Traditionally, you make merguez sausage using lamb but other types of red meat would work as well, although they’d lack the real-deal flavor of that tradition.
Grilled Scallops with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Because scallops cook so quickly, they’re ideal for cold weather cooking. Try to get day boat or dry-packed scallops (scallops that haven’t been treated with sodium tripolyphosphate)
Smoked Oysters with Ancho Chile Sauce
This oysters recipe requires hot smoke and a lot of it for a short period of time. Try for about 400F degrees instead of 200F on your smoker or grill.
Chile Chocolate Pecan Pie
Although mild to the taste, the flavor of the chile really comes through in this chocolate pecan pie.
Guacamole de Molcajete
The best way to prepare and serve this traditional Mexican appetizer is to let your guests watch you grind up the ingredients in the molcajete, then let them start dipping right away.
Trinidadian Wood-Grilled Shark Steaks
Here is a tasty option for cooking shark, or, for that matter, any firm fish that is big enough to have steaks cut from it, such as swordfish.
Lamb Fesenjan – Lamb with Pomegranate Walnut Sauce
This Lamb Fesenjan recipe is courtesy of Saad Fayed and we ran it in this article over at Fiery Foods and Barbecue Central. Pomegranate syrup (also known as pomegranate molasses) can be purchased online from The Spice House.
