I am currently digesting one of the best dinners I've had in the past year. My friend Kevin got a Big Green Egg BBQ for graduation and the thing is amazing! It is like having the Nebraska State Fair BBQ champ in your backyard at your beckon call. Kevin got the Egg up to 550F (child's play for this bbq) and he perfectly cooked 4 New York Steaks in about 6 minutes. We paried the steaks witha vegetable medley: roasted tomatoes, grilled red and yellow peppers, grilled zucchini and corn on the cob. I'm tellin' you right now, those steaks were already worth the price of the egg. To top it all off, we had a great Merlot to sip (thanks to the sale at World Market).
2002 Sterling Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot - Napa Valley, California
With 87% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 4% Syrah, 1.4% Petit Verdot, and .6% Other, this wine was sweeter than I usually prefer, but it had some nice fruity flavors that paired well with the steak. Cherry, vanilla, oak, and licorice were the standouts. The tannins were too weak and the finish was too short to make this a good sipping wine. However, I enjoyed it with the steak and would buy it again at $11 ($22 regular price).
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3 comments:
Egg BBQ? A merlot low on the tannens? Sounds like a nice evening :o) New York Strip steak has got to be the best thing a person can eat, especially if it's heavily marbled. That adds a lot of flavor.
I had hot dogs
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