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BGE Evening on the Villa Terrace

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An evening around the Big Green Egg, with a long table outside, dimmed lights on, and nothing else. Just for groups that don't need to be anywhere else for a while.

4u

duration

€ 60–150

budget

Ground

pace

An evening around the Big Green Egg takes its time. Mid-afternoon you light the coals and watch the thing warm up while the pool is still in use. Someone peels garlic, someone slices mango, someone opens a Polar beer. The villa slowly becomes a kitchen. The pace sorts itself out.

Around seven the first piece of meat goes on, picanha or a thick chicken thigh, plus a tray of vegetables in a cast-iron pan. The smoke drifts across the terrace, dim lights on, music at a reasonable volume. Everyone sits down at the long dining table at the same time. No phones, but a second round. Then coffee outside, feet up on a chair, the pool as a mirror.

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  • Kolen en aansteekblokjes op voorraad

  • Vlees of vis ontdooid

  • Gietijzeren pan klaar

  • Lange tafel gedekt

  • Schemerlampen aan

  • Muziek op niet te hard

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Light the Big Green Egg at four o'clock. Let it come up to temperature slowly.

Two people in the kitchen: one chops vegetables and mango, one mixes a marinade.

Three hours before dinner it's already a good time. Swimmers in the pool, cooks at the table, beers open.

Picanha or chicken thigh on the Egg. Indirect grilling for an even result.

Set the long table on the terrace, dim lights on, phones in a basket.

pause

First bite, nobody says a word. That's the highest compliment around here.

Coffee outside after dinner, feet up on a chair, the pool as a mirror.

For anyone copying this

Do as we did

PaceGround
Duration4u
RouteAny order
Budget€ 60–150

Suggestions

  • Light the Egg at least an hour before dinner, not right before the first bite.
  • Do your shopping at Albert Heijn or Van den Tweel, they carry picanha vacuum-packed.
  • Keep a spray bottle of water by the Egg for unexpected flare-ups.
  • Marinate the meat at the start of the afternoon, a few hours is plenty.
  • A bowl of mango with chili and lime works surprisingly well as a side dish.

Variations

  • - Visavond in plaats van vlees: hele snapper op de Egg met limoen en knoflook.
  • - Tapas-stijl: meerdere kleine schaaltjes door de avond heen op de Egg.
  • - Pizza-avond met een steen in de Egg, deeg meegenomen of zelf gemaakt.