Grilled Succotash (Pron Heavy)

[SmokeJumper]

After picking up some great looking produce and bacon at the local farmer's market on Wednesday and some inspiring posts from Derek and Landarc, I decided to go Southern and make both a Succotash casserole and a yellow squash casserole. I thought I would share the highlights of the night.


Started by lightly grilling the veggies to get some char and smoke on them
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/posersurfer/Grillingveggies.jpg

Veggies prepped and chopped including par steamed favas, fresh peas, quick charred white and yellow corn, roasted peppers, charred
pearl onions and leeks
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/posersurfer/Preppedveggies.jpg

Fried bacon and made gravy out of the drippings
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/posersurfer/Gravy.jpg

Succotash veggies put into a cazuela
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/posersurfer/Intothecazuela.jpg

Veggies topped with bacon gravy and a 2:1 mixture of panko and parmesan that were coated in melted butter.
In the small cazuela is grilled yellow squash covered with a mixture of 1 egg, 6 crumbled ritz crackers, roasted pearl onions, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup cheddar jack and salt and pepper. This was covered with the same panko cheese mixture.
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Casseroles set on the grill on a raised grid indirect at 400 degrees
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/posersurfer/Cookingontheegg.jpg

Cooling final product with crumbled bacon on the succotash
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/posersurfer/BaconTopped.jpg

Hitting the plate
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/posersurfer/Plate.jpg

Both dishes tasted great. Landarc, my wife says you are invited over for dessert tonight for homemade lemon poundcake with fresh blackberry topping. And she says you can draft the blueprints for our dinner any time. :thumb:

Thanks for sharing our evening of Southern inspired food and a bow and a salute to Landarc and Derek.

[Shiz-Nit]

You did that up right for sure!!

[devious]

oh that looks mighty fine

[Wyobulldog]

Looks mighty YUMMY! With Lemon Pound cake, my fave. Wow did we get instructions to your house? I'm headed out the door.

[Derek]

Nice one Sj, I wonder why I didn't see this one?

Anyhoo is this your entry into roots or where you like to visit?

[SmokeJumper]

Derek, I didn't even see the new throwdown on "Food from a place you would like to visit" until you just mentioned it so I didn't really make this with that in mind. I definitely didn't set up my photography very well and shot under incandescent light with no flash. There is no good money shot there unless I dig the leftovers out of the fridge. :-P

I'm still working out details on my roots throwdown and I'll likely come up with a different entry for "FFAPYWLTV" if I can find the time.

[cowgirl]

SmokeJumper, that looks and sounds amazing! Mmmmmm... nice! :-D

[Alan in Ga]

That looks really good wonder If we could get the kids to eat that

[jgbmgb]

I'd definately hit that!!! ..........TWICE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Phubar]

Looks like a tummy Philler!

[SmokeJumper]

Derek, despite not entering this in the next throwdown I would still like to visit the South. :-D

[Derek]

Derek, despite not entering this in the next throwdown I would still like to visit the South. :-DYou gotta do it bro.

It's pretty cool and it rains Side way's No lie..

By the way when I was in Deep South Florida near St Augustine, I've asked for a pop, I got strange looks.

Then I've asked for Dr pepper and got it.

[peppasawce]

I really need to do this for my folks soon..thanks for sharing it with us Smoke

[landarc]

That bacon sauced succotash is something else, ain't it? I love it and glad that your wife enjoyed it as well. Glad to have helped.