Marinades: The Secrets of Great Grilling - Softcover

Barnard, Melanie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060951621 ISBN 13: 9780060951627

Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks, 1997

Synopsis

What's the secret to perfect barbecues? Marinate, marinate, marinate. Unmarinated food is never as tender, juicy and mouthwateringly delicious as food that has been soaked in a subtle sauce before being seared over open coals.

In Marinades, grill master Melanie Barnard provides 75 recipes to enhance the flavor of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables and even fruits. Internationally inspired, these recipes include such delectable marinades as Adobo, Jamaican Jerk, Sake Teriyaki and Polynesian Passi on Fruit and Rum to tickle palates up and down the taste spectrum. In addition to the recipes, Barnard also offers practical grilling advice and tips on pairing foods with marinades.

Grilling is one of the best ways to add flavor to food without adding fat. As evidenced by the explosive demand for fancy grills, fuels and flammable additives such as mesquite and hickory, today's backyard barbecuing has outgrown shriveled hotdogs and charred chicken. For the legions of Americans hungry for the perfect barbecue, Marinades is the final, most important ingredient.

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Review

Barnard opens this modest paperback with a chart that provides information you will want to keep by the outdoor grill. This comprehensive, nine-page table lists every food you might grill, from burgers and ribs to shrimp, corn, and tofu. It gives the cooking times, proper grill temperatures, and how to know when the food is done. (Shrimp are done when they are opaque throughout; peppers are done when their skin is blackened and the flesh is tender.) Barnard's definitions of marinade, mop, sauce, rub, and paste are helpful when you want to improvise, but why bother when you can whip up any of the 117 recipes Barnard provides. Vibrant with ethnic flavors or traditional American combinations, they offer an appealing blend of intense tastes, efficiency, and variety. In particular, look for Alehouse Steak Marinade, Herbal Balsamic Glaze, and Roasted Garlic Paste.

From the Back Cover

Melanie Barnard takes the lid off grilling's most jealously guarded secret: Wood chips, a fancy barbecue, and even the meat itself don't outweigh the importance of a good soaking in a flavorful marinade. Barnard's sauces run the gamut from sweet to sour, from hot to mild, from brazenly aggressive to delectably subtle. Cider vinegar, hot pepper sauce, lime juice, red wine, garlic, honey, and Dijon mustard all play their parts in the sweet, slow time of steeping until the critical moment when the coals are hot, the spatula is cocked, and the guests are hungry. With a wine steward's savvy, Barnard provides indispensable advice on which marinades go best with beef, poultry, pork, seafood, and vegetables.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0060951621
• ISBN 13: 9780060951627
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176