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<Paragraph>When summer approaches, our thoughts turn to one thing: BBQ. Nothing is more quintessentially Kiwi than grilling, so it’s fitting that classic New Zealand success story Escea has made the BBQ experience even better. Escea’s <Link url="/outdoor-fireplaces/ew-series/" target="_blank">EW5000</Link> outdoor cooking fire features a large grill plate, so you can char your steaks over a crackling wood fire just as nature intended.</Paragraph>
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<Paragraph>Recently we whipped up some manuka-smoked steak burgers with portobello mushrooms and charred peppers with the EW5000 at the Dunedin Escea offices. Watch the video below on how the team did it.</Paragraph>
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How to make gourmet steak burgers on a wood fire grill
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<Paragraph>The grill plate can be placed at three different heights to regulate heat. With the simple addition of smoke pellets, you can create authentic smoked meats.</Paragraph>
<Paragraph>Other than the drool-inducing culinary possibilities – charred skirt steak with chimichurri sauce, exquisitely marbled Wagyu beef with wasabi salt and garlic chips, Caesar salad with wood-smoked chicken breast – the <Link url="https://www.escea.com/nz/outdoor-fireplaces/ew-series/" target="_blank">EW5000</Link> outdoor wood fireplace is a brilliant tool in landscapers’ arsenals. Evocative woodsmoke and glowing embers never go out of fashion, especially when paired with Escea’s trademark clean lines.</Paragraph>
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<Paragraph>Authentic wood fire grilling recipe: Gourmet Steak, Bacon, and Mushroom Burgers</Paragraph>
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<ListItem>Olive or canola oil for the grill</ListItem>
<ListItem>Three burger buns, preferably ciabatta</ListItem>
<ListItem>One large or two small red capsicums</ListItem>
<ListItem>Three Portobello mushrooms</ListItem>
<ListItem>Three 120g scotch fillet steaks, trimmed</ListItem>
<ListItem>Three rashers bacon</ListItem>
<ListItem>Three generous slices Swiss cheese – we suggest Gruyere or Emmentaler</ListItem>
<ListItem>Garlic butter</ListItem>
<ListItem>Green salad and cold beer to serve</ListItem>
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<ListItem>Build and light your fire. Once the embers are glowing nicely, slide in your grill plate.</ListItem>
<ListItem>Roughly slice your capsicums.</ListItem>
<ListItem>Prepare the grill by lightly oiling it.</ListItem>
<ListItem>Place your capsicum slices and whole Portobello mushrooms on the solid side of the grill plate.</ListItem>
<ListItem>Place your bacon on the grill side to let the fat drip through the grill.</ListItem>
<ListItem>To control the temperature of each side of the grill plate, move the hot wood to wherever you want more heat.</ListItem>
<ListItem>Remove your bacon to the solid side of the grill plate to keep warm, and place your steaks on the grill side. Optional but extremely tasty: add manuka wood chips to the embers below to infuse your steak with manuka woodsmoke.</ListItem>
<ListItem>Cook your steaks on one side to your liking (though here at Escea, we firmly believe that well done steak is an abomination). Turn them, and cover with a foil roasting pan to infuse the centre of the steak with smokey flavour and heat.</ListItem>
<ListItem>Remove your bacon and vegetables from the grill, and add your burger buns cut side down.</ListItem>
<ListItem>Remove the cover from the steaks, and top them with slices of cheese.</ListItem>
<ListItem>Once your buns are pleasingly charred, remove from the grill and spread with garlic butter.</ListItem>
<ListItem>On each bun, place a steak, a slice of bacon, a whole mushroom, and a couple of capsicum pieces.</ListItem>
<ListItem>Dab each mushroom with a teaspoon of garlic butter and place the lid on your burgers.</ListItem>
<ListItem>Reward yourself with a cold beer (we like Monteith’s IPA) and serve your burgers alongside a crisp green salad. Or chips. We won’t tell if you don’t.</ListItem>
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<Paragraph>Makes three man-sized burgers.</Paragraph>
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