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[rps]

Smoked tuna composed salad with creamy peppercorn dressing.

 

[Ryan Miloshewski]

Anybody ever done a pizza on a pellet grill? Tried searching but didn't get much return. Thinking something inspired by Missouri spring: morels, wild turkey, and maybe a ramp-based sauce. 

If you have, do you go directly on the grates or on a pizza pan? I like a crisp crust but wondered about the integrity of the crust holding up directly on the grill. 

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, Ryan Miloshewski said:

Anybody ever done a pizza on a pellet grill? Tried searching but didn't get much return. Thinking something inspired by Missouri spring: morels, wild turkey, and maybe a ramp-based sauce. 

If you have, do you go directly on the grates or on a pizza pan? I like a crisp crust but wondered about the integrity of the crust holding up directly on the grill. 

            We have and use a pizza stone. I'm sure anyway you do it will work. Sounds yummy. We will need to do it again. Just get your stone or pan hot and cornmeal it so the pizza will slide in it easy with the pizza peel. 

[rps]

Crispy pork spring rolls with a sesame soy stir fried broccoli on the side.

 

[rps]

When we moved away from Tablerock almost four years ago, I lost the ability to provide fresh walleye for our table. I have missed it.

We recently joined Costco. This last Friday we went, and I found walleye fillets!

I froze most of the bulk pack, but saved enough to make fishburgers for the wife and daughter.

 

[rps]

Homemade Lebanese style cabbage rolls.

[BilletHead]

  Hit the big metropolis of Springfield today stocking up on stuff. Spied some ahi tuna steaks. Picked one out and butcher wrapped it up. Destination was a salad. Some S&P and seared. Sliced thin. Picked a butter crunch loose leaf head of lettuce out of garden. Pat put it all together. Dinner is served. Yummy,

[ness]

On 5/9/2023 at 10:26 PM, rps said:

Homemade Lebanese style cabbage rolls.

I’d like to learn more about this! What’s in there? How was it prepared?

[rps]

1 hour ago, ness said:

I’d like to learn more about this! What’s in there? How was it prepared?

Ground beef, crushed tomatoes, uncooked rice, salt, pepper, seven spice, a bit of garlic powder, and mint combine to make the filling. Mostly cooked cabbage leaves are used to wrap the filling. The rolls are stacked in a pot once you line the pot bottom with torn and discarded leaves. Lots of garlic cloves go in between the stack layers and on top. Juice a lemon over the rolls and add crushed tomato on top. Fill the pot to cover the rolls. Put a plate on top of the rolls to hold them down. Simmer under cover for 90 minutes.

This site gives a proportion of the mix that I used as an outline. I did not add the pomegranate stuff, used seven spice instead of allspice, and chose crushed tomato over sauce. https://simplyscrumptiousbysarah.com/2022/09/03/lahana-syrian-meat-and-rice-cabbage-rolls/

Seven spice is available from Amazon. I also use it in stuffed peppers, some short rib braises, and tabouli.

[ness]

Thanks. I'm not familiar with 7 spice but just looked it up. This all sounds pretty darn good. The cooking process is similar to the grape leaves we do here occasionally.