Cooking with Orangebeard!

[Orangebeard]

I found a good rum recipie on the Gosling's Black Seal Rum website that I tried last night...mighty tasty!

1/4 cup (4 fl. ounces) Goslings Black Seal Rum
1/4 cup (4 fl. ounces) sweet mustard (i couldn't find "sweet mustard" so I used honey mustard)
3-4 medium shallots (onions), minced (I ended up using a pile of minced shallots a little bigger than a golf ball)
4 beef steaks (ribeye, porterhouse, sirloin) about 1 1/2 inches or 2-4 cm thick

Mix the mustard, rum & shallots in a bowl; I added some brown sugar to make the mix sweeter; I used about the same amount of brown sugar as it would take to fill the cap from your bottle of rum (maybe a little less; scooped, not packed!); Once mixed, this has a very strong flavor; the finished steaks will taste much milder...

mix together equal parts salt and black pepper; sprinkle lightly over both sides of each steak; rub the mix into the steaks a little bit; if you have any left over mix, save it for next time! Put all of the steaks in a big bowl or dish and pour the rum mix over them; make sure they are coated on both sides! Let them steaks sit for 30 minutes or for 2 hours in the refrigerator.

I grilled my steaks, but broiling would work too; grill them until they are cooked the way you like them; mine took 10 or 12 minutes over medium heat;

I also had some cherry tomatoes; skewered them, brushed them with olive oil and grilled them for about 5 minutes (turned them once or twice)

I had some small potatoes that I cut down to cherry tomato size; boiled in water for 30 minutes; skewered, brushed them with olive oil and grilled with the tomatoes.

I added "italian seasoning" to the oil, but a little thyme, basil, rosemary, marjoram, or oregano would work too; whatever you have laying around...

Can't find the Black Seal? Any dark rum would work (Meyer's, Bacardi, etc.) I would not use my good "sipping" rum for this; too many other flavors mixed in!

And I must say, the Hefeweizen beer matched with the finished steaks surprisingly well! A nice pilsner would work too I think...
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[Juan de San Diego]

Sound wonderful...have to try it. You need to make sure that the amount of run is increased. ALWAYS try the rum beforehand to make sure it is not spoiled

Juan

[Airsaw]

This sounds so good, I'm gonna go shoot a cow! Got to admit you had me scared, there. At first, I thought this was a testimony as to HOW Orangebeard was SERVED after an encounter with some locals. THEN, I figured, "NAH, he's figured-out a way to replace saffron with his tonsoral trimmings!" Either way, it looked like BAD NEWS!

Thanks for the recipe, Orangebeard.
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[PrinceScamp]

Sweet, I won't be cookingt them, but, they sure sound good! Great thread ORANGEBEARD!
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[Bloody William Flint]

i only make ship biskits & grog well not grog as of yet
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