Lag ‘B’Omer celebrate the 33rd day of counting of the Omer it's the
one day between Passover and Shavuot where weddings happen people can have
haircuts music is played, and it's traditional to have barbecues!
So hopefully the weather will hold, and you can use these
BBQ recipes for the rest for the festival, If not store them away for the summer.
Homemade BBQ sauce.
Barbecue sauce is so simple to make I'm not quite sure why
I ever bought it in the past.
Ingredients
1 cup of tomato ketchup
1 cup of apple cider vinegar
one tablespoon of mustard I use Dijon.
one tablespoon of brown sugar
half a tablespoon of honey
one teaspoon of sea salt
one teaspoon ground black pepper
one teaspoon of smoked paprika
half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper
half is to be
teaspoon of chilli flakes.
Method
Place all your ingredients in a sealable fridge dish or
a large glass jar mix them all till
smooth and store in the fridge for up to a month to use when needed.
This sauce is ideal
to put on top of chicken wings chicken pieces, sausages, vienna’s or even Cod
before putting on the BBQ. Marinate the food in the sauce for at least an hour
before cooking.
Barbecue aubergine with tahini.
This is a very common side dish at barbecues in Israel
it's also a very good Mezze dish. Its
always served just above room temperature.
Ingredients
Two medium size aubergine
50 grams Tahina Paste
3 cloves of garlic
finely chopped.
the juice of a lemon
one teaspoon of salt
½ a cup of parsley chopped.
50 ML ice cold water.
Method
When the BBQ is hot , wash in the aubergine in cold water pat
dry and put them directly on the hot
grill or even on the cold embers, let the outside get scorched that gives the
really nice toasty flavour: to do this
and turn them occasionally till the skin is charred and inside the flesh is all soft this takes
approximately 20 minutes depending on the on the size of your aubergine
While the aubergine is cooking, mix the tahini place, garlic, lemon juice, salt ,parsley and
water together you can either do this by hand with a fork or I use a stick
blender. It should be a white creamy consistency, you will see the as you add
water it becomes paler.
When the aubergine
is cooked, put it In the serving dish split it down the middle a while it's
still warm pull the tahina on top.
Serve with the meat or fish and some warm fresh pita bread.
Its particularly good if you add fresh pomegranate seeds on top
BBQ Fairy Steaks
If you want a special treat for your BBQ by fairy steaks (also known as minutes steaks.) The trick with
these is the marinade.
Ingredients serves 4.
4-minute steaks
4 cloves of garlic chopped.
2 sprigs a fresh Rosemary
½ TSP of ground
black pepper
½ a teaspoon of sea
salt
2 teaspoons of olive oil
Method
Take a large freezer bag zip lock, places place the meat
inside with one of the sprig of rosemary, pepper salt and garlic, plus a
teaspoon olive oil , zip up the bag ,
and massage all the seasonings into the meat, put it in the fridge to marinate
for at least one hour but you can leave it overnight..
When the BBQ is hot put the other sprig of Rosemary on the
grill ,brush the meat with olive oil and cook the steaks between 2:00 and 3:00
minutes each side depending how you like them done, minute or fairy steaks cook
very quickly, so if you like yours pink
in the middle cook them for less time .
Red and white slaw
This is a take on coleslaw, but it doesn't have the mayonnaise, and it is a very light. is it quick side dish. Below are the quantities for four people, however, just adjust the amount of cabbage you use to cater for more.
Ingredients
half a medium red cabbage
half a medium white cabbage
1 red onion grated.
two cloves of garlic chopped finely.
the juice of half a lemon
3/4 of a teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of olive oil
Method
In a food processor slice the
cabbages very thinly [you can do this by hand if you prefer)
place in a large bowl, add the
grated onion the chopped garlic lemon juice salt and olive oil, mix well and
serve.
Quick and easy sugar free iced tea
This is a refreshing non-alcoholic drink to serve your
BBQ, it's so easy to make but in the summer, I always have some made-up in my fridge.
Ingredients
2 litres of diet Sprite this works better with diet
because it sugars free, and Sprite or 7UP has a better flavour than normal diet
lemonades, but you can use them it just won't taste as good!
2 decaffeinated tea bags
one sprig a fresh mint
2 slices lemon
4 slices of cucumber optional
Method
Place the lemonade or Sprite into a serving jug preferably one with a lid, add the
tea bags, lemon and mint and leave that
to infuse for at least one hour In the fridge.
Remove the tea bags and serve over ice. with a twist of
cucumber
Hint if you like a stronger flavour add more tea bags and leave it for
longer.
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