Picnic In The Country. We End The Season. Part 2

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Here are some more recipes for picnic dishes I would like to advise gardeners to take note of in order to adequately celebrate with friends and family the closing of the next summer cottage season

Eggplant with pomegranate seeds and mint

A very appetizing, delicious in its own way, healthy vegetable picnic dish. You can serve eggplants as a side dish for meat dishes, for example, for barbecue, steak, grilled meat, and so on.

You will need: a couple of eggplants, the same amount of tablespoons of vegetable oil, a little ground black pepper, salt (preferably sea). We will season the eggplant with pomegranate seeds, mint leaves, vegetable oil (two tablespoons and preferably olive oil), lemon juice (from half a lemon), soy sauce (a teaspoon), ground black pepper, sea salt.

Eggplants should be washed, peeled and cut lengthwise into thin plastics. Brush each side with olive oil or other vegetable oil and grill on both sides. Place on a large, flat plate.

The rest is quite simple. Add chopped mint leaves and the rest of the ingredients to the pomegranate seeds. To mix everything. Pour this sauce over the eggplant. Serve to the table.

Hot steak

This steak is quite spicy. For lovers of the spicy, spicy taste of meat. To prepare it you will need: ground chili pepper (a couple of teaspoons), ground cinnamon (one and a half teaspoon), oregano (as much as cinnamon), chopped herbs (preferably parsley, about a teaspoon), ground black pepper (half a teaspoon spoons), the same amount of cumin and two tablespoons of any meat sauce for the grill. You will also need the steak itself, about four for this amount of ingredients.

Cooking is as simple as any barbecue steak. You don't even need to marinate the meat for this. The steaks should be treated with a mixture of spice ingredients, seasonings and fried on the grill, in the grill on the grill or in the "barbecue" for 8-10 minutes on each side.

The best marinade for kebabs

It is really considered by many kebab lovers the best, "presidential" one, since the pork in this marinade turns out to be juicy, aromatic and soft.

To marinate meat, you will need pork itself (kilo), the same amount of onions (yes, this version of the marinade loves a lot of onions, due to which the meat is especially soft), a teaspoon of salt, half a glass of any vegetable oil, 100 ml of mineral or spring water …

The onions need to be peeled (it is advisable to select the variety not bitter, but sweetish, for example, Golden). You need to twist the whole onion (do not be surprised) in a meat grinder.

The meat should be cut like a kebab. Put a layer of onion on the bottom of the pan, on it a layer of meat, again a layer of onion and a layer of meat. The last layer of meat should have the largest layer of onion. Next, close everything with a lid from the pan and put it in the refrigerator overnight.

As soon as there is a decision to fry a kebab, an hour before cooking on charcoal, you need to get it out of the cold, peel it of onions. This procedure is not difficult. Now pour vegetable oil into the meat, salt it and rinse it with your hands for five minutes.

Then the meat (it will be very soft) must be strung along the fibers on skewers. If you put meat across on a skewer, it will scroll on it and burn.

Now we fry the kebabs as usual. Just sprinkle them not with vinegar water, but with spring or mineral water without gas. The ready-made kebab will be tender, the juiciest of all that you have ever tasted.

Charcoal thyme potatoes

An excellent side dish for picnic meat dishes. Fragrant potatoes baked in foil and charcoal with a fragrant thyme aroma. It is easy to prepare, so it will become a frequent guest at your summer cottage picnics.

To prepare such potatoes, you will need a kilo of this vegetable, also fresh thyme leaves (5-6 pieces), one onion, olive oil (2 tablespoons), a teaspoon of lemon zest (no top), ground pepper (a pinch, it is better to take a mixture of peppers), a pinch of salt and 100 grams of butter.

The potatoes need to be rinsed, peeled (you don't need to peel them, depending on your taste), cut into halves and put in a bowl. On top of the potatoes you need to salt, pepper, put the zest, vegetable oil and mix everything well.

You need to make a large pocket out of foil, in which you put pickled potatoes, finely chopped onion, thyme leaves, butter. Wrap the foil tightly and leave it on the table for half an hour. In the meantime, you can warm up the coals on the grill or barbecue. Put a grid-lattice on the coals and put a foil pocket on top of it. You need to bake the potatoes for 20 minutes. 10 minutes on one side, 10 on the other. These potatoes will have a wonderful lemon thyme flavor.