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30-Day Beer Challenge: Day 8 - Rogue Dead Guy Meatballs
06/08/11
Rogue's Dead Guy Ale is an aggressive, yet sweet ale that punches you in the mouth with flavor. I think I'd be very pleased if they made this beer into a whiskey. With that idea of whiskey in mind, I thought of making meatballs and a BBQ sauce with this beer.
Ingredients:
~2 lb ground beef
1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 tbsp Rogue Dead Guy Ale
1 egg
1/4 onion (minced)
Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder
Sauce:
1 cup Rogue Dead Guy Ale
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground red pepper
1 tbsp mustard
1/4 cup malt vinegar
To make the sauce, combine all of the sauce ingredients in a sauce pan or pot. Set to medium heat. Whisk gently, but thoroughly and reduce to half, stirring occasionally.
In a mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, bread crumbs, egg, minced onion and 2 tbsp of beer. Season generously with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Mix by hand. Then roll meatballs and put on a baking sheet. Preheat over to 425 degrees F and bake for 10 minutes.
Take the meatballs out of the over, coat with a generous portion of BBQ sauce and place back in the over for another 6-8 minutes.
Tasting Notes:
The important part in this recipe is really the BBQ sauce. You could just make the sauce and buy meatballs from the store. Although, I prefer to make the meatballs myself. I also prefer to poach the meatballs before baking. I feel like it just helps than hold the shape better a you don't have to worry about them drying out at all.
I made this exactly as the recipe says, though. I probably should have made twice the sauce because I liked it so much. As you can see in the image above, I made a sandwich from the meatballs. I love the tangy BBQ sauce with a slight bite. Nothing overpowering and plenty sweet.
The only thing that I'd change the next time around, is I'd cook them a little longer. As the recipe stands, the meatballs are cooked enough, but I prefer them a little more well done. Overall though, a 9 on my scale. I need to keep this BBQ sauce recipe around because I really like it.
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