Sunday, November 29, 2009

25 pound Smoked Turkey


25 pound Smoked Turkey, originally uploaded by jekemp.

Brined the turkey for 12 hours beforehand and started the mesquite charcoal at 7:00am. Loaded the bird around 7:30am and finished at 2:00pm. The BGE never got over 260 degrees. During the smoking process, I added water soaked apple wood chips along at various intervals to make a nice thick pink smoke ring in the meat.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

shittake & Green pepper


shittake & Green pepper, originally uploaded by jekemp.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Special Pizza Fundraiser for Georgia Flooded Farms Relief Fund

On Saturday November 14 at 10:00am
The Peachtree Road Farmer's Market
Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers will be on site with their mobile pizza oven preparing some very special pizzas to sell by the slice and as whole pies. All proceeds will be going directly to the Georgia Flooded Farm Relief Fund.

~What makes these Pizzas so special?

I went ahead and spoke with the farmers who participate at the market and will be sourcing the ingredients for the toppings directly from from them on the day of the market!
These pizzas are going to be a unique and limited offering to say the least.

Special Mellow Locavore Pizzas:

#1~Cheese,Spinach, Bacon, Mushrooms, Olive oil, Black pepper, Salt
#2~Assorted local Peppers, River-view Farms Sausage, Cheese, Tomatoes
#3~Georgia Coastal Shrimp, Garlic,Olive Oil, Peanut-Cilantro Sauce, Cilantro
#4~Sweet potato,Parmesan,Kale,Rosemary,Olive oil.
#5~Cheese,Pesto, Tomato,Eggplant,Basil,Arugula,Black Pepper,Salt

*Pizzas will be subject to ingredient availability on the day of the market and may not be served exactly as shown above.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

A simple mayonnaise recipe

Mayonnaise

2 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
1 cup peanut oil

1. Place egg yolks, salt, mustard, lemon juice, and vinegar into food processor. combine well by pulsing 4 or 5 times.

2. Pour oil through the feed tube slowly in a thin stream until fully incorporated. The mixture thickens up as the oil gets worked in.