Miss Laura's #2 son is a great guy. He called her friday and asked if he could bring his girlfriend and daughter to dinner - they live about 90 miles north of us and would be driving thru rush-hour traffic Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia in the rain on Friday. Of course she said yes and texted me with a request to "Go to the store and pick up something special.." to fix for dinner.
3 lbs of lovely grass fed beef ribeye
fresh asparagus
fresh crimini mushrooms
1 lb of arborio rice for risotto
I salted the steaks and warmed them in the oven to about 90°F - and finished on the grill of the Grill2Go X200 - the more I use this little grill the more impressed with it I become. Exceptional heat output for a small portable grill. Used a smoker box filled with cherry-apple-mesquite to start the steaks off but only just a kiss of smoke.
After grilling and resting for about 10 minutes, I carved into 1/4 inch slices on the diagonal cross grain....perfectly rare with firm texture and seared surface. I'll give a full report on Welcome to the Cookout! later and post a link back to here with all the photos. But this is a good one.
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