PH Cooking Competition No.14 (BBQ) - Poll A

[Mobile Chicane]

Since we've had 13 entries in all, I've had to split these across two polls. Poll B here.

Ignore the % at the top of each poll, the winner will be the entrant who gets the greatest number of votes overall.

Voting closes 12 noon Monday 17th october. Please vote only once.

POLL A

croakey
Ancho Chilli Rubbed Sirloin on a bed of Cuban Style black beans



captainzep
Butterflied leg of lamb with ratatouille and patatas bravas, with a hummous, mint and yoghurt sauce



mrsmadbadger
Wild boar with sage and apple burgers. Accompanied with Balsamic glazed courgettes and a potato salad with raspberry vinegar and chives



madbadger
Beef Lok Lak with a Bean and Chorizo salad



calibrax
Sticky Ribs with Atomic Buffalo Turds and Corn on the Cob



Cotty
Simple chicken thighs with a little (shop bought ) dry rub. Cooked in a field at Britcar



Pixel-Snapper
Italian dry rub butterflied lamb leg. Chicken stuffed with chorizo, mozzarella, pistachios and basil wrapped in pancetta. New potatoes in butter and basil, colesaw and 3 bean salad

Edited by Mobile Chicane on Tuesday 11th October 21:46

[Pixel-Snapper]

Missed off Mrsmadbadgers pic there MC...

[soad]

How good does a Chilli Rubbed Sirloin with black beans look?
Now I'm hungry

[Pixel-Snapper]

Yep I went for croakeys dish too.

[0a]

Croakey's dish was a very close second for me, the surf and turf on the other poll just edged it! Great selection though

[croakey]

Impressed people seem to like my humble home made steak offering.

Do people want me to attempt a recipe for it? If not i wont bother, but if anyone wants to give it a bash i'll try to remember what i used and did!

[Vanessa B]

The poll is incomplete, what's happened to the entries that Bob the Planner and I submitted? Can we have a new poll please?
Just noticed that Elias and Gagsy's entries aren't on either

Edited by Vanessa B on Tuesday 11th October 21:41

[Pixel-Snapper]

Vanessa B said:

The poll is incomplete, what's happened to the entries that Bob the Planner and I submitted? Can we have a new poll please?
Just noticed that Elias and Gagsy's entries aren't on either

Edited by Vanessa B on Tuesday 11th October 21:41

There on the other thread Poll B Vanessa... please see here

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

You can only have upto 10 lines on a poll and with the number of entries this month, MC has had to split it into to poll threads you see.

Whoever gets the most votes wins as normal.

[soad]

croakey said:

Impressed people seem to like my humble home made steak offering.

Do people want me to attempt a recipe for it?

Fire it away, sure looks good

[croakey]

Ok... heres a rough recipe i used to do my BBQ entrant, i'd imagine you could achieve a similar effect over a hot griddle pan.

Comments & Criticism would be greatly appreciated as often i make it up, but never have i before put it down on paper (so to speak) for others to read!

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Ancho Chilli Rubbed Sirloin on a bed of Cuban Style black beans]
(steak cooked on the Weber BBQ ; smoked with Hickory chips)




For the Steak:

2 x Sirloin Steak (buy the best you can afford...its worth it)

For the Rub:

1 x Ancho Chilli (a dehydrated smoked Jalapeno from memory)
1 x Tbsp Smoked Paprika
1 x Tbsp Szechuan Pepper (i only used this as i'd foolishly run out of normal black peppercorns)
Good Pinch of Sea Salt
1 x Juice of a lime
1 x Tbsp olive oil

For the Black Beans:

250g Black beans (this is a wet measurement) I struggled to find these in mainstream supermarkets, but found them in Sainsburys pre soaked
1 x green pepper
2 x bay leaves
3 x Garlic Cloves (roughly chopped)
1/2 tsp Cumin
1 Onion (roughly chopped)
Tbsp Chopped Oregano
White Wine Vinegar
1 tsp caster sugar

To Serve:

Sour Cream + Chives chopped in if you can
Plain Salted Tortilla Chips

To Cook:

Get the STEAK out the fridge 30mins prior to cooking
Stark soaking your wood chips (i used Hickory)
Grind up the spices in a pestle and mortar
Squeeze lime & olive oil over the steak
Rub the spice mix all over and set aside for 1 hour (could probably go longer)

Stick the black beans on the hob on a medium heat (with enough water to cover), chop the green pepper in half and chuck that in as well. Get it to the boil and turn down to a simmer... let it simmer for 45mins

Get your arse outside and light the BBQ

Next pour 1 tsbp of sunflower oil into a frying pan over a medium heat
Into the pan put your chopped onion and the garlic and cook for 5 mins
Add in the cumin & oregano and let cook momentarily.
Pour in the vinegar and sugar and allow to cook for a further minute

Drain the cooked beans, remove the bay leaves and 1/2 green pepper, and mix in the contents of the sauce pan (onion & garlic) also at this point chuck in the other half of the green pepper and leave covered on the hob on a low heat.

By now the BBQ should be upto temp... stick the drained woodchips in, and stick the lid on

I personally leave it a minute to get the smoke started and the grill super hot

Whack the steaks on and get the lid back on - try not to lift the lid off during this bit. I cooked mine 3 minutes per side and ended up with the results show (somewhere around medium)

Take the steaks off and allow to rest

Give the beans a quick gentle mash up

Plate that baby up and serve.

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Edited by croakey on Wednesday 12th October 20:14

Edited by croakey on Wednesday 12th October 20:47

[Pixel-Snapper]

Cheers croakey, might give that a try sometime on a griddle as i dont have a bbq at the flat.

By the way you might need to edit your recipe abit for missed words.

[croakey]

Didnt realise i'd missed any...albeit i made the fatal PH error of A) not doing it in word to spell checker or B) even bothering to proof read it.

Maybe i should do that

[Pixel-Snapper]

croakey said:

Get the room out the fridge 30mins prior to cooking
Stark soaking your wood chips (i used Hickory)

Keep trying.....








Sorry

[croakey]

Dont you keep your room in your fridge?

Ok ok i meant to type steak, and was also thinking of wording it as cook from room temperature

[Vanessa B]

Pixel-Snapper said:

There on the other thread Poll B Vanessa... please see here

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

You can only have upto 10 lines on a poll and with the number of entries this month, MC has had to split it into to poll threads you see.

Whoever gets the most votes wins as normal.

Thanks Pixel-Snapper, sorry about that - too busy looking at food and not reading text!

[Pixel-Snapper]

croakey said:

Dont you keep your room in your fridge?

Ok ok i meant to type steak, and was also thinking of wording it as cook from room temperature

Pistonheads: Recipes Matter

[Shaolin]

What are the Atomic Buffalo Turds?

Are they chillis with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon? We did some of those in the summer - absolutely fantastic! I liked the sticky ribs too.

[calibrax]

Shaolin said:

What are the Atomic Buffalo Turds?

Are they chillis with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon?

Yup, that's exactly what they are. VERY moreish!

[Vanessa B]

All of the entries looked great but I just had to vote for CaptainZep, the whole meal just looked so good.

[Mobile Chicane]

Pferdestarke wins overall:



Well done everyone - some truly mouth-watering food there.