Feb 25 2014
This was my birthday supper; having had 72 it’s just like another
day to me! But fellow Lets Talk BBQ member flyingbouchman helped make it a
little more special. He had sent me two beers from Belgium, Maredsous 8 and
Westvleteren 12. The Westvleteren is rated by many as the #1 beer in the world.
I saved it to have for my birthday, Thanks FB for a chance
to try the #1 beer, it was a taste treat!
I was also going to try some Tatonka dust on some beef
tenderloins I buy at Sam’s Club. Tasting the seasoning out of the bag I thought
pretty hot but it tamed down some after cooking. I can’t wait to get outside to
use it on some steaks but for now inside would have to do.
I baked a loaf of the bread in 5 in the morning; and made up
some twice baked potatoes early so just had to reheat. I had some raw wild
shrimp thawed and would do a Cajun shrimp fry. I drizzled some olive oil and
lime juice over, Penzey’s Cajun seasoning, dried chives and dried garlic and
let marinade about an hour before fixing.
The filling for the potatoes had some butter, sour cream, Hawaiian
red sea salt, Penzey’s dried shallots and dried garlic all mashed up. I browned some onion rings to use on top of
the steaks; they would hold some shallot garlic butter I added when the steaks
went in the oven.
I had my two skillets ready and the potatoes went in a 350
deg. oven for 40 minutes. The steaks I seared 3 to 4 minutes on each side and
then in the oven for 12 minutes. While
they were in I fried up the shrimp. The last time I did these steaks I did for
10 minutes in the oven and was a tad rare for me, at 12 minutes these were too
but I am more and more liking good steak on the rare side.
For me this was a perfect birthday supper, surf and turf. I
tried some great new seasoning for beef and next time will go a little heavier
on the Tatonka Dust as it was not as hot as I thought. It really compliments
beef. On top of that I got to try the #1 beer in the world, thanks to FB!
The photos should explain themselves
The #1 beer
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