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Foodist BBQ BootCamp

6 Comments July 25, 2009

rockin' ronnie
Nothing’s better in the summer than throwing some meat on the grill and now I know how to do it with panache, thanks to the Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuck’s BBQ bootcamp put on by the Foodists.

A full course of BBQ-ing ensued, including dishes that you would (at least I wouldn’t!) ever think to put on the barby. Grilled quesadillas with rosemary and Granny Smith apple? OK, sure. Apparently the trick is to have two kinds of cheese; something “gooey” like Jack and something flavourful like smoked Gouda. Put them on a medium hot grill and do a quarter turn after a couple of seconds to get the diamond grill marks, then flip to do the other side. Feel them with your hand and then when the cheese starts to get molten you can flip them without getting cheese all over the grill. Paired with Nk’mip Chardonnay, this was one of my favorite dishes. Apparently kids love it too (minus the wine) or sub in something like Brie and pear to make it a bit more sophisticated.
lamb popsicles
You can’t have a BBQ without the meat, however, and Ronnie brought it out in spades. Lamb popsicles dressed in mint and balsamic glaze, beef tenderloin with gorgonzola butter, award winning pulled pork, etc. The lamb was by far the favorite, rubbed with herbs de provence and marinated and served medium-rare direct from the cutting board. Heaven.

All of the recipes are in his book, Barbeque Secrets Deluxe.

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6 Responses to “Foodist BBQ BootCamp”

  1. Jeff on July 25th, 2009 9:53 pm

    I’m not an army guy, but I’d love to go to that boot camp!
    Keep it up guys, doing fantastic!

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  4. Social Bites on July 26th, 2009 8:46 am

    That was the funnest BBQ ever!

  5. Ben Garfinkel on July 27th, 2009 2:03 pm

    I can attest to kids liking the gouda apple quesadilla! After the long day of barbecue what did I do? Went home and made my wife and 15 month old daughter the quesadillas. Yeah, good.

    Oh, and the beef tenderloin steak with gorgonzola butter, oh yeah!

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