THE MAIN DISH

Marinated Wood-grilled Beef Short Rib and Corn Salad on Wood-fired Flatbread

From Chef Justin Walker of Walkers Maine in Cape Neddick & Chef David Vargas of Ore Nell’s Barbecue in Kittery

Episode 3 - September 20, 2020

 
 

Corn Salad

Ingredients:

  • 4 ears corn

  • 1 cup sweet onion, chopped

  • 1 clove garlic, minced

  • 1 pt heirloom cherry tomatoes, halved

  • 10 x basil leaves, torn

  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil

  • 2 T aged sherry vinegar

Instructions:

  1. Place corn in husk on the grill and grill until charred on all sides

  2. Allow to cool 5 minutes

  3. Remove corn from the husk 

  4. With a knife cut the kernels from the cob

  5. Place kernels in a mixing bowl and combine all other ingredients

  6. Allow to cool and stand for 15 minutes

  7. Serve & Enjoy!

Barbecue

Ingredients:

  • 4 oz fish sauce (Marinade)

  • 2 cloves garlic (Marinade)

  • 2 oz light brown sugar (Marinade)

  • Short rib (size: ~1 head cauliflower)

    **8 oz serving per person; cooked ideally in 12-16 oz pieces… So if serving four people, use two 12-16 oz pieces

Instructions:

  1. Combine all (Marinade) ingredients

  2. Pour over the short ribs, allow to stand 10-15 minutes….

  3. Remove the short rib meat from the marinade and place on the hot spot of the grill to get a nice charr

  4. Cook short rib until medium-medium rare, or 130F

  5. Allow to stand 15 minutes…

Whole Wheat Flatbread

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour

  • 1 1/2 cups AP flour

  • 1 tbsp dry active yeast

  • 1 tbsp honey

  • 2 tsp salt

  • 1/4 cup Olive Oil plus 1/2 cup for grilling 

  • 1 cup tempered water

  • 1/2 cup butter, melted

Instructions:

  1. Add tempered water into a medium sized mixing bowl

  2. Sprinkle dry yeast onto and let sit for 5 minutes

  3. Whisk in honey and olive oil

  4. In another medium size bowl mix both flours and salt together well

  5. Add flour mixture into water mixture and start to kneed into a dough 

  6. Knock out onto flour surface and kneed dough for 5 minutes

  7. Let dough rest for 20 min covered

  8. Portion dough into 3 oz size dough balls and let rest covered 

  9. Pick each dough ball up and press flat in your hand, brush with butter and balll up again and let rest for another 10 minutes covered 

  10. Roll out with rolling pin and hold them until ready to grill

  11. Brush with olive oil lightly and grill on both sides

Instructions:

  1. Add yolks, Tailn, cilantro, seeds, cinnamon all into food processor 

  2. Mix both oils together in a pitcher to pour

  3. With processors going slowly emulsify oil into mixture

  4. Add water into mixture to balance consistency 

  5. Once all oil is added season to taste with lime , salt and pepper

  6. Slather your grilled flatbread with Aoili, fill with BBQ and Corn Salad, and Enjoy!

Tajin Aoili 

Ingredients:

  • 8x egg yolks

  • 1 1/2 cups olive oil

  • 1 1/2 cups blended oil

  • 1 cup water as needed 

  • 1/2 cup Tajin

  • 1 cup cilantro

  • 1/4 cup sesame seeds

  • 1 tsp cinnamon

  • Fresh Lime juice to taste 

  • Salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste

“Taste, taste, taste! Taste your food while your cooking and think of how it makes you feel, taste it
again and season accordingly...and taste it again.”
— Chef Justin Walker
“The best part about making a meal is being able to sit down afterwards and talk about your day
together as a family.”
— Chef David Vargas