Archive for the 'Appetizers' Category

Grilled Pork Tenderloin Tacos

Ingredients:
Pork Tenderloin (1 for every 3-4 people)
Rub: Montreal Steak, smoked paprika, Cholula powder
Marinade: Olive Oil, Worcestershire, Cholula
tortillas – corn or flour
Guacamole’
Salsa
1 hot grill
Beer or Margaritas (to stay hydrated while grilling)
Another Kind of Carnitas
When you’re talking pork, it doesn’t get much more tender than pork tenderloin. Buy ‘em separately at your butcher’s, or in a pack [...]

Roscoe’s Red Wings

Ingredients:
Chicken wings, jumbo size – at least a dozen
red spices – Cholula powder, smoked paprika, cayenne, Old Bay, chili powder
For Marinade: Olive oil, Worcestershire, chili Lime Cholula
For Glaze: Cherry jelly or preserves, Bourbon, Red pepper mustard, Pepper jelly
Sharp knife
Hot grill
This Ain’t No Hockey Team
Like hockey fans (especially in Detroit), when it comes to wings (and [...]

Roscoe’s Cinco de Mayo Kielbasa Quesadilla Recipe

Cinco de Mayo – It’s Not Mexico’s Independence Day
Which is what most people think. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the poorly armed and understaffed Mexican army’s victory in 1862 at the Battle of Pueblo over superior French forces, sent by Napoleon to collect a debt. Kind of a reverse Alamo. And eventually (a year later, to [...]

Roscoe’s 1 Beer Chunky/Spicey Guacamole Recipe

It all starts with a beer (preferably Mexican). Crack it open, take a sip, begin:
2-3 ripe avocados (soft but not mushy)
2-3 garlic cloves (minced)
green onion (chopped fine)
red onion (chopped fine)
tomato (1/4 -1/2) (seeded and chopped)
cilantro (a few chopped sprinkles)
salsa
salt
pepper
smoked paprika
chopped jalapenos (optional)
cayenne (optional)
lime
Cholula
2 steak knives
1 spoon
Fate Steps In
It’s just a friendly neighborhood Mexican restaurant called [...]

Roscoe’s Three Beer Pizza Sauce – The Ready-To-Go Recipe

Ingredients:
1 28 oz can chopped tomatoes
1/2 red onion – chopped
garlic – at least a couple cloves, chopped or minced
olive oil
salt and papper
Worcestershire
Cholula (or your favorite hot sauce)
red wine – 1/4 cup or so
honey – tablespoon or so
brown sugar – tablespoon or so
3 beers – to drink
Let’s face it, there’s a reason they invented Home Delivery. [...]

Stuffed Mushrooms – They’re Even Good For You

Ingredients:
12-14 good sized button mushrooms
Remove stems and scoop center, chop, then mix with…
Stuffing, Take Your Pick:
Chop fine and saute’ in olive oil:
bacon – a few slices
onion – 1/4-1/2
red pepper – 1/4 – 1/2
sun dried tomatoes – 2-3
artichoke hearts- 2-3
kielbasa, ham, pastrami, salami, corned beef… (you get the picture)
bread crumbs
cheese
Okay, we know veggies are good for [...]

Pita Pizza – The Lazy Man’s Recipe for Good Pie

There are times you just have to have a pizza and you feel you don’t have the time or energy to make it, so you end up calling the local pizzeria for delivery. Nothing wrong with that. Hopefully, you’ll get a good one. But the Club Roscoe test kitchens have come up with an easy [...]

Chili Cheese Fries – Roscoe’s “Can’t do without ‘em” Recpie

EVERYBODY DOES IT
Virtually all countries and cuisines fry potatoes. From Belgium to Bulgaria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France (of course), Germany, Ireland, Poland, they all make fries, mostly called pommes frites.
FRENCH FRIES
Practically a staple here the U S of A, Belgians claim to have invented French Fries. Sounds weird, doesn’t it? But a Belgian entrepreneur named [...]