Fan-Favorite Recipes
Beer-Braised Meatballs
Prep Time: 20 min. Makes: 20 meatballs
What You Need
Make It
1 lb. ground beef
½ cup Italian-seasoned dry bread crumbs
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ tsp. black pepper
¼ tsp. salt
1 bottle (12 oz.) light-colored beer,
such as lager
1½ cups tomato sauce
1 cup ketchup
2 tsp. tomato paste
½ cup packed brown sugar
1. Preheat oven to 400°. Line broiler pan with foil; spray rack with
non-stick cooking spray. Combine beef, bread crumbs, cheese,
eggs, onion, garlic, pepper and salt in large bowl; shape mixture
into 1" balls.
2. Place meatballs on broiler rack. Bake 10 minutes or until browned.
3. Bring beer, tomato sauce, ketchup, tomato paste and brown sugar
to a boil in Dutch oven. Add meatballs and reduce heat. Cover;
simmer, stirring occasionally, 20 to 30 minutes or until meatballs
are cooked through.
Recipe courtesy of Burger/Beer/Wings & More Cookbook
Garlicky Gilroy Chicken Wings
Prep Time: 40 min. Makes: about 6 servings
What You Need
Make It
1 cup olive oil, plus additional to grease
pan
2 lb. chicken wings (about 15 wings)
2 heads fresh garlic, separated into cloves
and peeled*
1 tsp. hot pepper sauce, or to taste
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup Italian-style dry bread crumbs
1 tsp. black pepper
Optional: carrot and celery slices
1. Preheat oven to 375º. Grease 13" x 9" baking pan.
2. Remove and discard wing tips. Cut each wing in half at joint.
3. Place garlic, 1 cup oil and hot pepper sauce in food processor; process
until smooth. Pour garlic mixture into small bowl. Combine cheese,
bread crumbs and black pepper in shallow dish. Dip wings, one at
a time, into garlic mixture, then roll in crumb mixture, coating evenly
and shaking off excess.
4. Arrange wings in single layer in prepared pan. Drizzle remaining garlic
mixture over wings; sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. Bake 45
to 60 minutes or until wings are
cooked through, brown and crisp.
Serve with carrot and celery slices,
if desired.
*To peel whole heads of garlic:
Drop garlic heads into boiling water for 5 to 10 seconds. Immediately remove
garlic with slotted spoon. Plunge garlic into cold water; drain. Peel away skins.
Recipe courtesy of Burger/Beer/Wings & More Cookbook
Fan-Favorite Recipes
Lake Lanier Lobster Dip
Prep Time: 40 min. Makes: about 6 servings
What You Need
Make It
2 cups GoldCoast Salads crab or
Maine lobster spread
1 cup cream cheese
1 cup white sauce
2 shots of sherry
1. Allow cream cheese to soften.
2. Combine cream cheese with white sauce and lobster spread into
sauce pan, stirring thoroughly and slowly heat. Once warmed,
add the sherry.
Serve It
The dish is beautiful served in a bread bowl; using the bread cubes
to dip. Also, it is excellent when served with bagel chips, pita points,
and/or crackers of your choice.
Recipe courtesy of GoldCoast Salads
Cold Melon Salsa
Prep Time: 15 min. Makes: about 6 servings
What You Need
Make It
½ honeydew melon
1 cantaloupe
~ pepper
1/3 jalapeno
¼ cup fresh cilantro
2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
1 jar Tostitos salsa
1. Finely chop first 4 ingredients.
Recipe courtesy of Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
2. In a large bowl mix salsa, lime juice and chopped ingredients.
3. Drain and refrigerate before serving with Baked! Tostitos Scoops!
tortilla chips.