Smoked Ice with an Orange Twist

 Smoked Ice....excellent for a Bourbon on the rocks, or other cocktails!  

8 cups water

1 orange, sliced

Put the water and orange in a pan ( I used a 9 x 13 foil roasting pan).

Preheat smoker to 175(or lower as long as you can maintain the smoke, less evap at lower temp), with a mild wood like cherry or apple (oak would be fantastic too!)

Smoke the water for 45 minutes. Turn off the smoker and close vents, allow to cool without opening for 1 more hour.

Strain out the orange slices (I ran it through a coffee filter to get out all stray orange particles) 

 Place pan in freezer and chill until frozen solid (alternately you could strain into ice trays)

Smash with a meat hammer and remove from pan and place in a large ziplock bag. 

Serve with your favorite bourbon or whiskey or cocktail 

Smoked Buffalo Ranch Ritz Bits

 Tasty little snack I threw in the smoker with some other projects today!  

1- 8.8 oz box Cheese filled Ritz Bits crackers

4 TB butter, melted

2 TB Frank's RedHot sauce

1 packet dry ranch seasoning

 

Mix melted butter and hot sauce, set aside

Place the ritz bits in a pan (I used a foil roasting pan) and toss with buffalo sauce, then sprinkle on the packet of ranch and toss again.

Preheat smoker to 225 with a mild wood like cherry or apple 

Smoke for 1 hour.

Remove from smoker and allow to cool completely so they crisp back up.

ENJOY!

Hawaiian Pork Eggrolls

 YEP.....more Eggrolls!!! A spin off of my delicious Hawaiian Pork Burgers.   

1 package of Eggroll Wrappers (approx 20 wrappers)

Filling:

24 oz ground pork, crumbled and cooked, seasoned with salt, pepper and garlic powder, cooled well

4 oz Jarlsberg cheese, shredded ( or Swiss if unavailable)

3 green onions

1 TB soy sauce

1 tsp white sugar

1 tsp brown sugar

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tsp ginger paste (or fresh grated ginger root)

1/2 cup grated granny smith apple

3/4 cup crushed pineapple, drained

1/4 cup chopped red onion

3 TB BBQ sauce

1 TB Mayo

salt and pepper to taste

red pepper flakes to taste

Combine all filling ingredients in a bowl. 

Stir well and allow to mingle in the fridge for at least an hour.  

Place approx 3 TB on an eggroll wrapper, slightly dampen the edges of the wrapper, fold up bottom corner, 

fold in 2 side corners, 

and gently but firmly roll to the top corner, you want it somewhat tight, but not so tight they explode.

Put them in a preheated 400 degree airfryer and brush with olive or avocado oil. Fry for 5 minutes, flip v and fry 4 minutes more, working in batches as needed.

You can also deep fry these in a traditional matter if you choose, or even brush with oil and bake at 400 for 20 or so minutes, turning as needed. 

Serve with your choice of dip!