Summer Time and the grillin's easy
(sung to Sublime's Summer Time)

We tried a new recipe tonight that we nicked somewhere off the internet.

Pork and Apple Kebabs

1/2 cup apricot jam
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for grill
Coarse salt and ground pepper
1 1/2 pounds (about 1 1/2 inches each) pork tenderloin, halved lengthwise and cut into 16 cubes
1 medium red onion, cut into 8 wedges
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and cut into 8 wedges

1. Heat grill to medium-high. Make the sauce: In a large bowl, combine jam, vinegar, tomato paste, and 1 tablespoon oil. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
2. Assemble 4 long skewers, alternating 4 pork cubes with 2 onion wedges and 2 apple wedges on each (begin with pork and end with apple). Roll skewers in remaining tablespoon oil. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Lightly oil grates. Place skewers on grill; cover grill, and cook, turning occasionally, until grill marks are visible, 6 to 8 minutes.
4. Open grill; baste skewers with some sauce, and cook, turning skewers and basting occasionally with more sauce, until pork is no longer pink in the center and is nicely glazed, 4 to 8 minutes more.

Serves 4.

Rob didn't follow this exactly. He couldn't find apricot jam so he bought apricot preserves. He also used apple cider vinegar instead of just cider vinegar. And he put the sauce on right away, cooked it over lower heat for a longer time (grill lid closed) and used twice the sauce amount. It worked out fine and they were very, very tasty.




Ready for grillin'









Sauced around the coals









Ready to eat - yum!