Lag’ B’ Omer Barbeque.
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 top where dish with a lid mix them all till smooth and store in the fridge for up to a month to use when needed.
To use this 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 tahina.
This is a very common side dish at barbecues in Israel it's also a very good mess a dish.
Ingredients
Two medium size aubergine
50 grams Tahina Paste
Two cloves of garlic finely chopped.
the juice of a lemon
one teaspoon of salt
Half a cup of parsley chopped.
50 ML ice cold water.
Method
When the BBQ is hot , wash in cut the aubergine in cold water packet 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 this and turn them occasionally till the skin is charged 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, mixer tahina place garlic lemon juice thought 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, we stay in an if you will see the as you add water it becomes paler.
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.
BBQ Fairy Steaks
If you want a special treat for your BBQ by fairy stakes 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
how to TSP of ground black pepper
half 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 do this overnight..
When the BBQ is hot put the other sprig of Rosemary on the grill ,brush they meet 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 served 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
4 slices of cucumber optional
Method
Place the lemonade or Sprite into I am serving jug preferably one with a lid, add the tea bags 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.