Month: July 2012

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Easy Summer Chicken

We all have our favorite marinades, spice rubs and sauces for chicken on the BBQ grill. When I caught a whiff of the rotisserie a block away as my dad had the grill going with his special marinated chicken and I knew we were in for a yummy meal. I’ve taken to roasting my chicken on a rack in the Wood Stone Home oven for an easy Summer dinner.

  • Oven temperature around 500-550° F with a Flame Height between 2 and 3 on the Flame Height Indicator.  Chicken parts take about 20 minutes…tend them as you do the grill and remove the wings first, etc.
  • Give the rack a spritz with cooking oil spray and place over a sheet pan.
  • Rotate the pan and turn chicken as necessary.
  • Browning is easy to control with the Flame Height Control Knob.

My dad’s chicken marinade:

  • Equal parts white wine and olive oil
  • Crushed garlic
  • Chopped onion
  • Salt and pepper
  • Dried tarragon and dried basil
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Oven Roasted Corn on the Cob!

Eating fresh corn on the cob dripping with butter is one of the great pleasures of summer. But sometimes heating that giant pot of boiling water on the stove is not, especially when it’s 98 degrees outside. However, if you’ve got your Wood Stone oven heated up, roasting the corn is super easy and also provides it with a nice smoky flavor as the husks begin to char.

  • Carefully open the ears, pulling the husks down to remove the silk.
  • Soak in cold water for at least 30 minutes.
  • Pat dry and spread with butter and sprinkle with salt.
  • Fold the husks back over the corn and wrap the open ends with foil.
  • Roast on a sheet pan in the center of the oven at around 525° F for about 8 minutes total, rotating pan 180° and turning corn over half way through. Flame Height around 2.

TIP:

  • Flavor the butter! My family likes garlic and parmesan – or add fresh thyme leaves. Lime juice, chile powder and cotija cheese combined is fantastic!

~Chef Ann

 

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The Wood Stone Pizza Bread Bowl

bread bowls

The Pizza Bread Bowl is such a fun trick to have in your Wood Stone Home culinary repertoire.  Simply slide a pizza dough skin onto a pre-heated ceramic dome in your oven which is at pizza temperature (550-580 F.) A little garlic oil and parmesan before it bakes and you’ve got the perfect vessel for a yummy Caesar salad!

I recently made them for my daughter’s 8th grade “graduation” dinner/dance.  The kids loved them!  The slightly fancy factor was there; yet not intimidating to the 14-year-old set who happily gobbled them up.

Call Wood Stone at 360.578.6836 to order your own pizza bread bowl today!

Wood Stone Ceramic Bowl in oven Wood Stone Ceramic Bowl