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License to Grill: Achieve Greatness At The Grill With 200 Sizzling Recipes
By Christopher Schlesinger
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997
The bread-garlic sauce was the thing that caught my eye in this recipe. (Also the minimal amount of work required on a hot day.) This morning, I see from the recipe preamble that the sauce should have been thick -- mine wasn't, it was quite runny (the remains will dress a salad today). This could have been because the (real) French bread that I used is quite light after the crusts are removed; perhaps I should have doubled the bread asked for. Otherwise is was tasty, if not thick. The thicker texture would have improved the dish and looked nicer on the plate by staying on the fish, rather than running in a puddle. I think the green grapes idea might work quite well also. (There's a Green Grape-Parsley Relish with lots of garlic in Schlesinger and Willoughby's Big Flavors of the Hot Sun that is wonderful.) I used my staff mixer and its beaker to buzz the sauce together.
I made a half recipe and have quite a lot of sauce and almond/cumin crunchies left over.
Both diners agreed this is one of those dishes I'm glad I tried, but I don't need to have it again. Although, now that I've noticed that the sauce should have been thicker, I think I might try this again, adding enough bread to thicken the sauce properly.
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Very good. Nice to have something a little special for zuke on the grill. I used only zuke. The "rub" part didn't stick as well to the zuke planks as you might like. The vinaigrette was a nice touch.
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4.5 even. Chicken very simply spiced, barbecued, and delicious
- I wasn't sure what crushed cardamon might be as a rub, so I used ground cardamon. Very nice it was.
- The recipe calls for 3 tablesppons of salt. This was too salty. Next time, only 2 tablespoons.
Everybody at table liked it.
The tomato-mint salad was good.
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Really nice. The duck is just S&Ped and grilled. The delicious chutney makes it really special. The recipe specifies seedless grapes for the chutney. Not sure why, since you're going to cut them in half and it's easy to pick out the seeds. Yum.
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The barbecued lamb chops, with a rub of ground coriander, ground cumin, S&P, were delicious.
The relish, with eggplant, pomegranate molasses, and other good things, was extra delicious. We weren't sure why isn't this just a veggie side dish; maybe because of the cayenne (1tsp for a whole recipe). We loved it.
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Made a half recipe with slightly more potatoes than required. There was a bit too much sauce. Grilled the pots on a grill pan on the stove rather than on the bbq.
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Grilled Sesame Chicken Skewers : page 111
We had this as a main, and liked it very much.
- S&W suggest 2# of kip filets (boneless, skinless chicken breasts) to serve two people as a main. That's a lot. My two kip filets, normal as a main for two, weighed only 350g.
- Made only 1/4 of the "shake" for two us two. After toasting the whole spices, I gave them a pulse in the spice grinder. This was sufficient and a nice topping.
- I had only one red bell pepper. That was more than enough.
I suspect that this recipe was sloppily cut back from serving 8 or 12. Still, it was tasty.
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The fish (I used shark) is simply cooked, rubbed with olive oil, S&P'd, and grilled. The salady bit on the side is what makes this special. The artichoke is boiled, then halved and grilled, and finally tossed with tomato, black olives, parsley, garlic, red pepper flakes, olive oil, and lemon juice.
Strangely, the instructions never tell you to remove the choke. Maybe it burns off while being grilled? I don't know, because I scooped it out before the grilling bit. After grilling the halved artichoke, I halved them again and grilled on the newly cut edge.
A nice dinner. Easy to assemble the rest while the artichoke boils. Then you need only to grill the artichoke and the fish.
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Made a half recipe as a side for two, using the optional fish sauce.
- I seeded and chopped up two little (Thai?) chilies, maybe 1/2tsp altogether, much less than the 1-1/2tsp asked. It was seriously hot.
- I did not toss in two ice cubes just before serving; couldn't see the point of watering everything down.
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