Feeding the Fire: Recipes and Strategies for Better Barbecue and Grilling

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Joe Carroll makes stellar barbecue and grilled meats in Brooklyn, New York, at his acclaimed restaurants Fette Sau and St. Anselm. In Feeding the Fire, Carroll gives us his top 20 lessons and more than 75 recipes to make incredible fire-cooked foods at home, proving that you don’t need to have fancy equipment or long-held regional traditions to make succulent barbecue and grilled meats. Feeding the Fire teaches the hows and whys of live-fire cooking: how to create low and slow fires, how to properly grill chicken (leave it on the bone), why American whiskey blends so nicely with barbecued meats (both are flavored with charred wood), and how to make the best sides to serve with meat (keep it simple). Recipes nested within each lesson include Pulled Pork Shoulder, Beef Short Ribs, Bourbon-Brined Center-Cut Pork Chops, Grilled Clams with Garlic Butter, and Charred Long Beans. Anyone can follow these simple and straightforward lessons to become an expert. Cover Title page Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword Introduction Lesson no. 1: Meat Matters Lesson no. 2: Wood Is An Ingredient Lesson no. 3: One Rub Conquers All Fette Sau Dry Rub Tasso Ham Lesson no. 4: Barbecue Is a Technique, Not a Recipe Pulled Pork Shoulder Pork Belly St. Louis–Style Pork Spareribs Pork Loin Roast Beef Brisket Beef Short Ribs Lamb Spareribs Pulled Leg of Goat Beef Cheeks Lesson no. 5: Whiskey Takes Time Lesson no. 6: Keep Sides Simple Cora’s Broccoli Salad Dante’s Potato Salad Baked Beans with Burnt Ends Baked Bean–Stuffed Onions Grilled Fingerling Potatoes Collard Greens Susan’s Dilly Coleslaw Charred Long Beans Grilled Halloumi with Long Beans and Pea shoots Charred Broccoli with Pecorino and Lemon Iceberg Wedge with Warm Bacon Dressing and Blue Cheese Tomato and Burrata Salad Charred Corn with Compound Cream Cheese Baby Eggplants with Fried Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onions Santa Maria–Style Tri-Tip Lesson no. 7" Sauce? If You Must . . . Sweet Barbecue Sauce Vinegar Sauce Spicy Chile Pepper Sauce Spicy Mustard Pulled Lamb Shoulder Lesson no. 8: You Can Bring the Smoke Inside Smoked and Grilled Hot Dogs Smoked Mackerel with Herb Spread and Grilled Tomato Concassé Lesson no. 9: Beer Is a Craft Lesson no. 10: Fire Equals Flavor Maryland-style Pit Beef Lesson no. 11: Charcoal: Keep It Pure Lesson no. 12: Oil Early and Oil Well Lesson no. 13: Brining and Salting Are Worth the Time Basic Brine Bourbon-Brined Center-Cut Pork Chops Barbecued Turkey Dry Rub–Brined Chicken Beef Brisket Pastrami Beef Tongue Pastrami Bacon Lesson no. 14: Doneness: Know Where to Stick It Lesson no. 15: Grilling Red Meat: Cook to the Cut Butcher’s Steaks with Garlic Butter Axe-Handle Rib-Eye Steak New York Strip Steaks with Sauce au Poivre Beer-Marinated Rump Steaks Butter-Poached and Grilled Beef Tenderloin Steaks Lamb Saddle Chops with Mint-Yogurt Sauce Lamb Shoulder Blade Chops with Mint-Gremolata Butter Veal Flank Steaks with Chimichurri Oil Lesson no. 16: Grilling Chicken: Leave It on the Bone Sweet Tea–Brined Poussins Grill-Smoked Chicken with Jamaican Gravy Chicken Spiedies Cornell Chicken Lesson no. 17: Grilling Seafood: Less Is More Grilled Swordfish Steaks with Wine-Bottle Sauce Grilled Whole Trout with Lemon and Garlic Butter Grilled Mackerel with Green Peppercorn Sauce Grilled Sardines with Ponzu and Pickled Red Onions Grilled Diver Scallops Grilled Clams with Garlic Butter Grilled Monster Prawns Grilled Lobster Grilled “Whole” Salmon Grilled SalmonCollar Lesson no. 18: You Can Grill Before Noon Grilled Berkshire Bacon Steak and Eggs Brisket Hash with Fried Eggs Grilled Romaine Salad Grilled BLT with Pickled Tomatoes and Avocado Spread Grilled Patty Melt with Caramelized Onions Grilled Sausage, Pepper, and Onion Sandwiches Lesson no. 19: A Grill Basket Is Your Buddy Grilled Shishito Peppers Grilled Fiddlehead Ferns with Cured Ham Grilled Artichoke Hearts with Aioli Seafood Mixed Grill Grilled Cauliflower Lesson no. 20: Wine Should Make a Statement Resources Acknowledgments Index