramelizing with the sauce.

1 cup small diced sweet onion sautéed till soft but not brown
2 to 5 cloves of garlic minced and sauteed with the onions. Use however much you like. I love garlic so i used 5.
1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup chili sauce
1 or 2 tbsp of mustard of choice. I like honey ale dijon or grainy sweet/hot
1/2 cup approx apple cider vinegar
some cumin, coriander, all spice, ground black pepper, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 2 or 3 tbsp honey and sea salt to taste
Makes quite a bit of sauce so if you don't want that much sauce just make half of all the ingredients.

We finished off the brisket point tonight. Just as good the next day. Wife asked if they were still on sale cause she wants more lol. Was hankering a sweet dish we usually make for Thanksgiving to go with it so I made a sweet potato dish. It's layered with sliced sweet potato, melted butter, bit of brown sugar, orange juice and a pinch of cinnamon. Topped with marshmallows then roasted.

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Mom came over again to teach my wife how to make her apple pie. God I love this bubble thing!!!! Organic beef liver and onions in a paprika gravy for the adults, butter chicken for the kids served with farro and peas. I know it’s moms apple pie when it’s baked in a lasagna dish!!!
 

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Sauce is miso broth simmered with shrimp shells then removed the shells and added white wine, onion, garlic, heavy cream, herbs and spices. Then simmered till reduced then parmasan and grana padano cheese added. Noodles are tossed in the sauce then shrimp are added. Shrimp were poached with butter, garlic, lemon zest and fresh thyme. Served with homemade garlic toast and an ice cold frosty beer.

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Sauce is miso broth simmered with shrimp shells then removed the shells and added white wine, onion, garlic, heavy cream, herbs and spices. Then simmered till reduced then parmasan and grana padano cheese added. Noodles are tossed in the sauce then shrimp are added. Shrimp were poached with butter, garlic, lemon zest and fresh thyme. Served with homemade garlic toast and an ice cold frosty beer.

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Looks so good!! Seafood pasta is one of my favorites. How did you do the miso broth/sauce?
 
Joined the parade with a 6lb slow oven brisket point.
24 hours in plastic with dry rub.
6 hours in foil at 260 on convection roast (top and bottom elements on)
Unwrapped to catch juices, then let rest in new foil for 90 mins.
Meanwhile threw juice in freezer to let fat congeal, then reduced juice by 2/3.
Topped beef with Sweet Baby Ray's sauce while the oven was re-heating to 450.
Re-warmed and charred the outside a bit for 10 mins.
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Looks so good!! Seafood pasta is one of my favorites. How did you do the miso broth/sauce?
It is just "Imagine" brand boxed organic miso broth. No preservatives. I get it from Langley Farm market. I've made it from scratch before but not really worth it when you can get it like this for only 4 or 5 bucks a liter. Gotta be careful not to simmer it for too long cause the flavors concentrate really quickly. I always add the heavy cream after simmering for a bit and if it's too concentrated a flavor you can cut it with water or veggy broth. I just like the miso cause it gives the sauce more body and depth of flavor. Family really likes it too. If you like it thicker for tossing the noodles in you can add a butter/flour rue or more parmasan/padano cheese but those cheeses are pretty salty so gotta also watch that or the sauce can get too salty.
 
Well this crappy weather had me and my daughter craving soup so... her favourite tortilla soup it is!
Really easy because it’s mostly just stuff out of a can with chicken broth - corn, tomato chunks, black beans, sautéed onions and spices and chicken breast. Also easy because it all just gets dumped in the Slow cooker for 4 hours. Delish. 1144BDE6-C877-4A5A-9D6B-9EACC11364AB.jpeg
 

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