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SMOKED PORK RIBS WITH COLESLAW
INGREDIENTS
MARINDADE
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small brown onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 cup (250ml) whiskey
1 tablespoon smoked paprika
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 (400g) can diced tomatoes
Pinch of hickory wood chips
2kg pork ribs
COLESLAW
1/2 (400g) white cabbage, trimmed and finely shredded
1/2 (100g) green apple, cored and juliened
2 green onions, finely juliened
1/4 cup (60g) smoked aioli (see “Smoked Roasted Garlic Aioli” recipe)
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 teaspoon black sesame seeds, to garnish
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 160°C/140°C
Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes or until onion has softened. Add whiskey and bring to a boil. Add smoked paprika, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce and diced tomatoes and continue to cook for 15-20 minutes or until thickened. Cool. Pulse in a blender until smooth
Place ribs on a baking tray, brush with half of the marinade, cover with foil and cook in pre-heated oven for 1 hour or until tender
Put remaining marinade into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap
Add hickory wood chips to the burn chamber of the smoking gun. Put cup cover. Turn the smoking gun on and ignite wood chips. Smoke for a few seconds until the bowl is filled with a dense smoke. Let infuse for 3 minutes. Refrigerate ribs until ready to use.
Remove foil from ribs and brown ribs in the oven for a further 30 minutes, brushing regularly with marinade
For a smokier flavour, place ribs brushed with marinade in a baking tray and cover with foil and smoke again before serving
For the coleslaw, combine all ingredients except sesame seeds in a bowl and season. Garnish with black sesame seeds and serve with the ribs
SMOKEY ICE CREAM (YUM!)
INGREDIENTS
Applewood chips
Vanilla flavoured ice cream – Preferred quantity
Bowl of ice
Your favourite syrup – 2 to 3 tsp
INSTRUCTIONS
Place 2 to 3 scoops of ice cream in a bowl;
Place the bowl with ice cream on top of a bigger bowl filled with ice;
Place lid and hose on the ice cream bowl and fill the smoking chamber with the applewood chips;
Turn on the smoker and light the chips; smoke ice cream with a thick smoke for 3 minutes;
Afterwards, drizzle ice cream with syrup and your sweet snack is ready to eat!
SMOKED DROWNED SOUS-VIDE SHRIMP SALAD
INGREDIENTS
Hickory Wood Chips
Cleaned Shrimp – 500g
Mayonnaise – 2 to 3 tsp
Lemmon – half
Butter 1 stick
Chives (optional) 3 tsp
Paprika 1tsp
Salt and Ground pepper 1tsp
INSTRUCTIONS
Place the shrimp with half of the chopped butter stick along with sliced ½ of the lemon inside a sealing bag;
After sealing, place the bag into the sous vide container filled with water and cook for 1 hour at 135 degrees;
Once time is up, remove the sealed bag from sous vide container and wait 2 to 5 minutes for shrimp to cool;
Spill the content onto a baking tray covered with aluminium foil and mix 2 to 3 tsp of mayonnaise, 3 tsp of chives, 1 tsp of ground pepper & 1 tsp paprika;
After ingredients are infused, chop shrimp onto appropriate size and place into a container (with lid).
Prepare Smoking Gun for smoking. Place hickory wood chips into the gun’s smoking chamber.
Attach the end of the hose inside the sealed container; turn on the gun and light the chips on fire.
Once the smoke covers the salad entirety, remove the hose and turn off gun after securing the container lid.
Let smoke sit for 1 to 2 minutes inside the container, then open the lid letting the smoke escape. You are ready to serve!
CLASSIC B.L.T IN A CLOUDY BAG
INGREDIENTS
2 lettuce leaves
4 bacon slices
2 slices of tomato
2 tsp of mayonnaise
1 slice of Swiss cheese
2 toasted pieces of bread
Hickory wood chips
INSTRUCTIONS
Cook bacon for 10 minutes or until browned
Dab bacon with a paper towel to take off excess grease
Set on a plate, place the smoking dome on it, connect the smoking gun hose and get ready to smoke.
Load the smoking gun with hickory wood chips, connect the hose to the smoking dome, turn on the gun and ignite the wood chips.
Once your dome is full of smoke, turn off the gun and let it infuse for 30 seconds.
Spread mayo on both slices of bread.
Assemble lettuce, tomato, bacon and cheese on one slice of bread and top with the remaining one.
Place sandwich in a ziplock bag, insert the smoking gun hose in the bag and close it.
Load the smoking gun with hickory wood chips, turn on the gun and ignite the wood chips.
Once the bag is full with smoke, let it set for 30 sec. or seal it and place in your lunch box for snack time!
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