Grilled Asparagus
Grilled Asparagus is a perfect appetizer or side dish for an all-from-the-grill dinner or lunch; grilling unexpectedly heightens the natural grassy flavor of fresh asparagus. A welcome change from the more common steamed asparagus, grilled asparagus is easy to prepare; the only challenge is to use asparagus stalks of similar diameter for even cooking. We recommend using very fresh asparagus, preferably within a day of purchase. For ease of operation, use commercially available minced garlic and crushed ginger. Crushed ginger is available at Indian or Middle Eastern grocery stores or on-line. Try some Grilled Asparagus with Indonesian Chicken for a colorful, tasty dinner.
Prep Time: 10 minutes, Total Time: 15 to 20 minutes. Serves: 4
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Grilled Pasta alla Norma
Lush and smoky, Grilled Pasta alla Norma, is our take on this classic Sicilian dish, said to be a favorite of the 19th century composer Vincenzo Bellini and named for his greatest opera heroine. Bellini was a native of Catania, Sicily as was Vito’s paternal grandmother. Here we grill the eggplant, yielding a deep, smoky element, prior to incorporating it into the sauce. Start with our Sicilian Orange Salad, then have our Grilled Pasta alla Norma with penne, ziti or rigatoni pasta, topped with freshly grated ricotta salata, and accompanied by a Nero d’Avolo or Primitivo for a Sicilian themed dinner.
Prep Time: 20 minutes, Total Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes. Serves: 4.
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Fast and Fabulous Pork Chops
Fast to prepare, these fabulously flavored grilled pork chops will have you wanting to add Fast and Fabulous Pork Chops to your weekly dinner menu. We recommend using bone-in pork chops (you’ll be licking the grilled marinade from the bones) but feel free to use boneless pork chops if those are your preference. Either way, you will love our Fast and Fabulous Pork Chops which are great with our Easy Yummy Brussels Sprouts.
Prep Time: 30 minutes, Total Time: 40 minutes excluding marinating time. Serves 2.
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Indonesian Chicken
Indonesian Chicken is inspired by Satay Ayam, the grilled Indonesian chicken on skewers. The zesty and colorful marinade works its magic on the chicken breasts, imbuing them with a wonderful flavor and color; basting the chicken breasts with the marinade while grilling, deepens the rich flavor and helps to keep them juicy. We’re sure Indonesian Chicken, served with simple green beans or our Herbed Zucchini with Ginger and Garlic and Peanut Sauce, will become a requested favorite at your house.
Prep Time: 15 minutes plus marinating time, Total Time: 40 minutes excluding marinating time Serves 4.
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Grilled Italian Sausage and Peppers Two Ways
Grilled Italian Sausage and Peppers Two Ways offers two crowd pleasing ways to serve these favorites.
Growing up in an Italian-American family in New Jersey, Italian sausage and peppers was a favorite and familiar summertime meal, whether from the backyard barbeque grill at Vito’s grandparents’ house or from one of the innumerable kiosk restaurants rising from or lining the boardwalk at seaside resorts “down the shore”, no tables, just counters with bar stools to “eat it there or take away somewhere”. Regardless of the venue, Italian sausage and peppers never failed to satisfy.
We have always preferred the grill to the griddle for cooking sausages and peppers; the slightly smoky and charred exteriors of the sausage links and peppers pieces yielding to juicy, flavor-bursting interiors upon biting into them. Here, we’ve prepared grilled Italian sausage and peppers two ways; the classic on a roll topped with melting provolone and mozzarella cheeses and grilled pepper strips and an alternative preparation with the sausages sliced into thin rounds and combined with the grilled pepper strips, then all mixed into quick tomato sauce with pasta. Either way, you will surely be satisfied. Enjoy!
Prep Time: 15 minutes, Total Time: 50 minutes Serves: 4
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Grilled Bruschetta Two Ways
Grilled Bruschetta Two Ways updates the popular Italian appetizer with all the flavors of summer. With one bite, you can taste the summer sun-ripened elements all brought together into a savory symphony.
Here we expand on the usual bread base by toasting the bread on the grill and complimenting them with grilled eggplant slices too. Grilling the bread and eggplant bases gives this bruschetta an added depth of flavor. The colorful and tasty dressing sauce adds flavor complexity and “Zip”, as Vito’s Mom would say.
Serve Grilled Bruschetta Two Ways to your guests as an appetizer before Chicken Abruzzese at your next dinner party or pass a platter of this bruschetta around at your backyard barbecue, either way, it’s a sure crowd-pleaser.
Prep Time: 30 minutes, Total Time 60 minutes Yield: 6 – 8 servings
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