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Post by smokey on Apr 27, 2015 19:37:24 GMT 10
I was looking for a beefier than beef flavour to enhance a simple roast beef. If anyone has had Buffalo they will know what I was after. Heavily influenced from the Africana and inspired by several members of this forum, I set about writing from scratch something to match the Captains Gourmet Chicken Brine. Its a long list and could be cut short but was this Oh so good. My educated guesses just fell into place. The Recipe 1 White or brown Onion, Diced 1 clove garlic rough diced 1 splash of beer to caramelise and de fond the pot. brown the onions and garlic nice and dark. This is where the main flavour comes from. Now add; 1 1/2 cups strong black coffee 3 TBS Worchestshire sauce 1 TBS fresh ground black pepper 1 TBS Soy sauce 1 TSP Vegimite 1 TSP Bonox or Bovril 2 TBS Sweet Malt Extract 1 TBS salt 1 TBS Dark Balsamic Vinager 1 TSP sugar 1/2 TSP Cummin Powder Simmer a while then add enough boiling water to make up two litres. let cool and refrigerate. Brine in a zip lock bag Rinse and rub with olive oil and pack on ground Coffee for the rub Taken off at 50c and rose to 60c under foil
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osdave
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Post by osdave on Apr 27, 2015 20:53:58 GMT 10
Looks damn good.
Coupla questions.
I'm not a fan of coffee. I don't like the flavour and am not that enthused about the smell (which doesn't go well with a job that means a thousand coffee shop meetings a month). Having said all that I do use coffee in my meatloaf. Anyway does a coffee rub come out tasting like coffee?
Secondly why vegemite AND bovril/bonox. Surely one, the vegemite, will give you the flavour your looking for.
Dave
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Post by smokey on Apr 27, 2015 21:35:29 GMT 10
Cannot taste coffee, But maybe you can , If you like it in meat loaf I think your good to go. It does work wonders as a rub in the way it Browns up and mixes with the fats to form a perfect crust or bark without the problems of sugars overburning. I haven't looked into it but I think ground coffee plays tricks depending on how it is heated. With Oil it's almost a beef flavour.
Re the Bonox, It was an add on after the bulk of water was added and a taste test conducted. I wanted it a little more beefier and noted down the addition of bonox. The brine went for 24 hours. What really comes through are the caremelised onions. I cooked that beef on my big green egg at 450f with a chunk of desert sandal wood for smoke that CardShark gave me. Probably Mesquite would be the closest thing to it.
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