Lamb chops, burnt carrots, and potatoes

SciAggie

Tonignt was fun. I used my hearth for the first time. I cooked lamb chops on the Large egg. Seasoned with some DP rub, cooked at about 425 until the IT was between 125 and 130.
 The carrots were fun. I just heated a chimney of briquettes  and put them under a 1/4" piece of plate steel that I've had from back in the scouting and elk hunting days. Consider that this is a maiden voyage - no experience in this hearth. 
I used a recipe from the Seven Fires book by Mallman. Carrots cut in half then quartered, tossed with olive oil, S&P, and thyme. The IR thermometer said the griddle was about 400 degrees when I threw them on. I cooked them about 5 minutes then flipped for 5 more. I think it was a successful cook. I grilled a bit of Hatch green chili cheddar and added to the carrots. 


Ok, shoot me. I didn't fire up the wood oven tonight. It was too dang hot. I cooked the potatoes in that new fangled hot box in the house. 
Here's the recipe: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/mini-herbed-pommes-anna

Here's a shot of the lamb and carrots. 

A fun meal I will do again. 

Thanks for looking. 

Biggreenpharmacist

Damn man. 

StillH2OEgger

Wow! That looks fantastic.

YukonRon

Uhm, found a superman cape. Are you missing yours?
Beautiful cook as always. Incredible presentation as well.
Scouting and Elk Hunting days. Miss them?

Stormbringer

Any properties for sale near you and are you in the market for some new friends?

bgebrent

Excellent work man.  It looks delicious.

SciAggie

YukonRon said:

Uhm, found a superman cape. Are you missing yours?
Beautiful cook as always. Incredible presentation as well.
Scouting and Elk Hunting days. Miss them?

Not my cape brother - I just throw stuff on fire and eat it when the thermapen says it's ready. 
I loved the times I went elk hunting. There were about 6 of us that outfitted ourselves. We're all from ranching backgrounds. We'd take our own horses. We had a big 16'x32' surplus tent. We'd set a base camp at about 6-7,000 feet and hunt from there. We had spike camps as high as 10,000 feet. We'd pick mean, hard to reach places that others wouldn't make the effort to hunt. We always found game and saw some majestic scenery. Yes I miss it but it was physically demanding. We'd stay 14 days for a 10 day hunt. I doubt I'll ever hunt like that again, but I have wonderful memories of the 10 years or so that I did it.  
My son was in cub and boy scouts. I enjoyed helping - particularly the camping trips. I usually helped them with the cooking. Again, we saw beautiful places and turned out some fun meals from Dutch ovens. My son found sports and lost interest in scouts. He said he dis the same things at the ranch. I have two nephews who are Eagle scouts. 
I think the best part of both was the wild and pristine places we visited that I am positive few other humans put forth the effort to visit. 

SciAggie

@Stormbringer Land is cheap as is cost of living in my part of the world. I can always use a friend. C'mon.

SmokingPiney

Outstanding cook, @SciAggie. 

The hearth rocks. 

lousubcap

Definitely on a roll.  Great cook and presentation.  Livin large and well earned.  Even better life story. 

SciAggie

@lousubcap Thanks. Our lives should be filled with stories. Otherwise we're just waiting to die somewhere. 

Cookbook_Chip

That looks fantastic!

Theophan

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!!

WeberWho

Top notch!

Carolina Q

Very nice! As your posts always are!

Love Mallmann's burnt carrots! Especially good if you crumble goat cheese on them after the cook. Also, his burnt tomatoes are delicious. Turns even a dead of winter grocery store plum tomato into a mighty tasty side.

EDIT:
Burnt tomatoes, if you're interested...
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1999723_1999721_1999711,00.html

SciAggie

@Carolina Q Thanks. It's funny you memtioned the cheese. I didn't want to go to the store so I skipped the arugala and substituted the green chili cheddar. I don't think the cheese substitution worked too well but it didn't suck either. Thanks for the link. Burnt tomatoes are on the menu next time. Mallman as well as a trip to Camino restaurant influenced my kitchen. 
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/camino-restaurant-oakland-chez-panisse/

Carolina Q

Ha, I still haven't had the carrots with arugula or garlic chips. Too lazy to do the garlic and I never have any arugula. Great with just the cheese, but I really should try the garlic. 

Thx for the link. Just skimmed it and will read later. Looks interesting. 

johnnyp

dude, you've been killing it lately

northGAcock

Wow.....just wow is all I got.

SciAggie

@johnnyp @northGAcock Thanks y'all. School cranks up this week so I'll be cooking a bit simpler and in the house more for the next couple of weeks.