Spicy black pepper-coated drumsticks from Italian Grill by Mario Batali

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  • chawkins on June 29, 2015

    Like breadcrumbs in the previous comment, I also had only 8 drumsticks, but I had more than enough marinade, perhaps my drumsticks were smaller, the amount would have been perfect for 12 drumsticks. The technique of marinating half-baked items is truly unusual. The grilled drumsticks were not spicy at all even with 2 tablespoons of tabasco sauce in the marinade. I did not serve the chicken with fennel batons but celery batons becuase that's what I have in my crisper. The Gorgonzola dipping sauce, essentially a blue cheese dressing, was delicious. I used lemon juice instead of the red wine vinegar in the dressing because of my husband's aversion to vinegar.

  • Breadcrumbs on August 20, 2010

    p. 142 - Aug 2010, first use of this rec. Photo in book looks delicious, described as "Buffalo wings go to Italy: drumsticks in a spicy buttermilk marinade..." I had 8 pieces of chx, recipe called for 12 yet amount of marinade was inadequate. I doubled and had just enough. Unusual prep method. Chx is baked, unseasoned w the exception of salt (I did add some garlic powder), then placed in marinade (similar to how you would treat fried buffalo wings w final saucing). Here marinated drums are then placed into the fridge until you're ready to grill. Our chx was not spicy at all however the fennel seed flavour came through beautifully and we definitely enjoyed them. I noticed that the photo in the book shows lots of red flecks on the final chx leading me to believe chili flakes should be used. I may do so next time however this was delicious as is. Only disappointing because we'd planned the meal around spicy chx.

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