Alder Smoked Scallops with Citrus and Garlic Butter Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ – 2 pounds Sea Scallops (about 15-20 scallops)
  • 2 Tblsp Lemon Juice
  • Freshly Ground Black Peppercorns as needed
  • Kosher Salt as needed
  • 1 clove Garlic, finely minced
  • ½ small Orange Zest
  • ½ small Orange Juice
  • 14 Tblsp Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 ½ Tblsp fresh Parsley or Tarragon, chopped

Directions

  1. Rinse the scallops under cold water and remove the “catch”, the small muscle running vertically on the side of the scallop.  Pat dry. 
  2. Season the scallops with salt and pepper and arrange them on Bradley Magic Mats on a smoker rack. 
  3. Prepare your Bradley Smoker with Alder Bisquettes.  Set temperature to 92°C (200°F).
  4. Smoke for 20-35 minutes (depending on size of scallops) or until the scallops are just translucent and slightly firm.  Do not overcook as the scallops with be rubbery and tasteless.
  5. Whilst the scallops are smoking, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium/low heat.  Add the garlic, orange zest, orange juice, Worcestershire Sauce and parsley.  Simmer for 5 minutes.  Keep warm.
  6. Serve the scallops hot with the warm citrus butter sauce.
  7. Enjoy.

Recipe compliments of Traegergrills

Smoked Scallops

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds Sea Scallops (about 20 scallops)
  • 2 Tblsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 Tblsp coarsely Ground Peppercorns
  • 1 tsp coarse Kosher Salt
  • Lemon & Lime Zest – for garnish

Directions

  1. Rinse the scallops under cold water and remove the “catch”, the small muscle running vertically on the side of the scallop.  Pat dry.  Place the scallops in a mixing bowl and season with the lemon juice, pepper and salt.
  2. Prepare your Bradley Smoker with Bisquettes of choice.  Set temperature to 92°C (200°F).
  3. Place the scallops on Braadley Smoker Magic Mats on smoker rack and smoke for 30-40 minutes or until the scallop are just translucent and slightly firm.  Do not overcook as the scallops with be rubbery and tasteless.
  4. Transfer the scallops to a warmed serving plate.  Garnish the scallops with the zest and serve.  Or place a small amount of spring salad mix in a scallop shell and plate two or three scallops per shell.
  5. Enjoy.

Recipe compliments of Fiery Foods

Smoked Lobster Tails

Ingredients

  • 4-6 Lobster Tails
  • ½ cup Butter
  • 4 cloves Garlic

Directions

  1. Preheat your Bradley Smoker to 400°F (204°C) using Bisquettes of choice.
  2. Open Lobster tails with poultry or heavy-duty kitchen scissors.  Release lobster meat from inside of shell by running your finger on the inside of the shell between the meat and shell.
  3. Melt the butter with garlic cloves over medium/low heat.  Drizzle over lobster meat on the inside of opened shell, between lobster meat and shell.
  4. Place on smoker rack in your smoker and smoke until internal temperature is 130-145°F (55-62°C).
  5. Remove from heat and allow to rest for a few minutes.  Then using a fork, slide the fork underneath the lobster meat to loosen it in the lobster tail shell.
  6. Serve with additional garlic butter.

Recipe compliments of Add a Pinch

Sweet and Sticky Chinese Pork

Ingredients

  • 2-3lbs Pork Shoulder (cut into long 3inch strips)
  • 2 Tblps Honey
  • 1-2 cubes Red Fermented Tofu
  • 2 Tblsp Hoisin Sauce
  • 2 Tblsp Soy Sauce
  • 2 cloves Garlic – roughly chopped
  • 4 slices of Ginger – roughly chopped, approx. 2-3 Tblsp
  • 2 tsp Chinese Five Spice Powder
  • 2 Tblsp Chinese Rice Cooking Wine/ or dry Sherry
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 1 Tblsp Korean Pepper Flakes – optional

Glaze

  • 2 Tblps Honey
  • Leftover Marinade

Directions

  1. Cut the pork shoulder into thin 3inch thick strips.
  2. Combine marinade ingredients into a ziplock bag or large bowl and combine it with the pork.
  3. Marinate in the fridge for 24 hours.
  4. Remove the meat from the marinade and let it sit for an hour at room temperature.
  5. Add the marinade to a small pot and remove the chunks of garlic and ginger.
  6. Add 2 Tblsp Honey into the marinade and mix well.
  7. Cook it on low heat on a stove for 5 minutes or when the sauce starts to thicken.  Set it aside for later.
  8. Prepare the Cobb Cooker, light a Cobblestone and wait a few minutes until it has turned grey.  Insert the Grill plate.
  9. Cook the Pork for 20minutes on one side then flip it over for 10 minutes on the other side.  Check for an internal temperature of 145°F (62°C)
  10. Glaze the pork 4-5 times, turning every minute to prevent burning.  Keep basting and flipping the meat until it looks red and sticky.
  11. Remove from the Cobb and let it rest for 20minutes before cutting.
  12. Once the meat has rested, cut it up and enjoy.

Recipe compliments of Pups with Chopsticks, adapted to suit Cobb Cooker

Rare, Smokey Venison Steak on Rosti

Ingredients – Rosti

  • 1 large Potato, peeled
  • 30g melted Butter
  • 1 small Carrot, peeled
  • Salt and Pepper

Ingredients

  • 3 large Tomatoes – halved/seeded/cored
  • Sea Salt
  • Olive Oil
  • Spinach leaves – briefly wilted
  • 100g Beans
  • Venison Steaks – approx. 1inch thick, 150g each
  • 100ml Beef Stock

Directions

  1. Set up Bradley Smoker, place steaks on wire rack and smoke for 10-20minutes using Oak Bisquetttes.  Set steaks aside.
  2. Preheat your oven to 220°C.  Parboil the potato for 12 minutes, drain and cool sufficiently to be able to handle it.  Coarsely grate the potato into bowl containing the butter.  Finely grate the carrot into potato bowl, adding salt and pepper. 
  3. Form the mixture into two rosti patties and place apart on a buttered baking sheet.  Bake in the over for 25-30minutes, until golden and cooked through.
  4. At the same time, place tomatoes in a small oven proof dish, sprinkle with seat salt and fill with olive oil. 
  5. Roast in the oven until they have skrunk a little and tinged with colour.  Reclaim the olive oil to use on beans or later as base for a salad dressing.
  6. Spoon the wilted spinach leaves into each half of the tomatoes, keep warm.
  7. Cook beans in salted boiling water for 3 minutes, drain and toss with a little of the olive oil from the tomatoes.  Keep warm.
  8. Brush the steaks liberally with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.  Heat a frying pan to smoking not then cook the steaks for 1-2 minutes each side in total, turning every 20 seconds.  This will give you a great colour and succulent pink interior.  Take off the heat and cover loosely with foil and rest for 6 minutes.
  9. Return the pan to the stove and add 100ml beef stock.  Scrape around the edges of the pan to incorporate the meat residues, reduce by half and add a small knob of butter.
  10. Serve venison steak over rosti, surround with vegetables and some sauce.

Recipe Compliments of Bradley Smoker UK

Cold Smoked Clam Marinières with Spinach & Pasta

Ingredients

  • 800g Fresh Clams
  • 1 large Shallot
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 30g Butter
  • Small glass of White Wine
  • 3Tbsp Double Cream
  • 250g fresh Pasta
  • 100g Baby Spinach Leaves

Directions

  1. Rinse the Clams and check all are firmly closed after being swirled in clean water.  Drain and place in a pan over medium/high heat with a lid on and toss occasionally until they have opened (probably a couple of minutes).  Do not overcook, as they will go rubbery.
  2. Remove from heat immediately and place in colander, reserving the clam liquid.
  3. Lay the clams in shells across a foil covered Bradley rack.
  4. Smoke in your Bradley Smoker for 10 minutes using your choice of Bisquettes, remove and set aside. 
  5. Peel and finely chop a large shallot and crush a large clove of garlic and mix with salt to a paste.
  6. Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the garlic/salt mix and shallots and cook over low heat for 4 minutes until softened but not coloured.
  7. Add White Wine, increase the heat, and reduce to syrup.
  8. Add the reserved clam juice and reduce again over high heat to half its volume.
  9. Lastly add the Double Cream and reduce by a third, then return the smoked clams to the pan.
  10. After 2 minutes turn off the heat and place a lid over to keep warm.
  11. Fill a pan with salted water and bring to the boil.  Add the fresh pasta and spinach leaves and cook as per pasta packet instructions (2-3 minutes).
  12. Drain and season liberally with black pepper before turning in the clams and sauce.
  13. Divide between 2 warm pasta bowls and serve immediately.

Recipe Compliments of Bradley Smoker UK

Warm Sweet, Salty & Smokey Chicken Salad

Ingredients – Brine

  • 75g Sea Salt
  • 25g Soft Brown Sugar
  • 100ml of Boiling Water & 400ml of Cold Water
  • 2 x Chicken Breasts

Ingredients – Dressing

  • 1 tsp Dijon Mustard
  • 1 Tblsp White Balsamic Vinegar
  • Pinch of Salt
  • 2-3 Tblsp Sunflower Oil

Ingredients – Salad

  • 150g Walnut Halves
  • 30g Butter
  • 30g Sugar
  • Small Salad Potatoes
  • 1 large Apple – cored and sliced
  • 1 medium Avocado – stoned, peeled and sliced
  • Salad leaves

Directions

  1. Make the brine by dissolving the sea salt and brown sugar in the boiling water.  Add in the cold water and immerse the chicken breasts.  Leave for 30 minutes, but not more than an hour.  Remove chicken breasts form the brine, rinse thoroughly and dry with a paper towel.
  2. Set the Bradley Smoker to 140°C (280°F) and smoke the Chicken Breasts using Bisquettes of choice, skin side up for 1 hour, or until internal temperature reaches 70°C when probed at their thickest part.
  3. Remove from smoker and allow to cool.  Store in the fridge until needed.
  4. Make a dressing by mixing Dijon Mustard, Balsamic Vinegar, Sugar and Sunflower oil. The dressing should be thick and creamy.  Set aside.
  5. Place Walnut Halves in a heavy based frying pan over medium heat, cook for a few minutes to roast them then add butter and sugar.  Toss to melt and as soon as the sugar browns, remove from heat, salt lightly and scatter onto a paper towel to cool.
  6. Boil a couple of handfuls of small salad potatoes to tender, drain.
  7. Slice the smoked chicken breasts thinly.
  8. To assemble the salad, divide the potatoes between 4 warmed plates, scatter with slices of avocado, apple, salad leaves and walnuts.  Top it all with the thinly sliced smoked chicken and a few drops of salad dressing.
  9. Serve.

Recipe Compliments of Bradley Smoker UK

Stuffed Roast Chicken on the Cobb Cooker

Adding liquid to the moat is an option when roasting any type of meat or poultry. The liquid adds flavour and moisture to the meats. Stuffing ingredients may simply be combined and used, but you may prefer to fry the onion first.

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • 1 x 1.5 kg (3lb) chicken
  • Oil
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 250 ml (1 cup) water, wine or chicken stock (optional)

Stuffing Ingredients

  • 1 Tblsp Oil
  • 1 medium Onion, chopped
  • 100 g (3 oz) Mushrooms, chopped
  • 4 tsp chopped Parsley
  • 1 tsp Oregano
  • 1 cup fresh White Wine
  • Breadcrumbs
  • 1 Egg
  • 2 tsp Soy Sauce
  • Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper

Directions:

  1. First make the stuffing. Prepare your Cobb Cooker, light a Cobblestone and heat oil in Wok, add onion and cook for a few minutes, then add the mushrooms. Stir to coat with the oil, then cover and cook for 5 minutes.
  2. Combine the remaining ingredients in a bowl and add in the onion mixture.
  3. Use to stuff the chicken.
  4. Rub the chicken with oil, then sprinkle with seasonings.
  5. Pour the Water/Wine or Chicken Stock into the moat, fit the Grill and heat covered for 2 minutes.
  6. Place chicken breast side down on the Grill, cover and cook for 1 1/2 hours, turning after 50-60 minutes.
  7.  Serve plain or with Mushroom Gravy
    Serves 4-6

Variation

Simply rub the chicken with a mixture of 4 tsp Italian olive oil and 1 tblsp lemon juice, then sprinkle with salt and pepper or your favourite spice. Cook the chicken as above.

Recipe Compliments of Cobb UK

Photo Compliments of Taste of Home

Hot Smoked Salmon with Dill, Horseradish & Spring Vegetable Pasta

Ingredients for Curing

  • 700g side of Salmon
  • 40g Salt
  • 30g Unrefined Molasses Sugar
  • 500ml Hot Water

Directions

  1. Mix together salt and molasses sugar in the hot water. 
  2. Allow to go completely cold and immerse Salmon for 1 hour.
  3. Rinse Salmon then pat completely dry.  Leave it to dry further on a Bradley rack whilst you set up the smoker.
  4. Smoke the Salmon in the centre of your Bradley Smoker at 95°°C (200°F) for about 2 hours, depending on thickness of fish, using Bisquettes of choice.  Test using digital thermometer for 70°C at the thickest part
  5. Remove from smoker and allow to cool, store in the fridge until needed.

Ingredients

  • 150g Fresh Linguine
  • 150g of tender Spring Vegetables, Sugar Snap Peas/Broccoli etc
  • 1 Tbsp of Crème Fraiche
  • 2tsp Creamed Horseradish
  • Black Pepper
  • Fresh Dill

Directions

  • Flake some of the hot smoked salmon, about 200g.  Set aside to come to room temperature.
  • Heat a pan of salted water and add fresh Linguine together with spring vegetables.
  • Cook until pasta is to your liking then drain.
  • Put crème fraiche together with Horseradish cream into the hot pan and return the linguine and vegetables.  Toss together with a generous grinding of black pepper and freshly chopped Dill.
  • Divide between warmed pasta bowls and top with flakes of hot smoked salmon and more dill.
  • Serve immediately.

Recipe Compliments of Bradley Smoker UK

Quesadillas on the Cobb Cooker

These make an excellent “starter” to a meal. Serves 8 as a starter and 4 as a snack meal.

Ingredients

  • 6 tortillas, 20 cm (8 inches) diameter
  • 1 ½ cups grated Cheddar or any other sharp cheese
  • ½ cup Sour Cream
  • 1 medium-sized Avocado, mashed
  • 2 Spring Onions, chopped, including some of the green portion
  • 1 large Tomato, chopped
  • ¼ cup fresh Coriander
  • 1 – 3 pickled Jalapeno Chillies, thinly sliced (optional)
  • Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper
  • ½ tsp ground Cumin
  • ½ tsp ground Coriander
  • ¼  tsp Paprika
  • Optional Extras: Cooked Chicken, Chorizo, Corn

Directions:

  1. Sprinkle 3 tortillas very lightly with water. Lay tortillas, sprinkled sides downwards, on a flat surface.
  2. Combine remaining ingredients & divide between the tortillas, spreading evenly.
  3. Top each one with another tortilla and sprinkle lightly with water. Press together firmly.
  4.  Prepare your Cobb, and when it’s ready, fit the Grill.
  5. Grease or spray the grill and heat tortillas one at a time, covered.
  6. Allow to grill lightly for about 3 minutes each side.
  7. Cut into wedges and serve.


Variations:

  1. Prepare your Cobb, and when its ready, fit the Grill. Grease or spray lightly.
  2. Top lightly sprinkled tortillas with ready-made salsa, then top with diced avocado, chopped onion and grated Cheddar cheese.
  3. Do not add a second tortilla. Place on the grill and cook covered for about 4 minutes. Add plenty of shredded lettuce and roll up & eat.

Recipe Compliments of Cobb UK

Photo Compliments of Olive

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