Picanah

Smoked Picanah Roast

I recently bought a 2.7 lb picanah roast from the organic butcher in McLean.  Picanah is the sirloin cap.  If you are interested in what that means there is a good picture of where picanah comes from here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picanha#/search.  

 

Cast Iron Blueberry Cobbler

Smoked Cast Iron Skillet Blueberry Cobbler

Ingredients 

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon rosemary (minced)
• 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 cup granulated sugar 
• 1 lemon (zested and juiced)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups blueberries
• 4 tablespoons granulated sugar to coat the blueberries

 

Smoked Easy Delicious BBQ Bacon Meatloaf

I was at the pool today expecting to grill up a beer can chicken.  Well, those plans went off the rails and I needed something quick an delicious to make.  My wife had a meatloaf recipe that is fantastic that she has modified from one of those low-calorie, good for you recipes to fully add the delicious fat back into the recipe.    More importantly, the local butcher had some dry aged beef on sale for $5.99/lb.  I figured this was the perfect opportunity to kick the recipe up a notch.  Then, I decided it was time to take that recipe and try it on the smoker.  It turned out delicious.

Random Funky Wines

I recently attended a gathering where the only instruction was to bring a bottle of funky wine.  Now, understand that almost everyone that attended this gathering was a wine connoisseur, so the wines were all over the place but were definitely funky.  Therefore, if you are looking for funky wines and don't know where to start, this blog post may be for you.  I have done my best to try to find the current prices for these wines. 

Dirty and Rowdy Wines

I had the privilege of having a fantastic roast pig dinner with Hardy, one of the owners of Dirty and Rowdy wines the other night.  He brought some of his best wines and we sampled wines with delicious pig.

Temperature Setting Basics

After I purchased my large Big Green Egg®, I was itching to start immediately, but I was also a little worried that I would ruin expensive cuts of meat.  To be honest, I did ruin a couple before I finally figured out how to run the Egg.  Looking at the Egg, you would think it would be the easiest thing in the world to use.  After all, it is just a giant ceramic vessel with two vent openings to control the temperature, what could be easier.  People have been cooking with this method for a thousand years.

My Setup

I have a Large Big Green Egg® ("BGE") that I purchased from my local organic butcher.  The BGE is only sold through authorized sellers so this means you need to find an authorized seller near you.  These are also heavy and very breakable, so it is best to have it delivered if you can.  My authorized seller delivered the BGE and set it up for me right on my deck.