Sweet Heat Pear and Raspberry Jalapeno Smoked Shrimp

That's a tuff one to say three times fast.

In a recent spice exchange, I received a bottle of Raspberry Jalapeno Sauce from friend.. Beer-B-Q in Kansas City and a bottle of Sweet Heat Pear Pepper Sauce from Phubar in the Netherlands.

I decided to try both sauces out on some of my shrimp....

First I brined the shrimp in salt water for a few hours, then dipped some of the shrimp in the raspberry jalapeno sauce. Wrapped some of the shrimp in bacon and brushed the skewered shrimp with the Sweet Heat Pear sauce...

I smoked the shrimp in my drum at around 295 degrees...using some olive wood.

I brushed the Sweet Heat Pear sauce on the skewered shrimp before serving too...


The Raspberry Jalapeno spicy smoked shrimp....



The Sweet Heat Pear sauced shrimp....

They were sooooo tasty!

Can't wait to try the sauces on other things. :)

This one was a bit of a challenge....... Smoked Chicken and Veggies with Roti

A smoking friend in the Netherlands named Phubar sent this recipe for me to try... It was written in Dutch so he translated it before sending. There were no amounts, just a list of ingredients and some pictures.

Normally the chicken is simmered in the sauce, but my friend suggested I try smoking the meat and veggies.


Making the roti...
I chopped some almost-tender split yellow peas until fairly fine....

Made my roti dough...


Filled a ball of roti dough with some of the peas....



pinched the dough closed...




twisted the top.....


rolled out....



and fried....



The sauce ingredients... tomatoes (crushed and whole), celery, garlic, onion, cumin, masala, boiled eggs, cooked potatoes, and some habanero pepper. Also added a bit of water and a maggi cube.







While the sauce simmered I marinaded the chicken, seasoned it with a dry rub and smoked...



I seasoned the potato slices with dry rub and grilled along with the beans...






The smoked chicken, grilled potatoes, beans, spicy sauce with boiled eggs and roti....








To eat, you tear off a piece of roti, place chicken and veggies inside then top with the spicy sauce. Like eating a taco.

It was very tasty and I hope I can figure out how to make it again! :)