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Recipes => Recipes => Appetizers => Topic started by: Wing Commander on February 16, 2013, 01:36:28 PM

Title: Grilled Tapas
Post by: Wing Commander on February 16, 2013, 01:36:28 PM
In my German home forum we have monthly contests since January. February's theme is Tapas from the grill.

So I started with some seafood:

Planked scallops:

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Scampi:

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Beetroot slices from grillgrates:

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Oysters with a bit chipotle tabasco, mirin and diced chalots and little tacos.

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That's my seafood tapa plate: scallops on smoky red bell pepper puree, beetroot carpaccio with chopped walnuts and goat cream cheese, scampi on mini tacos, and oysters au gratin.

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All right, let's continue with some red meat:

Little Nurnberger Wurst, two kinds of Bratwurst, moink rolls glaced with raspberry chipotle BBQ-sauce and topped with sesame, Krakauer sausage as shots with pastrami and bacon, both topped with chili creamcheese, a herbal rub and brown sugar. Then a bit later Schnitzel pinwheels with chopped walnuts.

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Meanwhile I put some mini cordon bleu - stuffed with mini mozarella and ham, and panko crusted and lingenberry-stuffed cheese on the Cobb grill.

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On the ceramic cooker I put a little rumpsteak, that was later cut into thin slices to be put on baguette topped with horseradish cream.

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Then I filled glasses with chilibeans, thin sliced bratwurst, some mustard sauce and later topped with cole slaw.

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The Nurnberger was cut into slices and prepared as Currywurst with homemade currysauce, then sprinkled with some curry powder.

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Soon time to plate up...

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...and here we go: Mini-Currywurst

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Mini Cordon bleu,lingenberry-stuffed and panko crusted mini-cheese, sesame moink rolls, rumpsteak crostini with herseradish topping, walnut crusted Schnitzel-pinwheels, Krakauer shots with bacon and Krakauer shots with pastrami.

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Bratwurst sundaes.

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That was quite a bit of work, but also lots of fun!
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: Keymaster on February 16, 2013, 01:50:52 PM
That is absolutely Awesome W.C. I forget how much work it is to prepare food sometimes when looking at others pictures, that was a lot of work. You got my vote for the contest :)
Title: Grilled Tapas
Post by: mikecorn.1 on February 16, 2013, 02:01:04 PM
Looks absolutely great. Nice work.


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Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: ACW3 on February 16, 2013, 02:53:14 PM
OUT OF THE PARK, AGAIN!!!!!
WC,
You did it again!!  That is a major platter of food you prepared.  Everything on the platter looked great!!  I love the bratwurst sundaes.  I may have to "borrow" that one.

Art
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: sparky on February 16, 2013, 02:59:00 PM
oh my god.  what a feast.  give me a martini and get the h#ll out of my way.  i heading to the buffet line.   :P
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: RAD on February 16, 2013, 03:02:25 PM
Awesome, just awesome WC. I could eat all of that.
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: Tinnmel on February 16, 2013, 03:26:27 PM
That's an incredible spread.  Well done.
Title: Grilled Tapas
Post by: Pappymn on February 16, 2013, 04:15:02 PM
Wow......home run buddy. Amazing how you manage to top yourself!
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: Sam3 on February 16, 2013, 04:30:51 PM
Just amazing WC, what a creative cook and fantastic presentation!
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: Smokin Don on February 16, 2013, 04:31:24 PM
Now that was out of sight WC! What a cook, I would liked to have tried all of this! My hat's off to you, nice job! Don
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: drholly on February 16, 2013, 04:45:33 PM
That has to be one of the best tapa spreads I've ever seen - including tapa bars in Spain and Latin America! You gotta win this one!

David
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: CaptJack on February 16, 2013, 05:49:10 PM
impressive (http://i50.tinypic.com/20ztyfl.gif)
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: Old Hickory on February 16, 2013, 05:58:41 PM
Beautiful.  You won this one hands down.
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: Pam Gould on February 16, 2013, 08:53:22 PM
Absolutely Gorgeous  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: muebe on February 17, 2013, 01:00:30 AM
WOW!!!!!!
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: RickB on February 17, 2013, 04:44:27 AM
Very nice WC! Some great looking tapas.
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: Hub on February 17, 2013, 06:52:42 AM
Your wurst is the best, WC  :o

Hub
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: squirtthecat on February 17, 2013, 08:55:05 AM

I'm calling Lufthansa, and then it is Hammer Time!
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: bbqchef on February 17, 2013, 09:02:32 AM
Very nice job! I'm booking my flight now!
Title: Re: Grilled Tapas
Post by: SiFumar on February 17, 2013, 08:47:19 PM
That's some fantastic tapas you made there!  Looks like a winner to me!  I like how you shaped the moinks....great idea.