Grilled Mediterranean Bread Crisps Recipes

CRISPY ROSEMARY SEA SALT FLATBREAD CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicon mat or parchment paper.
• Place flour, salt, sugar, and grated cheese in a mixing bowl. Stir together until well mixed. Add rosemary; drizzle with olive oil and add water. Mix with a fork until mixture comes together in a fairly sticky dough and pulls away from the sides of the bowl, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Transfer dough onto floured surface and add flour as you knead the dough. Knead until it no longer sticks to work surface, 4 to 5 minutes. Divide dough in half.
• Dust work surface with flour. Roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness or less. Brush or mist surface of dough very lightly with water. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt. Prick the entire surface of dough with the tines of a fork to prevent crackers from puffing too much when baking.
• Cut each rolled out half into about 30 pieces with a pizza wheel. You can cut them out in squares, rectangles, or triangles--your choice. Transfer onto prepared baking sheet with a bench scraper or your floured fingers (dough will be very sticky).
• Bake in preheated oven until perfectly browned and crunchy, 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the thickness.

GRILLED MEDITERRANEAN VEGETABLE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Brush eggplant and red bell peppers with 1 tablespoon olive oil; use more if necessary, depending on sizes of vegetables. Place on a baking sheet and roast in preheated oven. Roast eggplant until tender, about 25 minutes; roast peppers until blackened. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and cook and stir mushrooms until tender. Stir crushed garlic into mayonnaise. Slice focaccia in half lengthwise. Spread mayonnaise mixture on one or both halves.
• Peel cooled peppers, core, and slice. Arrange eggplant, peppers and mushrooms on focaccia. Wrap sandwich in plastic wrap; place a cutting board on top of it and weight it down with some canned foods. Allow sandwich to sit for 2 hours before slicing and serving.

GRILLED FLATBREAD

Steps:

• Heat a grill or grill pan until hot. Place water in a medium bowl, and sprinkle yeast on top; stir to dissolve. Let sit until foamy, about 5 minutes. Add olive oil, flour, and salt; combine. Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, 1 to 2 minutes. Place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let stand in a warm place for 30 minutes.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide into 4 equal pieces, and roll out each into a 1/8-inch-thick round. Lightly brush both sides of each round with olive oil, and place the rounds directly on the hot grill. Grill the flatbread until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Remove from grill, and season with salt.

GRILLED MEDITERRANEAN SLIDERS

Steps:

• Heat gas or charcoal grill. In small bowl, mix 1/4 cup of the cheese, the olives and vinaigrette dressing; cover and refrigerate.
• In medium bowl, mix ground beef, oregano and remaining 1/4 cup of cheese. Shape into 8 equal patties.
• Place patties in grill basket; place on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 8 to 10 minutes, turning once, until meat thermometer inserted in center of patties reads 160°F.
• Place patties on bottom halves of buns. Top each with small spoonful of cheese mixture. Spread spoonful of hummus on top half of each bun; arrange bun halves over cheese mixture.

MEDITERRANEAN MIXED GRILL

Steps:

• Preheat a grill to medium high. Mix the yogurt, garlic, parsley and oregano in a bowl. In a separate bowl, toss the chicken with 1/4 cup of the yogurt mixture, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Stir the olive oil into the remaining yogurt mixture and set aside.
• Brush the cut sides of the eggplant with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and the smoked paprika. Brush the bread with olive oil.
• Brush the grill grates with olive oil. Grill the chicken, turning once, until cooked through and a thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 160 degrees F, 15 to 20 minutes. Meanwhile, grill the eggplant, skin-side down, until softened, about 15 minutes; turn and continue cooking until tender, about 5 more minutes. Grill the tomatoes and bread, turning once, until marked, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Serve the chicken, eggplant, tomatoes and bread with the yogurt sauce.
• Per serving: Calories 545; Fat 18 g (Saturated 4 g); Cholesterol 98 mg; Sodium 795 mg; Carbohydrate 47 g; Fiber 6 g; Protein 47 g

GRILLED MEDITERRANEAN KEBABS ON PITA

Steps:

• If using bamboo skewers, soak them submerged in warm water for 30 minutes to one hour before using.
• Combine ingredients for kebabs in a mixing bowl and stir thoroughly or use hands to mix until all ingredients are evenly incorporated.
• Prepare grill.
• Oil your hands and make meatballs (koftas) or, if you prefer, torpedo shapes about 6-inches long and place these on prepared skewers (about 3 koftas per skewer) and set them onto waxed paper while finishing the others.
• When all skewers are prepared, grill them over moderately hot coals (may also use broiler or oven, but will lose the char-grilled flavor), until cooked through, turning once.
• Prepare sandwich by warming pita or lavash and placing three (4 if necessary) koftas on the bread or one torpedo, plus some of the tzatziki.
• Sprinkle heavily with the parsley, add some feta cheese, some chopped tomato, a light sprinkling of minced onion, a few pinches of za'atar and cayenne (if you like it spicy, but the za'atar gives a nice flavor!) (Or you may use whatever toppings you prefer).
• Roll up the bread without tearing it, wrap gently with foil or plastic wrap, and serve (I like to serve this with Greek Salad recipe#26384, and some fresh fruit, but lots of Greek and/or Middle Eastern recipes would go great with this!).

MEDITERRANEAN GRILLED SNAPPER

Steps:

• In 8-inch square (2-quart) glass baking dish, place fish. In small bowl, mix oil, lemon juice, basil, rosemary and garlic; pour over fish. Cover; refrigerate 2 hours to marinate.
• Remove fish from marinade; set aside. Pour marinade into 1-quart saucepan. Add olives, zucchini and tomato to marinade. Cook over medium heat 4 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until zucchini is crisp-tender.
• Heat gas or charcoal grill. Carefully brush grill rack with canola oil. Place fish, skin sides down, on grill. Cover grill; cook over medium heat 10 to 15 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork. Spoon tomato olive mixture over snapper.

MEDITERRANEAN BREAD CRISPS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 400°.2. Mix butter and cheese spread over bread. Sprinkle with olives. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake about 10 minutes or until crisp.1 Crisp: Calories 75 (Calories from Fat 35) Fat 4g (Saturated 2g) Cholesterol 10mg Sodium 150mg Carbohydrate 8g (Dietary Fiber 0g) Protein 2g % Daily Value: Vitamin A 2% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 2% Iron 2% o Diet Exchanges: 1/2 Starch, 1 FatFrom "Betty Crocker's Cooking for Two." Text Copyright 2005 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

GRILLED MEDITERRANEAN BREAD CRISPS

Steps:

• Heat gas or charcoal grill.
• In small bowl, mix butter and cheese; set aside.
• Place bread on grill over medium heat.
• Cover grill, cook 3-5 minutes or until lightly toasted.
• Spread cheese mixture over toasted sides of bread.
• Sprinkle with olives.
• Place bread, olive sides up, on grill.
• Cover; cook 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Garnish with oregano leaves.