Backyard BBQ Battle, Season 2 - Episode 5

I guess life got the best of me last week and I forgot to post my recipes.  Here they are.

Episode 5 - Appetizers episode

Bacon wrapped dates stuffed with blue cheese

1.       Stuff each date with blue cheese and wrap with sliced Dabrowski’s bacon. 

2.       Grill on indirect side of grill till the bacon is crispy.

3.       Glaze with a sweet and tangy sauce.

Sausage devilled eggs

·         ½ cup cooked, drained and finely crumbled Dabrowski’s Sausage

·         6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled

·         ¼ cup softened Herbed Goat Cheese or Boursin Cheese

·         1 tbsp Grey Poupon type mustard

·         1 generous tbsp mayonnaise

·         A splash of pickle juice

·         Salt & Pepper

·         Fresh parsley, chopped

 

1.      Grill sausage over direct heat or in a cast iron pan. 

2.      Halve the hard boiled eggs and remove the yolk. 

3.      To the yolk, add cheese, mustard, mayonnaise, sausage, pickle juice and salt and pepper. 

4.      Stuff each egg half with the devilled sausage mixture. 

5.      Top with fresh parsley and season with paprika and cayenne.

Turtle eggs

·         Medium sausage

·         BBQ rub

·         Shredded cheese

·         Cream cheese

·         Jalepeno peppers

1.      Using a handmixer, mix cream cheese, shredded cheese, BBQ rub.

2.      Stuff a jalepeno with the cream mixture.

3.      Wrap jalepeno with sausage (forming and egg) and smoke or grill indirect till temp hits 160 degrees

4.      Glaze with your favorite BBQ sauce