What Can You Smoke -- and What Can You Do With It?

[shellbellc]

Just about anything under the sun! Whole peppercorns are awesome also...I haven't gone down the smoked fruit road yet, but a friend of mine just did a fattie with smoked figs, said it was really good.

[andiesenji]

I have some nick thick pork chops that I am going to smoke, along with some pineapple and thought I would put a small pan of candied ginger in to see if it will absorb some smoke.

[karlos]

Hard boiled eggs to make the most awesome egg salad. I haven't gotten around to making a cold smoker so I hot smoke peeled HB eggs for about 20-30 minutes. The first time I tried it I cracked all the eggs but didn't shell them. Came out very pretty but I found the smoke taste too light. Hot smoking the peeled eggs does make the whites a little rubbery but I find the taste improvement worth it.

[Paul Bacino]

Wonder if you could smoke some fresh pasta? Making some rendition of Amatriciana sauce?

[Chris Amirault]

Like Montreal, Alex and Aki at Ideas in Food smoke flour, and they make pasta with it.

[Paul Bacino]

Thanks Chris..

Best Paul

[Chris Amirault]

Those interested in getting their smoking technique just right will appreciate this excerpt from Modernist Cuisine on the importance of humidity and pellicle formation.

[Big Onion]

I just smoked strawberries in our smoker for 15 min then finished them in the oven. I blended them in a food processor added thyme and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and honey. chopped up some fresh strawberries and sauteed them with some shallot and served with pan seared Columbia River Sturgeon. This stuff is amazing. Goes well with chicken, fish, or pork.

I'm smoking pineapple next. Serve it with some Hawaiian Ono.

What fruit have you smoked?

Edited April 27, 2011 by Big Onion (log)

[Eastgate]

A very nice idea. I'm thinking duck... Strawberries? Or perhaps blackberries?

[Big Onion]

for duck? Maybe smoked huckleberry...

[Alex]

Dried banana peels. Oh, wait. Different kind of smoking. Sorry.

Actually, I'm eager to hear about your pineapple smoking results, apropos the interesting pineapple core forum.

[mkayahara]

I once smoked some apricots, just because I had them on hand and already had the smoking setup going. I never did figure out what to do with them, though.

[Big Onion]

Sounds like it would go with pork, maybe a pulled pork sandwich with a smoked apricot something or other. Maybe grilled pork tenderloin?

[chileheadmike]

Ripened jalapeños, over pecan, until dry.