Smoking food

[badjak]

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Yeasted corn meal waffle, smoked ham, homegrown tomato slices, smoked eggplant with chili's, and some homemade Branston Pickle.View attachment 130560

Tell me more about the smoked ham and smoked aubergine please

 

[Barriehie]

Tell me more about the smoked ham and smoked aubergine please

Nothing fancy; I figured though when I posted this would be right up your alley! Smoked ham is a regular ham that's mostly cooked first then smoked the last hour and a half or so. How long you smoke it is for your depth of flavor. The aubergine is peeled, sliced thick around 6 or 8 mm, then mixed with diced chili's and smoked/roasted alongside the ham. Do you have a smoker?

I know you have a fire pit and it wouldn't take much more than a box to make a smoker. Water soaked wood chips on your coals, food to be smoked on a grate, cover with the box...

 

[badjak]

Nothing fancy; I figured though when I posted this would be right up your alley! Smoked ham is a regular ham that's mostly cooked first then smoked the last hour and a half or so. How long you smoke it is for your depth of flavor. The aubergine is peeled, sliced thick around 6 or 8 mm, then mixed with diced chili's and smoked/roasted alongside the ham. Do you have a smoker?

I know you have a fire pit and it wouldn't take much more than a box to make a smoker. Water soaked wood chips on your coals, food to be smoked on a grate, cover with the box...

I got a weber smokey mountain, a stove top smoker (cadac) and a cold smoke generator with several types of wood dust
THE EXPERT'S GUIDE TO USING THE COLD SMOKE GENERATOR

 

[Barriehie]

I got a weber smokey mountain, a stove top smoker (cadac) and a cold smoke generator with several types of wood dust
THE EXPERT'S GUIDE TO USING THE COLD SMOKE GENERATOR

I'd go with the Weber.

 

[karadekoolaid]

When I need smoked aubergine ( or any other vegetables) I put them in my cast iron frying pan. Once I've heated up the pan, I thrown in a couple of mango twigs (or any other fruit twigs I can get hold of) and cover with foil. Once the smoke starts. I put the veg in.
20 minutes later, smoked veg.

 

[badjak]

When I need smoked aubergine ( or any other vegetables) I put them in my cast iron frying pan. Once I've heated up the pan, I thrown in a couple of mango twigs (or any other fruit twigs I can get hold of) and cover with foil. Once the smoke starts. I put the veg in.
20 minutes later, smoked veg.

That sounds easy, but also very similar to my cooktop smoker.
Do you cut the veg or keep whole?

 

[Barriehie]

That sounds easy, but also very similar to my cooktop smoker.
Do you cut the veg or keep whole?

I used to have a cooktop smoker and I'd cut things into smaller pieces to smoke faster. I was in an apt. so had to be mindful of others...

 

[karadekoolaid]

Do you cut the veg or keep whole?

Leave them whole, unless it's onions. Typically, I use this method for aubergines , when making babaganush.