bbq onion and smoked gouda quesadillas with pea shoot mini salad

 

INGREDIENTS

6 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 pound onions, peeled, halved, thinly sliced
1/3 cup purchased barbecue sauce
2 tablespoons water
8 8-inch-diameter flour tortillas
8 ounces coarsely grated smoked Gouda
cheese (about 2 cups packed)
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
2 ounces pea shoots or pea sprouts or
1 small bunch trimmed watercress
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

PREPERATIONS

 

Preheat oven to 300°F. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add onions and sauté until almost soft, about 5 minutes. Add barbecue sauce and 2 tablespoons water. Stir until onions are evenly coated, about 2 minutes.

Place 4 tortillas on work surface. Sprinkle 1/4 of cheese, then 1/4 of cilantro and 1/4 of onions on each tortilla. Top each with second tortilla and press to adhere.

Brush skillet with 1 teaspoon oil; heat over medium-high heat. Add 1 quesadilla; cook until cheese is melted, about 2 minutes per side. Place on baking sheet in oven. Repeat with remaining quesadillas.

Cut each quesadilla into quarters; arrange 4 quarters on each plate. Toss pea shoots in medium bowl with 5 teaspoons oil, hot sauce, and pinch of salt. Serve salad with quesadillas.

 

beef ribs with orange and smoked paprika sauce

INGREDIENTS

2/3 cup sweet orange marmalade
1/4 cup Sherry wine vinegar
2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon smoked paprika* plus more for sprinkling
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cumin plus more for sprinkling
6 meaty beef ribs

PREPERATIONS

Prepare barbecue (medium-low heat). Blend first 4 ingredients, 1 tablespoon paprika, and 1 1/4 teaspoons cumin in medium bowl. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Transfer half of sauce to small pitcher and reserve.

Sprinkle ribs on all sides with paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper. Grill 20 minutes, turning occasionally. Brush ribs with some of sauce from bowl. Grill until slightly charred and cooked to medium-rare, brushing with remaining sauce in bowl, about 15 minutes. Transfer ribs to platter. Drizzle with some of reserved sauce in pitcher and sprinkle with salt and pepper; pass remaining sauce.

* Sometimes labeled Pimentón Dulce or Pimentón de La Vera Dulce, available at some supermarkets, at specialty foods stores, and from tienda.com.

bbq ONION STEAKS WITH HONEY MUSTARD SAUCE

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter, melted
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon chopped fresh summer savory
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

2 large sweet onions (such as Walla Walla, Vidalia, or Maui), peeled, cut horizontally into 1/2-inch-thick slices

PREP

Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Whisk oil and butter in small bowl. Whisk mustard and next 3 ingredients in another small bowl.

Run 2 thin metal skewers or soaked bamboo skewers parallel through each onion slice, placing skewers about 1 1/2 inches apart to keep slice intact. Trim ends of bamboo skewers. Brush both sides of onion slices with oil mixture. Place onions on grill and cook until beginning to char, turning and brushing often with oil mixture, about 11 minutes. Brush top side of onions with mustard mixture and cook until mixture begins to bubble, about 2 minutes. Turn onions; brush with mustard mixture and grill until beginning to caramelize, about 1 minute longer. Transfer onions to plate. Brush with mustard mixture.