BBQ Stuffed Mushrooms Steamed on BBQ Plank

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Stuffed Mushrooms Steamed on a BBQ Plank

Cooking mushrooms steamed on wood is simply, in my opinion, the best way to eat mushrooms. They absorb the moisture from the wood incredible well, as well as the different flavours of the wood, to make them very moist, tender and tasty but not mushy or slimy.

Even cooking mushrooms simply ( BBQ or in the oven) with a drizzle of olive oil and some salt and pepper, you can enjoy the amazing flavour and texture of mushrooms. I am really looking forward to trying lots of different mushrooms, with their differing flavours and textures, on wood. I'll keep you posted.

Any of the woods can be used for cooking mushrooms such as Oak, Beech and Cherry but, as always, take care with the Cedar because it is very sweet and spicy and the flavour can be too over powering for some. Just a matter of taste.

Ingredients

2 large plate mushrooms, stems removed 3 finely chopped spring onions 1/2 medium sized onion, finely chopped 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped 1 tsp chopped rosemary 1 tsp chopped parsley 1 slice of white or brown bread, crumbed 1 tbsp Parmesan cheese 1 tbsp mayonnaise 1 tbsp grated strong cheddar cheese 1 tbsp cream cheese salt and freshly ground black pepper   optional   2 oz prawns, peeled and deveined and chop into small pieces or 1 smoky bacon rasher, cooked and chopped     serves 2

 

1. Heat some oil in a frying pan and gently fry the onion, spring onion and garlic until soft.

2. In a bowl mix your fried onion mixture with the bread crumbs, cheeses, mayonnaise, herbs and salt and pepper.

3. Divide your mixture up between the two mushrooms and gently fill them up with the mixture. Place your Stuffed Mushrooms onto your BBQ Plank and sprinkle with some parsley.

4. Preheat your BBQ to a medium heat and place your pre-soaked BBQ Plank with the mushrooms onto the BBQ Grill, close the lid and BBQ for 12-15 minutes until the mushrooms are soft and the top begins to brown.

 

 

This is the vegetarian version but you can add the chopped prawns or chopped smoky bacon to the mixture for the meat eaters.

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Each BBQ is different and have different cooking times and temperatures, check your manufacturer's instructions for cooking guidelines.

Wild Oak BBQ Planked Steak in Wales

There aren't many foodie gadgets that you can easily take on holiday with you that won't break on the trip or be too cumbersome to pack but that is why I love my BBQ Planks. I have just been for my holidays in Wales with my family, we went camping in two fantastic campsites. The first was right next to the sea and we managed to get quite a lot of surfing done and then we went into the Brecon Beacons for a quieter, more rustic holiday and we found just that.

We put up our tent right in front of some woods and just five metres away was a beautiful Welsh river full of boulders and waterfalls. A perfect spot for getting away from it all and making lots of fire and having fantastic BBQs. We managed to find a Farmer's Shop (not easy as it sounds in the Brecon Beacons) and bought some steaks and we finally got our chance to use our Oak BBQ Planks.

The secret of cooking with wood is soaking the wood in water (mixed with beer, cider, herbs etc - whatever your taste) and our first question in the morning was how to soak our BBQ Planks, we could either collect some water in bottles and soak the plank in a plastic bag all day but we didn't fancy that. So the next idea was to put the planks in the river under a large enough stone so it wouldn't wash away and hope they would still be there when we get back with the food. 'What's dinner without a bit of risk' said my ten-year-old - so that is what we did.

I'm not sure I would put my BBQ Planks into just any river but this was a fast flowing river straight from the Welsh Mountains and water doesn't get much better or cleaner than that. We had fun finding a heavy enough stone to keep the plank in place but not so heavy that we couldn't actually move it and then crossed our fingers that they would still be there when we got back from our day's events.

We really shouldn't have worried and when we got back they were fine. Next step is to build a charcoal BBQ (kids are great at finding sticks for kindling)and prepare the rump steak with pasta. I won't talk about the pasta recipe (it was more functional than culinary)but here is how to cook:

An Oak BBQ Planked Steak

You really don't need to mess around with a steak when you cook on an Oak BBQ Plank because when it cooks the steak is steamed and smoked at the same time but it also gets an infusion of the oak flavour. It is simply the best way to cook a steak because the meat becomes incredible tender and moist and will melt in the mouth. So season your steak with some salt and pepper and put onto your soaked Oak BBQ Plank and put onto your BBQ grill and cook to taste.

You can use your BBQ Plank more than ten times if you don't have too much flame on your charcoal BBQ and longer if you have gas. If you look at the picture you can see the plank is slowly turning to charcoal (this was its fifteenth time)and when it is more charcoal than wood then just crumble it onto your BBQ or fire.

When I have my stall at Food Festivals or Country Fairs selling my Roasting Planks, BBQ Planks and Wood Paper, I always do a demonstration on my little portable BBQ of an Oak BBQ Planked Steak. The reaction is incredible, nearly everyone who tastes it buys a plank because they simply can't believe how moist and tender it is. A real winner so I challenge anyone to try it and find a better way to cook a steak.

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