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Ingredients Tuna 1/2 lb ahi tuna steak Miso paste Sesame seeds (after grilling) Bok choy Bok choy Mr Noodles Mr Noodle package Oyster sauce Green onions Sesame seeds Sauce Lime juice Ginger (grated) Soy sauce Method Preheat bbq Baste tuna steak in miso paste Slice bok choy in half, and wash.  Trim tops of leaves.  Drizzle stems with olive oil Bring water to boil, add Mr Noodle noodles, and cook for 3 minutes.  Throw out the soup mix package Drain noodles, add oyster sauce, green onions and sesame seeds.  Add the green onions immediately after draining so that they slightly cook Sear tuna steaks to get grill marks, about 1 minute per side Plate tuna steaks and drizzle with sesame seeds Grill bok choy, cut side down, about 2-3 minutes, before leaves turn brown Mix lime juice, soy sauce and grated ginger.  Serve on side of tuna Notes Add chilis to the sauce to spice things up

Ingredients Pizza dough 1/2 ball mozzarella cheese 2 hot Italian sausages Cremini mushrooms Shiitake mushrooms Red onion Pecorino romano Arugula Method Prepare pizza dough 2 hours earlier Preheat bbq to high, with pizza stones on bbq Remove sausage from casing and fry until done Grate mozzarella cheese Slice mushrooms and finely slice onion Add all ingredients except arugula to pizza.  First sausage, then cheese, then mushrooms and onion on top (so they cook on the bbq).  Sprinkle with pecorino romano Bake in bbq until done, about 6-7 minutes Remove from bbq and add arugula on top

Ingredients 130g rigatoni (or other tube pasta) 1 Italian pork sausage 100g guanciale 1 cube tomato paste 20 cherry tomatoes, halved 1 onion, chopped 2 egg yolks Pecorino romana Method Bring pot of unsalted water to boil.  Add pasta and cook until about 4 minutes before done; reserve about 1/2 cup to 1 cup pasta water.  Add salt to remaining water and cook pasta until 2 minutes before done Add tomatoes to pot with a little water, and bring to boil.  Squish tomatoes to separate from skin.   Add tomato paste Remove sausage from casing and fry until cooked.  Remove from pan.  Fry onion until translucent and remove from pan.  Fry guanciale until browned Add sausage, onion, guanciale, tomato sauce and pasta to pot.  Add reserved pasta water.  Cook until pasta is done Beat egg yolks with pecorino (this will thicken up, so do this just before adding to pasta) Add egg & cheese mixture to pasta, stir to mix and serve immediately Notes Based o...

Ingredients Trout, skin on Asparagus Almonds, slivered Butter Dill sauce  Method Add trout skin side down to skillet, with pat of butter.  Turn on stove to medium and let heat up (this will prevent curling).  Fry until trout reaches 110F, then flip for 30 seconds and remove from skillet Toast almonds on stovetop with a little butter Add asparagus and a little butter to frying pan and fry, uncovered, until done (test with a fork) Serve with dill sauce

Ingredients 2 bunches ramps Fresh morels + butter to cook 130g pancetta 50g peas 1/4 cup chicken stock 130g bucatini Method Bring pot of unsalted water to boil, the less water the better Cook pasta until about 2-3 minutes before being done.  Reserve 1/2 cup of the starchy water.  Add salt to pot and cook until pasta is almost done.  If using frozen peas, heat in the reserved water Cut the white parts of the ramps into 1/4" slices, and the red / green parts into 2" pieces Fry pancetta and remove from pan.  Dump out extra fat Add white parts of ramps to pan and cook until no longer strong Add red parts of ramps, and the morels to pan and cook until the morels have softened.  You may need to add some butter (the pancetta fat will be too heavy for the mushrooms). Add peas and pancetta to pan, chicken stock and reserved (unsalted) pasta water Add pasta to pan Let everything simmer over low heat until there is just a little liquid left, enough to coat the pasta plus a...

Ingredients Pork tenderloin, about 1lb Corn on the cob Yellow potatoes, cubed 1/2 tsp baking soda Vegetable oil 1 tbsp paprika Dry rub 1 tbsp paprika 1 tbsp brown sugar 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp black pepper Salsa verde 1/2 cup parsley, finely chopped 3 anchovy fillets, finely chopped 2 tbsp capers, finely chopped 1 tbsp lemon juice 1/2 garlic clove, finely chopped  1/4 olive oil Method Preheat bbq with hot and cool zones, and oven to 400F Salt the pork.  Overnight is best, 1-2 hours before is okay, but just before cooking works too Add the dry rub to the pork just before cooking.  You may need to add some olive oil to get the rub to stick (per Serious Eats, the only ingredient that gets absorbed over time is salt).  Place on cool zone on grill.  Grill until internal temperature reaches 145F Boil potatoes in salted water with baking soda, until cooked, about 8-10 minutes.  The baking soda creates more starchiness on the surface of the potatoes (according to...