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Great Outdoor Recipes For Christmas, Hanukkah And New Years (19 Recipes, 2 Articles)

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Fire up the smoker or grill this holiday season with these amazing BBQ and grilling recipes.

Celebrate the holidays with our best recipes. It’s time to feast on latkes for Hanukkah, prime rib, crown roast of pork, double smoked ham, or roast goose for Christmas dinner. Enjoy some pecan tassies and Dutch oven apple cranberry crisp for dessert.

We even show you how to roast chestnuts on an open fire! Then nibble and nosh your way to New Year’s Eve with appetizers like homemade Boursin cheese spread. When it’s chilly, sip on hot Southern Comfort cider. And when it snows, make maple taffy on snow! The holidays are the best time to invite friends and family over for a get-together and celebrate the many blessings that you have. Enjoy!

Smoked butternut squash soup in a bowl

Decadently Delicious Smoked Butternut Squash Soup

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Clint Cantwell, Champion Pitmaster

Rich and creamy with a delicate kiss of smoke, this recipe for grill roasted butternut squash soup is a wonderful way to kick off any fall or winter meal. The soup features smoked butternut squash, vegetable broth, heavy cream, and a touch of maple syrup, then it is served warm with a garnish of sour cream and pepitas!
boursin cheese package

Save Money By Mixing Up Boursin And Rondelé Cheese Spread At Home

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

If you're a fan of store bought Boursin cheese spread, then you'll love this homemade version for a fraction of the cost! It's great as a spread on a crusty baguette or on crackers or stuffed into jalapeño poppers. It is also wonderful as a sauce dolloped on a hot steak, asparagus, or in mashed potatoes.
Smoked pork crown roast

Smoked Pork Crown Roast, The Reigning King Of Your Holiday Meal

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Clint Cantwell, Champion Pitmaster

Looking to wow your guests this holiday season? Cut from a 10 or 12 bone rack of pork that is trimmed (Frenched) to expose the ends of the bones, a pork crown roast is the ultimate edible centerpiece. It is also perfect for filling with a flavorful stuffing as done in this recipe for smoked pork crown roast.
double smoked ham

You Have Stumbled Across The Ultimate Double Smoked Ham Recipe

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

Create the best ham you've ever tasted with this ultimate double smoked ham recipe. Ordinary store bought whole or spiral ham is taken over the top by slowly smoking it on the grill. The true star of the show, however, is the sweet and savory glaze!
Sliced prime rib roast

The Science Of Cooking Prime Rib, Tenderloin, And Other Beef Roasts

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

There are some tricks to learning how to cook a perfect prime rib, tenderloin, round, rump, and other beef roasts and we have assembled them all in one place! Discover our secrets for ensuring it is cooked right from end to end and with a deeply flavored crust in this ultimate prime rib recipe.
roast turkey with sage

Grilled Or Smoked Turkey Recipe: Our Guide To A Perfect Bird

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

Our grilled and smoked turkey recipe and tutorial make your ordinary holiday meal extraordinary! Here's everything you need to know about making the ultimate holiday bird. We also bust some myths, discuss side dishes, and so much more!
Spatchcocked turkey on the grill

Give Thanks For The Ultimate Spatchcock Turkey Recipe

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Clint Cantwell, Champion Pitmaster

This spatchcock (butterflied) turkey gets a boost of flavor from sage butter and citrus-herb salt before hitting the smoker or grill for the perfect dose of smoke and flame. By spatchcocking the turkey, you guarantee that the dark and white meat are cooked to perfection as the heat is dispersed evenly across the bird.
Sous-vide-que turkey parts on a plate

Sous Vide And BBQ Join Forces To Create The Best Turkey Ever

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

Sous Vide and the grill and smoke combine to make the best turkey you have ever tasted. This sous-vide-que turkey recipe results in superbly tender and and juicy meat from the low and slow sous vide method, highlighted by the delicate elegance of hardwood smoke and crispy skin that can only be achieved on the grill.
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Plated roast goose

Grill-Roasted Stuffed Young Goose Recipe

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Dave Joachim

In Europe, goose is a very traditional holiday roast. Give this bird a try with a delicious recipe for roast goose stuffed with bacon, onions, and apples. Perfect for the Christmas holiday.
A crispy potato latke lifted from the oil on a slotted spoon

Latkes aka Potato Pancakes aka Crispy Creamy Hash Browns Are The World’s Best Potatoes

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

This simple, yet flavor packed recipe for hash browns, aka potato pancakes and latkes is the most perfect use of potatoes with their mahogany crunchy edges, crispy golden midsection, and tender, rich, meaty interiors. Traditionally fried in December for Hanukkah, potato latkes are hash browns on steroids.
charoses

Try This Charoses Recipe, A Delicious Jewish Applesauce!

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

Here's a great recipe for Charoses (Jewish applesauce). This is one of the world's great applesauces and is a perfect accompaniment to BBQ. Charoses tastes just fine as soon as you make it, but it improves with a day or two of age as the apples and raisins absorb the wine and spice flavors.
Porchetta slice showing off spiral

Pork Belly Porchetta: The Best Pork Roast Ever

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

The quintessential taste of Italy is not pasta, not pizza, not Barolo, and not olive oil. It is porchetta, a rich, fatty, herby, crazy fragrant, crazy good, boneless pork roast swaddled in incredibly crunchy pork cracklins, sliced, and served on a rustic bun.
brisket on a grill

Authentic Texas Style Smoked Brisket Recipe

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

Behold the best smoked brisket recipe ever! Texas style brisket is more than a recipe, it is a concept and a goal. It all begins by selecting the right meat, trimming it, seasoning it, smoking it, slicing it, and more. Follow this easy BBQ brisket guide for mouthwatering results!
Sliced sous vide and smoked brisket

Sous Vide And Smoke Ensure Texas Beef Brisket Nirvana

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Clint Cantwell, Champion Pitmaster

Create mouthwateringly tender Texas-style BBQ beef brisket every time with this recipe for sous vide and smoked brisket. By starting with sous vide, otherwise tough brisket is rendered moist and tender before finishing it on the smoker or grill to add the smoky goodness of traditional brisket.
chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Chestnuts Roasted on an Open Fire And Other Methods

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

Everything you need to know about chestnuts, how to buy them and cook them. Warm fresh chestnuts are soft, fleshy, sensuous, creamy, and sweet. They are best served plain with a glass of port or a mug of hot glögg and, on the bearskin rug, in front of the fireplace, with Nat King Cole in the background.
candied pecans

Candied Pecans From The Grill Are Sinfully Delicious

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

Candied pecans are always a hit as a snack and this recipe takes them over the top by roasting them on the grill. Serve them straight, mixed with dried fruit, or sprinkled as garnish on your favorite dishes. If you don't have a smoker or grill you can make most of these recipes just fine in your indoor oven.
Apple cranberry crisp in a bowl

Dutch Oven Apple Cranberry Crisp Recipe

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

This classic fruit crisp recipe cooks beautifully and get crunchy on top in a Dutch oven. In addition to being delicious, this Dutch oven apple cranberry crisp is also quite simple. Toss the fruit with sugar, pour into a Dutch oven, and add a crumb topping. Top the lid with charcoal briquets and cook to perfection.
rosemary roasted nuts

The Ultimate Guide To Making Roasted Nuts And Snack Mix At Home

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

Spicy, savory, sweet roasted nuts are always a hit as a snack. Serve them straight, mixed with dried fruit, or sprinkled as garnish on your favorite dishes. If you don't have a smoker or grill you can make most of these recipes just fine in your indoor oven, though they will lack the deep smoky flavor of the grill.
Powdered sugar dusted pecan tassie

Bite-Size Pecan Pies Are Easy To Make And Easier To Eat

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this delicious recipe for pecan tassies, mini bite size pecan pies. Crunchy, nutty, gooey, flaky, and easy to pop one after another, these tasty tartlets are often served at Southern weddings, but are most common at Christmas and Thanksgiving, when pecans are still fresh.
cranberry sauce with turkey

This Drunken Cranberry Sauce Will Enliven Your Holiday Table

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

This sweet and savory cranberry sauce recipe will have you kicking the canned stuff to the curb. Port and balsamic vinegar add an unexpected depth of flavor to this traditional holiday side dish. And most of the alcohol evaporates in the cooking, so you can serve it to the kids.
making glogg

The Saintly Swedish Glögg (A Killer Hot Mulled Wine) That You’ll Crave This Winter

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Meathead, BBQ Hall of Famer

Warm yourself in the winter with this delicious recipe for Scandinavian Glögg, a hot mulled wine made from spices, red wine, port, and brandy. Because it is served warm it is especially popular around Christmas. It is the perfect cold-weather drink, warming the body and soul from the inside out.

Published On: 12/11/2019 Last Modified: 2/13/2024

 

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