Kebabs Recipe - Plow & Hearth

Empty

Home : Recipe

Skewers Made Simple

• Make skewers easy to turn and prevent slipping of ingredients on skewers by putting two skewers through a little bit apart.

• Blanch peppers, onions, celery, potatoes and any other vegetables that normally require longer cooking time than the other skewered ingredients so that all will be equally done when served.

• Preheat a gas grill and be sure that racks and grills are well oiled to prevent sticking.

• Keep tips of skewers sharp for easy spearing. Use finely pointed ones - bamboo are best - for such foods as water chestnuts, mushrooms, bay scallops and cauliflower, which tend to split if speared with blunt skewers.

• Choose skewer ingredients for color and texture.

• If using a baste with sugar, wait until foods are nearly done. Once cooked skewers can be "sauced" and then wrapped tightly in foil. Sugar bastes or Sauces can burn easily.

• If using bamboo skewers, soak them in water for an hour before use so that they will not burn as easily.

Great Skewer Combinations

• The classic--tender beef cubes with onions, red and green bell peppers and mushrooms

• Beef cubes with parboiled leek chunks.

• Small pieces of calf's liver; chicken, beef and seasonings.

• Cocktail sausages with parboiled small onions and cheese cubes, brushed with currant jelly spiked with horseradish.

• Eggplant cubes, tomato wedges or halves, zucchini or yellow squash chunks, and onion slices.

• Fresh pineapple chunks and shrimp.

• Chicken cubes or pieces wrapped in fresh sage leaves.

• Pork cubes and tart apples.

Featured Articles:

• Backyard Habitats

• Garden Lighting

Visit our articles section, a great source of information on birding, gardening, home decorating, outdoor living, wood burning, and more. more articles>