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There is no question that preparing foods to feed a crowd of holiday visitors can be stressful! But if your challenged by the lack of space in the kitchen, then I have a solution for making holiday grilled appetizers.

A grill is a cooking vessel, just like your oven. Unfortunately, this equipment tends to be forgotten after summer. Well, clean it off in Fall and Winter and gain valuable cooking space to end a stressful holiday season. Time to make holiday grilled appetizers.

Holiday Appetizers: Pick #1

Artichoke Stuffed Mushroom Caps

This is a super easy holiday appetizer that takes no time at all. Start by first heating a gas grill to 350 degrees F. A charcoal grill can be used as well but set up the coals on only one side targeting the same temperature as the gas grill. Now start the food prep.

Wash 30 medium to large mushrooms, patting them dry, and then removing the stems. Reserve the stems to be used in the filling mix. For the filling gather the following:

Ingredients:

For the Filling:

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 14 ounce can of artichoke hearts, drained, rinsed, pat dry and chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small shallot, minced
• kosher salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
• ½ cup dry white wine
• 1 cup grated parmesan
• ¾ cup panko breadcrumbs
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped thyme
• 1 egg white
• Reserved mushroom stems
  

  Preparation:

  Start by chopping the mushroom stems, dice the shallots, and mince the garlic cloves. In goes the butter to a hot skillet, then all three prepared ingredients are added. Once cooked down, the white wine is added to the mixture. Continue cooking until the wine has evaporated.

  The aromatics are now ready for the rest of the filling ingredients. Add the chopped artichoke hearts, parmesan, bread crumbs, parsley, thyme, and egg white. Mix everything together until it binds well. Time to fill the cleaned mushroom caps. Using a teaspoon, fill each mushroom cap heaping the filling on top. There is enough filling to do 40-50 caps depending on the size of the mushrooms selected. Tip: extra cooked filling can also be serve on crackers or bread slices. Place the filled mushroom caps in a baking dish or on a sheet tray. Place the prepared dish on the grill grate, closing the lid and allow to cook for 20-30 minutes (check after 20 minutes – these should have a golden top when finished). Serve hot.

  What a flavorful nibble to serve guests visiting at the holidays. Best part, you can have the filling prepared ahead of time, even freeze, for those spontaneous visits. All the more reason to keep these ingredients handy all year round!

Wood firing offers a grilled avocado guacamole treat that will excite taste buds! Your guests will be amazed with this simple but flavor rich recipe!

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The single seeded berry, fleshy fruit we know as avocado is loaded with healthy fats, 4 grams of protein, and 975 milligrams of potassium which is nearly twice as much as a banana. With 18 of the amino acids recommend in daily consumption, you’ll want to include avocado in your diet.

We thought we would take this fruit favorite and add a flavor level for your avocado recipes by wood-firing the avocado. This simple step will bring all the nutritional benefits of the fruit with a bold new taste.

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Smoked Ham On The Grill Made Easy By Following a Few Tips

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Whether you’re preparing ham for a holiday like Easter, Christmas or New Year, for a formal brunch or even for a family special event like a reunion, Christening, or engagement party, you can take this average protein and make it so much more. Even if the ham you purchase has already been smoked, you can take away the factory flavor and truly make it your own with our simple technique for smoking on a gas grill using a two-zone cooking method. Plus, I’ll give you a ham glaze recipe that will make you forever throw away a prepackaged glaze.

Get your gas grill ready, purchase a ham, and bring your game as I give you the easy steps to smoking a ham on the gas grill with wood chunks.

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follow this wonderful you tube channel sharing heritage recipes

One of the best perks of working with food is the reach you can have with others. It may be:

• sparking someone’s interest in trying a recipe
• providing a solution to a problem they are encountering at the grill
• or just giving them the initial spark to get going in the kitchen or at the grill.

When SmokinLicious® was approach by Clinton of Durban, South Africa to make a contribution to his channel, we were all game!

A Unique Channel About Family Tradition

Passing It On is a unique channel. At its core is the commitment to passing on family recipes that might otherwise be lost. SmokinLicious® may not always incorporate a family recipe in our episodes. But, we are focusing on the earliest method of cooking. Cooking by wood fire! Passed on from our caveman ancestors.

You’ll be introduced to recipes that have some connection to our blended American families. Since America is made of diverse heritage from all over the globe, the food will be just as diverse.

You get great recipes and different ways to prepare them, including on the outdoor grill or on the stove top using a home made smoker pot. Start using natural hardwood as an ingredient.

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We are so excited to work with the great team at Passing It On! We are ready to pass on our food and drink recipes with that special wood-fired flavour twist. Enjoy!

You can find our episodes posted weekly at: https://www.youtube.com/c/passingiton

Dr Smoke invites you to follow this wonderful you tube channel where they share heritage recipes.

Our wood-fired clams casino on the offset grill with brick and the finished product

WOOD-FIRED CLAMS CASINO- THE ULTIMATE

SUMMARY:

Wood fired cooking on a charcoal grill is fun with clams! You have tasted steamers, top neck clams, clams casino now try wood-fired clams casino! These wood roasted clams casino in our grilled clams casino recipe is a must try anytime you grill! This two-zone cooking method is easy with a foil-covered brick!

Have you ever noticed how many ingredients go with clams? This low fat, high protein seafood also has many beneficial minerals. They are also one of the most sustainable seafood resources.

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Ember Fired Eggplant on the rack cooking above a bed of hot coals. This technique provides the heat for cooking and the aroma of the wood smoke

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You’ve heard me mention before how great it is to ember or coal fire certain foods, with a good majority of those items falling in the fruit category. One of the best fruits to use this technique with is eggplant.

Ember Fired Eggplant- Not of Nutritional Value

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Smoke a Turkey with our easy to do tips will result in awesome color and flavor. Give it a try!

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There are so many ways to smoke a turkey with the main difference found in the amount of time for both preparation and cooking. One of the favorite methods is hot smoking whether done on a traditional smoker, charcoal grill, or gas grill.

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Wood Fired Apple WOOD-FIRED APPLES MAKE THE BEST CAKE

WOOD-FIRED APPLES MAKE THE BEST CAKE

As the second most consumed fruit in the USA, apples are loaded with antioxidant benefits and have been found to have extensive benefit to the colon due to the high level of gut bacteria present in its polyphenols. Plus, this is a fruit that is readily available all year long making it an ideal choice for cooking.

We are taking the Gala variety and putting them over a coal fire for wood-fired flavor in our apple pie cake. Pick your favorite variety of apple and get out the charcoal grill for this fun and simple technique and recipe.

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everything you need to know about ember cooked sweet peppers on the outside fireplace or pit. Click To Tweet

Ingredients:

• An Outside fireplace or pit that is clean of ashes
• Cast iron skillet, if you prefer to cook in a container rather than directly on the embers
• Sweet peppers- medium to large size, any color though multi colored ones provide for a better presentation, 10-18 quantity
• SmokinLicious® Grande Sapore® wood chips– Ash wood or your favorite wood species
• Herbs – optional
• Drizzle of Extra Virgin olive oil

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Our Roasted onions in fireplace ashes!The one vegetable we can pretty much get all year long is … the onion! So, why not give this common vegetable a special, no, fabulous flavor infusion. The way to this end? Ember cooking in an outside fireplace or cooking pit.

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