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Archives for June 2017

June 18, 2017 Featured

Bacon Crust Pizza How to Make Meat Lovers Pizza

Yes it’s a twisted concept: bacon crust pizza. Or maybe a woven concept.

Bacon as the crust of a pizza? Is it really necessary?

Yes. And it’s amazing.

WATCH The Pizza Video HERE

This came about in the search for low carb pizza options like the BBQ Cauliflower pizza here. 

The trick with a bacon crust -or any bacon – on a grill is avoiding flare ups. Go low and slow.

We used a Traeger pellet cooker for the bacon and always recommend using smoke and indirect low heat for bacon. In the home, a lot of people will now cook bacon in the oven instead of a skillet for similar reasons.

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Bacon Crust Pizza

Author Bill West

For low carb pizza fans. Or high bacon fans. The key to using bacon crust is in the weave.

Ingredients

  • 1 package grocery bacon
  • 3 tablespoons pizza sauce
  • ½ red onion (thinly sliced)
  • 3 whole (canned) tomatoes hand crushed
  • 1 cup fresh mozzarella
  • ½ green bell pepper (thinly sliced)
  • Fresh basil

Instructions

  1. Weave bacon on parchment paper for easy handling. Use chilled or refrigerated bacon for easy handling.
  2. Cut bacon weave square into a round using a second – cover- sheet of parchment and a medium to large bowl. Reserve trimmed bacon.
  3. Chop ¼ red onion and sautee with chopped remaining bacon until caramelized.
  4. Smoke bacon weave in smoker at 350 degrees F for an hour.
  5. Top bacon crust with additional ingredients. One initial thin bottom layer of cheese helps to minimize leaks and softness.
  6. Add fresh basil at end of cook.
  7. Allow 10 minutes to rest and allow bottom layer to firm up before serving.Makes 4 hearty slices

SMOKED BACON CRUST PIZZA

1 package grocery bacon

3 tablespoons pizza sauce

½ red onion (thinly sliced)

3 whole (canned) tomatoes hand crushed

1 cup fresh mozzarella

½ green bell pepper (thinly sliced)

Fresh basil

 

 

 

Weave bacon on parchment paper for easy handling. Use chilled or refrigerated bacon for easy handling.

bacon crust pizzaCut bacon weave square into a round using a second – cover- sheet of parchment and a medium to large bowl. Reserve trimmed bacon.

Chop ¼ red onion and sautee with chopped remaining bacon until caramelized.

Smoke bacon weave in smoker at 350 degrees F for an hour.

Top bacon crust with additional ingredients. One initial thin bottom layer of cheese helps to minimize leaks and softness. Add fresh basil at end of cook.

Allow 10 minutes to rest and allow bottom layer to firm up before serving.

Makes 4 hearty slices

June 11, 2017 Featured

White Castle Slider Recipe – How To Make on The BBQ

A White Castle Slider at home? Yeah, you can now buy them at the supermarket or on Amazon  but  its not quite the same.

I haven’t been able to get an “in store” white castle slider (or is it slyder?) since moving to South Carolina. The closest thing we have in the South is called Krystal and even that is a state away.  There are plenty of Burger tricks and tips out there but a slider is a bit different. This recipe calls for steaming the bun with a special onion mix. Here’s a perfect replica that we made even better by adding a spicy ketchup sauce!

 

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White Castle Slider Recipe

Prep 1 hour

Cook 10 mins

Total 1 hour, 10 mins

Author Bill West

Yield 12 Sliders.

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef½ cup dehydrated onions1 cup warm waterSalt & pepper to taste12 American cheese slices12 dill pickle slicesMustard12 small slider buns

Instructions

  1. Roll out ground beef very thin - to approximately ¼” thick.
  2. Cut into 2.5”x 2.5” squares and use a straw or wooden dowel to put 5 small holes in each. (Some shrinkage will occur in cooking.)
  3. Freeze patties for a minimum of 1 hour. This can be done several days in advance.
  4. When ready to cook, hydrate onions in 1 cup warm water
  5. Heat grill to medium-low. Using a cast iron skillet or grill sheet pan, spread hydrated onions over bottom, and top with frozen meat squares. Place the bun half on each and top with remaining bun to steam. Grill for approximately 5-6 minutes. Turn once and top with cheese.
  6. Build with mustard, pickle and Firecracker Ketchup (recipe below). Top with remaining steamed bun and enjoy!

1 lb ground beef
½ cup dehydrated onions
1 cup warm water

Salt & pepper to taste
12 American cheese slices
12 dill pickle slices
Firecracker Ketchup (recipe below)
Mustard
12 small slider buns (we found Cobblestone brand was a close match)

Roll out ground beef very thin – to approximately ¼” thick. Cut into 3”x3” squares and use a straw or wooden dowel to put 5 small holes in each. (Some shrinkage will occur in cooking.) Freeze patties for a minimum of 1 hour. This can be done several days in advance. When ready to cook, hydrate onions in 1 cup warm water and heat grill to medium-low. Using a cast iron skillet or grill sheet pan, spread hydrated onions over bottom, and top with frozen meat squares. Place the bun half on each and top with remaining bun to steam. Grill for approximately 5-6 minutes. Turn once and top with cheese. Build with mustard, pickle and Firecracker Ketchup (recipe below). Top with remaining steamed bun and enjoy! Makes 12 sliders.

Firecracker Ketchup
½ cup ketchup
½ cup creamy French dressing
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp spicy horseradish sauce
2 tsp brown sugar
1 ½ tsp Cayenne pepper
½ tsp garlic salt

Stir together all ingredients until well blended and chill until ready to serve.

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