Emeril at the Grill: A Cookbook for All Seasons

275 Pages·2009·6.45 MB·English

by  Emeril Lagasse

Emeril
at the Grill
A COOKBOOK FOR ALL SEASONS
Emeril Lagasse
with Photography by Steven Freeman
I’d like to dedicate this book to my dad,
Emeril John Lagasse Jr., better known as
Mr. John. To my pal, with love:
may you grill forever.
And, of course, to my wife, Alden, and all of
my children: may we keep grilling together!
s Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
TO “WET” THE APPETITE
Caipirinha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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Rosé Sangría . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Piña Colada Mojito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mango- Citrus Daiquiri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
n Watermelon Margaritas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Peachy Ginger Lemonade Cocktail . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Summery Citrus, Ginger and
Raspberry Punch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Melon and Pineapple Agua Fresca . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
e Lemony Spiked Sweet Tea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Gin and Cucumber Cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Almond Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ON THE SIDE
t Grilled Smashed Potatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Squash Ribbon Salad with Goat Cheese . . . . . . . . . 22
Avocado, Tomato, and Red Onion Salad . . . . . . . . . 24
Sweet and Tangy Coleslaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Chipotle- Deviled Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Simple Cucumber Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Emeril’s Slow- Cooked
Bam- B-Q Baked Beans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cast- Iron Honey Cornbread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
o Bacon Potato Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Grilled Sweet Potato Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Black- Eyed Pea Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Warm-Weather Potato Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
C Grilled Corn with Cheese and Chili . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Grilled Asparagus with Garlic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Watercress, Avocado, and Mango Salad . . . . . . . . . 39
Grilled Garlic Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Baby Spinach– Jicama Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Grilled Mixed Mushrooms on Skewers
with Fresh Herbs and Parmesan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Eggplant and Peppers with Feta . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Grilled Polenta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Grilled Caponata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Grilled Fennel, Green Bean, and Green Onion
Salad with Fresh Herbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Grilled Caulifl ower with Roasted
Shallot– Garlic Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tomatoes on the Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SANDWICHES, WRAPS, AND PIZZAS
Grilled Fig and Goat Cheese Pizzas . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Grilled Green Onion Flatbread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fajita Panini with Chipotle Mayonnaise . . . . . . . . 61
Viet nam ese- Style Grilled Pork Po’Boy . . . . . . . . . 63
Grilled Fish Tacos with a Roasted Chile
and Avocado Salsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Roast Turkey Panini with Pesto,
Roasted Red Peppers, and Fontina . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Grilled Pizzas with Prosciutto, Pesto,
and Taleggio Cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Grilled Vegetable and Goat Cheese Sandwich . . . . . 71
BURGERS AND KEBABS
Venison Sausage Burgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Spicy Homemade Ketchup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Viet nam ese BBQ Pork Meatballs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Greek- Style Lamb Kebabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Home-G round Burgers with Bacon,
Cheese, and Fresh Thyme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Orange Habanero Ketchup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Spiced Buffalo Burgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Grilled Swordfi sh Kebabs
with Mixed Herb Pesto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Pork and Chorizo Burgers
with Green Chile Mayo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Lamb Burgers with Feta Spread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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Rib- Eye, New Potato, and Portobello Kebabs
on Rosemary Skewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Southwestern Turkey Sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Sirloin Sliders with Crisp Bacon
and Creamy Horse radish Mayo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
FROM THE SEA
Lobster Tails with Lemon- Tarragon Butter . . . . . . 104
Swordfi sh with Cider Vinaigrette
and an Apple- Endive Slaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Salmon with Peach- Tamarind Barbecue Sauce . . . . 108
Chipotle BBQ Oysters with
Homemade Salsa Fresca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Soft- Shell Crabs on the Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Sardines Portuguese- Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Shrimp with Garlic, Lemon, and Marjoram. . . . . . 118
Salmon with a Pineapple,
Mango, and Strawberry Salsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Arctic Char with a Pear Butter Sauce. . . . . . . . . . 120
Salmon with Sweet Corn, Tomato,
and Avocado Relish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Sambal Shrimp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Yellowfi n Tuna with Grilled Pineapple Salsa . . . . . 124
Bacon- Wrapped Diver Scallops
with Soy Glaze and Chives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fish “On the Half Shell”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Sea Bass Peperonata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Grilled Clams Casino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Whole Bronzini, Mediterranean- Style. . . . . . . . . 134
Chorizo- Flavored Catfi sh
with Grilled Tomato Salsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Kicked- Up Fish in a Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Provençal Rouget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
THINGS WITH WINGS
Bacon- Wrapped Quail
with Bourbon– Pepper Jelly Glaze. . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Vietnamese-Style Chicken Wings . . . . . . . . . . . 145
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Cilantro- Tequila Grilled Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Filipino- Inspired Adobo Chicken Thighs . . . . . . . 147
Backyard Barbecued Chicken
with Homemade BBQ Sauce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Grilled Chicken Thighs with
Brazilian “Vinaigrette” Salsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Grilled Chicken Breasts with
Spicy Green Mole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Northern Italian– Style Chicken Under a Brick . . . 156
Asian Spicy Barbecued Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Chicken Paillards over Arugula . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Turkey Roulade with Peach and Sage Gravy . . . . . 163
“Beer Can” Turkey Breast with BBQ Gravy . . . . . 166
Emeril’s “Jerk” Chicken with
Gingered BBQ Drizzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Tandoori- Style Chicken Drumsticks . . . . . . . . . 172
OFF THE LAND
New York Strip with Stilton- Walnut Butter . . . . . 176
Lamb T-Bones with a
Red Wine Reduction Sauce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Thai- Style Beef Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Buffalo Rib-Eyes with a Blue Cheese Glaçage . . . . 180
Italian- Style Grilled T-Bone Steaks . . . . . . . . . . 181
EJ’s Simple Oven- BBQ Ribs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Piri- Piri Carne Spart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Brined Baby Back Ribs with a Spicy Apple Glaze . . 185
Ca rib be an Pork Tenderloins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Grilled Marinated Flank Steak
with Chimichurri Sauce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Emeril’s Delmonico Bone- In Rib Steaks . . . . . . . 191
Balsamic-M arinated Rib-Eyes
with Balsamic Barbecue Sauce . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Big Porter house Tuscan- Style,
with Herbed Garlic Olive Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Korean- Style Grilled Short Ribs . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
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Orange, Cumin, and Cilantro Grilled Pork Loin . . 196
Pork Chop Pipérade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Grilled Marinated Skirt Steak
with Wilted Watercress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Skirt Steak Marinated Asian- Style . . . . . . . . . . 203
Baby Lamb Chops with Mint Pesto . . . . . . . . . . 204
Hanger Steak with a Smoky Paprika Rub . . . . . . . 206
SWEET ENDINGS
Root Beer Floats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Grilled Chocolate Sandwiches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Mint Julep Sorbet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Mango- Basil Freeze Pops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Grilled S’mores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Grilled Peaches with Mascarpone and Honey . . . . 216
Grilled Banana Splits with Hot Fudge
and Rum Caramel Sauce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Rhode Island– Style Frozen Lemonade . . . . . . . . 220
Fruit Kebabs on Sugarcane Skewers
with Lime Honey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Ice Cream Sandwiches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Coconut Layer Cake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Chocolate Chipotle Brownies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Peppermint Ice Cream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Fresh Strawberry Pie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Blueberry Cornmeal Shortcakes . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Chocolate- Stuffed Apples on the Grill . . . . . . . . 237
Grilled Pineapple “Suzette” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
About the Author
Other Books by Emeril Lagasse
Credits
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Copyright
About the Publisher
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