tomahawk66 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Posted October 16, 2016 Inspired by others excellent 'non traditional' use of the KK (basically as a standard oven replacement) I decided to try my favorite slow cooked tomato sauce recipie. I was going to be grilling tonight anyway so why not spend the 6 hours or so before hand making a beautiful sauce for pastas, meatballs etc? I make this sauce in bulk and basically use it in place of canned tomatoes. It's an intense tomato stew and I especially like kicking up the heat with a few chillis and then adding seafood to make a hearty southern French/Spanish dish. General recipie can be found here: http://www.seriouseats.com/amp/recipes/2014/09/the-best-slow-cooked-italian-american-tomato-sauce-red-sauce-recipe.html It's pretty intense and takes a while but worth it! Gotta start with a drink right? Kraken spiced rum, fever tree ginger beer, fresh lime juice and a twist. Basket splitter in as I'm grilling after this. Tried something different with the coco char today. It's a bit labour intensive as it calls for whole plum tomatoes and then you break them down by hand, literally. Kenji provides the reasons for this in detail. I'm doing a double batch so 8 tbsp of butter and a half cup of olive oil along with 16 cloves of garlic (that's a lot - even when you consider the 224 Oz of tomatoes...) And couple of tablespoons of dried oregano and 2 teaspoons of chili flakes before adding the tomatoes, a couple of halved onions and halved carrots and some big sprigs of basil Then happily on the KK at 300F for the next 6 hours with the lid part off. To be continued... Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
Aussie Ora Posted October 16, 2016 Report Posted October 16, 2016 Looking bloody awesome so far have tried kraken interesting twist withe the ginger beer there is a brewery in Broome Western Australia called matsos https://www.matsos.com.authat do a great ginger beer. Outback Kamado Bar and Grill
MacKenzie Posted October 16, 2016 Report Posted October 16, 2016 Looks wonderful, I'm so glad you said you were sending samples to anyone who viewed your post.
tomahawk66 Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Posted October 16, 2016 Update: nicely reducedLetting it cool over night before finishing with a couple more tins of uncooked plum tomatoes to give it a zing and some fresh herbs...Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk 1
Stile88 Posted October 16, 2016 Report Posted October 16, 2016 Looks amazing i bet this will taste out of this world
MacKenzie Posted October 16, 2016 Report Posted October 16, 2016 Awesome, now I'm waiting to see you put it to good use.
ckreef Posted October 18, 2016 Report Posted October 18, 2016 Looks fantastic. Can't wait to see the grand finale.
tomahawk66 Posted October 18, 2016 Author Report Posted October 18, 2016 So once the sauce was done I finished it with another 6 cups of plumb tomatoes to give it a zing and some chopped basil and parsley:Then made up some great meat balls from the Food Lab recipie book and we had meatball fettuccine for dinner:I didn't do the meat balls on the grill this time, will have to try that for the next batch!!I have about 6 litres of sauce bagged up and frozen - some already earmarked for neighbours who came over while I was cooking it in the KK to ask what the amazing smell was!!Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
MacKenzie Posted October 18, 2016 Report Posted October 18, 2016 Pasta and meatballs look delicious, brilliant.
ckreef Posted October 18, 2016 Report Posted October 18, 2016 Nice Italian dinner, one of my favorites.
tinyfish Posted October 18, 2016 Report Posted October 18, 2016 That looks great. Normally my wife cook's the tomato sauce on the stove, will have to try it on the KK.
