Super Bowl Cook-Goatnads, ABTs, Smoked Almonds

Misippi Egger

We went to a friend's house with a few other couples, so I cooked up some treats for the game. Thanks to ZippyLip for his "Goatnad recipe", to RichardFL for his "Smoked Almonds" recipe and to the Gadwalls (ducks) who contributed their breasts last week so they could be in my ABTs today (sorry PETA).

Sorry, I didn't get a pic of the almonds, but here is the LBGE smoking heavily from the maple chips I added for the almonds.

Gadwall breasts, sliced fairly thin. I marinaded the cut pieces in Roasted Garlic & herb injectable marinade for 15-20 min., then decided to sear the pieces on the CI grid still in place from lunch. That worked great.
Typical ABT - jalapeno boats, pieces of Asiago cheese, some dizzy dust, added the seared duck pieces, and wrapped with (sorry :silly: ) turkey bacon. (EVOO in the pic was a bystander).
Next I made the Goatnads: balls of goat cheese, rolled in chopped walnuts, placed on a slices of pickled jalapeno and covered in Maple sausage.

A little Dizzy Dust as a finishing touch and on to the grill we go. Indirect cook at 350-375. I put the ABTs on the bottom rack and the goatnads on top. That way some of the sausage dripping would fall on the ABT's - help counteract that turkey bacon!
Pulled the ABTs before I began dipping the Goatnads in diluted sweet BBQ sauce. After the balls were about done, I stuck toothpicks in them and dipped them in the sauce, back on the grill for 5-7 min and repeated this for a total of 2 dips. Here they are ready to pull, place in foil-topped pan and off to the game.
They were enjoyed by all.
Smoked almonds, Goatnads and duck ABTs. Thanks again to this forum and all the contributors - where all these recipes were found! :woohoo:

duchunter

The Goatnads look good!!! aswell as the ABT's

Misippi Egger

Thanks. Everybody loved them, but MAN, it's a lot of prep and cook time. I started with the almonds at about 2:15, and we left for our friend's house at 5:15. I never sat down the entire time!

Fun, but I was glad to sit down and watch the game!

Zippylip

Clark, how did the Maple work out on the nads? Everything looks great, I had not seen the ABT's done that way before, looks like another good idea

Misippi Egger

Thanks, Zippy (King of the 'nads) :woohoo:


The Jimmy Dean Maple sausage worked great. Also using a sweet BBQ sauce helps.

ABTs - I have used strips of duck breast before, as well as dove breast filets. These were cut a little thicker than usual and I was worried they might take too long to cook on the ABT, overcooking the pepper, so I made a quick modification and seared them briefly. The first time I made ABTs I made half with cream cheese and half with pieces of Asiago. The Asiago holds up better in the heat and adds more flavor to the whole thing.

Thanks for contributing the Goatnad recipe. This is the second time I have cooked it and Jana's only suggestion was to make them smaller - more bite-sized.

I can't find the Calabian peppers here, so had to use sliced Jalapenos.