Tag: barbecue sides
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Garlicky pickled jalapeños
Home made pickled jalapenos are pretty much infinitely better than what you’ll buy at the supermarket. Sure, if you have a back-alley jalapeno dealer who is dishing out an artisan product from old potato sack in his or her shopping trolley, then yeah, you are probably going to be getting a pretty solid product. That…
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Smoked pumpkin, tahini dressing, zhoug
There is something special about a pumpkin that has been slowly roasted whole in a smoker or in the coals of a fire. Slightly smoky, roasty, sweet and soft deliciousness. This is a recipe for people who think they don’t like pumpkin. Also, it is pretty much all about the pumpkin so you really gotta…
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Green bean salad with onion vinaigrette
Good salad. Make it. Could add crispy bacon and/or croutons if you need help getting the green stuff past your mouth’s vegetable defences. GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH ONION VINAIGRETTE (serves 4 – 6 as a part of a banquette) 300 g green beans, trimmed and cut into 2 cm (1 in) pieces1 baby cos lettuce,…
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Potato, chorizo and capsicum on the fire
This is something that I first made as a side dish for a little barbecue, but as I ate it I definitely had the feeling that it would do damn fine for itself as the main event… the star attraction… the big kahuna. So, I guess that bit of information is so you can work…
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Okra with tomato and spices
I dare say you either love or hate okra. Everyone I know either loves it or hates it, and that is enough of a focus group based experiment for me to deduce that you will be in one of these categories too. Either way is fine by me – I’m always going to want you…
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Hokkaido potato salad
This is a potato salad I first tried in Sapporo, Hokkaido, but as I would venture further around the island of Japan I realized it is a potato salad that is everywhere. Every izakaya, every supermarket, literally everywhere. But I sampled it in Hokkaido first so I just called it Hokkaido potato salad. The potato…
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Asian Mexican grilled corn salad
I’m a big fan of corn. But who isn’t, I guess. I’m also a big fan of the Mexican sweet corn salad, esquites. But everyone loves that one too. This recipe is just me concocting a different incarnation of said Mexican corn salad so I don’t overconsume and then fall out of love with the…
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Big ol’ kale and cheese pie
Sauteed kale, onion, garlic, herbs and cheese mixed with enough egg and cream to hold it together, put to bed under a blanket of puff pastry and then cooked in the oven for 45 minutes or so until it’s golden and delicious. This is the kind of thing that can be an easy healthy lunch…
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Chilli cucumber salad
This is a story about a little cucumber and chilli salad I have been making of late. This salad prompted more than 1 person to question its origins and even tentatively ask me to jot down a recipe for them. Firstly, I’m sorry but this is not a very good story. Secondly, if you would…
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Bronnie’s potato salad and corn salad a la Lefty
These salads were both guided to the point where they exist today by a couple of chefs at our restaurant, the Stockpot Kitchen. They are both delicious on the banquette table, at a picnic, at a high tea, at a low tea, even packed for a camp out with your drunkard mates or, I might…
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