Good friends, good times and good food!

Our outdoor kitchen.

 Friend get together dinner menu.

                             Porchetta, oven roasted potatoes, ribs,white rice and garden vegetable salad.

The porchetta, potatoes and ribs were cooked in my backyard stone oven! The taste is super delicious when using natural wood heat, takes a bit longer but its well worth it. Of course you can cook any of these delicious recipes in a regular oven, and will taste delicious.

Questions,comments or suggestions always welcome.

                                                  
Oven Roasted potatoes, sweet potatoes & baby carrots

Ingredients

• Potatoes (rule of thumb 2 potatoes per person)
• 2 Sweet Potatoes
• A handful of baby carrots
• Salt & pepper 
• 4 cloves of garlic finely chopped or garlic powder
• 1onion (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp rosemary
• 1 tsp paprika
• Olive oil

Wash  and cut potatoes into wedges (peal the skin off -optional). Combine carrots and the rest of ingredients,drizzle olive oil, mix well, and roast in the oven at 375F for about 25 minutes or until tender. Broil for an extra 5 minutes to  golden the potatoes.

 
                        Veggie salad

Ingredients

• 2 cups broccoli
• 2 cups green beans chopped in half
• 2 beets
• 1 avocado
• a handful of cherry tomatoes
• 1 small onion
• goat cheese (optional)
• salt, olive oil & vinegar to taste

Roast broccoli and green beans for 10 to 15 minutes at 350F. Let cool and place in a bowl. Add beets (sliced into thin moon slices depending on how large the beet is),avocado sliced into wedges, cherry tomatoes whole or cut in half, and sliced onion. Sprinkle salt, olive oil and vinegar to taste. Cut about an inch slice of goat cheese (3 tablespoons) and with a fork shred it over salad and serve.

 
Roasted Pork Ribs

                                                                Ingredients

• Rack of ribs
• 1-2 tbsp Hot sauce optional
• 3 tbsp barbecue sauce 
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 5 Garlic cloves
• Salt 

Cut ribs individually and place them in a rack. In a blender combine all other ingredients and blend together. You can always add more barbecue sauce to thicken if sauce to thin. Season ribs with salt, brush the sauce over the ribs and put them in the fridge for about an hour. Cook ribs in oven at 375F for 40 minutes. Broil for an extra 5 min.Note: you can marinate the ribs with the sauce the night before, or morning of.

Europeans love food, and porchetta is one of our favorite dishes.The roasted porchetta was delicious and our friends enjoyed it.

 Enjoy!

Wood fired oven

                                                          

Roasted Porchetta