Recipes: Warm Potato Salad With Beer, Grilled Honey Salmon, and Grilled Strawberry Kebobs

To help you celebrate summer, we’d like to share three delicious recipes from our friends at Vermont Castings:

1. Warm Potato Salad with Beer
2. Grilled Honey Salmon
3. Grilled Strawberry Kebobs

Warm Potato Salad with Beer
http://vermontcastings.com/recipe-details/Starters/Celebrate-with-Beer---Warm-Potato-Salad-with-Beer/

Servings: 6
Prep Time: 0 to 15 minutes
Difficulty: Easy to do
Cook Time: 15 to 30 minutes

Ingredients

Beer Dressing:

6 tbsp of olive oil (90ml)
1/2 cup of red onions, finely chopped (125ml)
3/4 cup of lager (175ml)
4 tbsp malt (60ml) or 4 tbsp cider vinegar (60ml)
1 tsp of sugar (5ml)
2 tbsp dijon mustard (30ml)
salt and pepper to taste

Potato Salad:

2 1/2 lb. of red potatoes
2 cups of yellow onions, finely chopped (475ml)
1/4 cup of fresh parsley, finely chopped (60ml)
4 tbsp of chives, chopped (60ml)
3 hard boiled eggs, sliced

Directions

Beer Dressing:

1. Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a small frying pan over medium heat. Add the red onion andcook until soft, about 5 minutes.
2. Add the Lager, vinegar and sugar and boil for 5 minutes.
3. Put into a food processor with the mustard. With the motor running, slowly poor in the remaining four tablespoons of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.

Potato Salad:

1. Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water until a knife point can be easily inserted, about 20-25 minutes. Remove, and as soon as you can handle them, peel, slice and cut into ¼-inch rounds.
2. While the potatoes are still warm, gently mix them with the yellow onions, parsley, and beer dressing. Do not overmix or the potatoes may break into pieces. Serve warm or at room temperature.
3. Sprinkle chives and eggs over top

Grilled Honey Salmon
http://vermontcastings.com/recipe-details/Fish-and-Seafood/Grilled-Honey-Salmon/

Servings: 2
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: Easy to do
Grill Time: 10-12 minutes 

Ingredients

2 large portions of fresh salmon
1/8 cup of brown sugar
1/2 cup of honey
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce

Directions

1. Combine brown sugar, honey, butter and Worcestershire sauce together in a bowl and microwave until you have a creamy consistency.
2. Place the salmon into the bowl and marinate for about 15 minutes.
3. Place the salmon on a sheet of foil and then put it on the grill. Continue to baste the salmon while it is cooking with the extra marinade. The salmon will be done in 10 - 12 minutes. Do not overcook the salmon!

Grilled Strawberry Kebabs
http://vermontcastings.com/recipe-details/Desserts/Grilled-Strawberry-Kebabs/

Servings: 8
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Difficulty: Easy to do
Grill Time: 10 seconds

Ingredients

500 g/1 lb strawberries, halved
1/4 cup/60 ml/2 fl oz balsamic vinegar
1 ½ cups/220 g/7 oz confectioners sugar
vanilla ice cream

Directions

1. Preheat barbecue to a high heat.
2. Thread strawberries onto lightly oiled wooden skewers. Brush strawberries with vinegar, then roll in icing sugar.
3. Cook kebabs on oiled barbecue grill for 10 seconds each side or until icing sugar caramelizes. Serve immediately with ice cream.

Tips

Remember to soak bamboo or wooden skewers in water before using; this helps to prevent them from burning during cooking. Before threading food onto skewers, lightly oil them so that the cooked food is easy to remove. For this recipe, use a light-tasting oil such as canola or sunflower.

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