Impress your BBQ guests this summer with Plank Cooking

‘Teach a man how to barbecue and you will be fed for the summer’. A truer word has never been spoken and our Cedar Planks are just what every barbecue needs to ensure a beautiful smokey flavour on all meats throughout the summer season. Our marinated chicken breasts, burgers and delicious Garlic & Herb sausages are now available in our shops. Niall’s famous Beetroot ketchup is also back by popular demand. A wonderfully versatile product with a hint of heat, our Beetroot ketchup can be used as a dipping sauce, relish or salad dressing. Niall Hill, director of food, introduced the innovative idea of cooking on planks to The Butler’s Pantry a number of years ago Plank cooking involves roasting and smoking food on cedar or oak planks in a closed-top barbecue. Plank cooking is a technique Niall first witnessed in Canada, and now that we have the weather for outdoor grilling, the planks are on sale in all 10 of our shops priced at €3.95. Niall has produced a number of easy to follow recipes available now online. We know that summer is in full swing here at The Butler’s Pantry when we take our first delivery of treated Cedar Wood planks from Gerry Farrelly’s estate in Roundwood, Co.Wickow. The aroma of the handcut planks becomes a distinctive feature throughout our shops, and indeed our customers BBQ’s.