
Grilled Pink Grapefruit Margaritas
Grilling adds a whole new layer of smokey flavor to these not-too-sweet frozen pink grapefruit margaritas. I’ve always been a big fan of...
I’ll nearly always order fried green tomatoes if I spot them on a menu. Served with a ranch or remoulade, they have the unique ability to be both fried and fresh at the same time, but they are also quite hazardous to consume. Much like the threat of molten cheese, a lava-esque flow of searing tomato flesh sits beneath a thin cornmeal crust, just waiting to inflict major oral trauma for those not patient or sensible enough to wait out the cooling period.
I also really like hush puppies, in theory. Fried nuggets of cornmeal always sound like a good idea. Until they are underseasoned. Without a significant hit of salt and sugar, regular hush puppies have the capacity to seriously underwhelm your tastebuds. You can definitely add additional ingredients to them to jazz them up a little, like jalapeno. But between becoming smoked chipotles and being stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon, jalapeno peppers already have enough duties on their plates.
But, what if we harness the strength of the tomatoes, with the goodness of the hush puppies, and combine them to make one almighty snack?! Yes please! It just makes sense. The hush puppy batter is like a the ultimate improvement on the traditional FGT coating; retaining the corn flavor and grainy texture, but hugging the tomato pieces with a soft cushion of deliciousness, instead of falling away like a broken shell.
All in all, unlike some collaborations that don’t work all that well (ahem Snoop and Willie), the union of green tomatoes and hush puppies is a true thing of beauty.
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Grilling adds a whole new layer of smokey flavor to these not-too-sweet frozen pink grapefruit margaritas. I’ve always been a big fan of...
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