Month: December 2008

How to Make Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing Recipe

Tonight I was working on a pasta recipe that called for some balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Unfortunately I didn’t have any in the house, so I went searching on the web to find a good, quick and easy balsamic vinaigrette dressing that I could make to add to my recipe.

I came across quite a few recipes, but since I was looking for an easy one, the following recipe really appealed to me.

Here are the directions and ingredients I used to make my Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing:

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 a Shallot
  • 1/3 cup (75ml) balsamic vinegar
  • 2/3 cup (150ml) Olive Oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • lemon juice

Because I only needed 1/2 a cup of salad dressing I halved all the ingredients.

Dice the shallot and add it to your mixing bowl

Add your balsamic vinegar

Add a pinch of salt and your black pepper

Drizzle in your oil, while you whisk.

After you whisk it for a while you will want to check the taste. Season it to taste with your salt and pepper and then at the end add a squeeze of lemon juice to give the balsamic vinaigrette dressing a bit of a zing.

You can also see below how to do it:


Salad:How To Make Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing

Roasted BBQ Chicken – Beer Butt Chicken

I have had Beer Butt Chicken a few times, but have not yet cooked it myself. It makes a very moist and delicious chicken on the BBQ.

This recipe for Beer Butt Chicken comes Chris Harrison, from a friend in South Australia who is a BBQ fiend. Almost everything I hear from him has something to do with his experiences cooking on his BBQ.

Here is his recipe for easy Beer Butt Chicken:

You need a BBQ with at least 3 burners, mine has 4 burners. You turn on the burners on the outside, leave the middle ones off.

Get a beer can, take the top off it and drink half the beer.

I have a special holder for the chicken and the beer, but you need to season the outside of the chicken with your favourite seasoning. Keep the beer can upright and put it up the chickens butt. Put it standing up in a small baking pan so that the fat can drip into the pan.

Put the chicken with the beer can up it’s but in the middle of the grill and close the lid. Cook for 90 minutes rotating the pan every 15 / 25 minutes. The chicken gets steamed by the beer, it leaves no beer taste, but the chicken is always moist.

You can read more about Chris Harrison and his work with YWAM South Australia on his web-site.

Corned Beef Silverside in a Slow Cooker

Cooking Corned Silverside in the Slow Cooker is one of the easiest meals that I make.

List of ingredients:

  • Medium Corned Silverside Roast
  • 10 Pepper Corn Kernels
  • 3 Table Spoons Brown Sugar
  • Mixed Herbs
  • Splash of Vinegar
  • Water

Put the corned beef silverside in the slow cooker then sprinkle the dry ingredients over it. Pour your splash of vinegar over the silverside then cover it the silverside with water.

Cook the silverside on low for 8 – 10 hours, on high for 6 – 7 hours, or on high for 4 – 5 hours.

Corned Been Silverside is the perfect meal that you can prepare before heading off to work in the morning.

Tonight I will be serving mine with mashed potatoes, a nice green salad and maybe some bake at home rolls. We’ve got a very busy day, so a slow cooker meal is great to make dinner time a bit less crazy.