Today's blog is inspired by a wee place I went to in Bristol called Atomic Burger
It's great burger, hotdog place with cool retro comic book inspired decor and "Hard Shakes". Mmmmmm, booze and ice cream. Always a good combination.
Just for the record. I really LOVE Bristol.
It's one of my favorite cities. Friendly locals and loads of good bars and restaurants to go to.
Amazing graffiti artists and a great music scene.
Aye!
ATOMIC BURGER
I had the Stray Dog. A German Frankfurter wrapped in bacon with aged Cheddar sauce, tumbleweed onions and the Danger Fries. Crispy fries topped with pulled chicken, Louisiana hot sauce, blue cheese dressing and spring onions.
All washed down with some tasty Margharitas.
Atomic burger is definitely a must if you find yourself in the wonderful City of Bristol. Great atmosphere, good service, old 80's videos and comic book decor which, (for me at least) takes me right back to my childhood.
Even with the "interestingly erotic" floor design.
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Well then.
Here's a wee video from a band called Red Fang. I think they are one of the best bands to come out in ages.
The song is called "Prehistoric Dog".... hot dog? See what I did there. God, I'm a genius.
For anyone who knows anything about erm......role playing (not me of course, oh no) the video is pretty funny.
Also worthy of note in Bristol is The Gryphon bar.
A proper Metal boozer with tons of live acts and cask ales on offer.
Check it out.
The owner looks like Oliver Reed (see below).
The Gryphon
Told ya.
So here's my take on an ATOMIC DAWG. bringing the atomic from the green chilli. Ooft!
Now, I ran a competition on facebook to name the "dawg" and the best name got something special (illegal?) through the post.
3 people replied. Woo hoooooo. Thanks Lynne, Ali and Henry.
So Henry is the winner with "The Dirty Dawg".
Wheeeeeeeeeeey.
The Dirty Dawg
Crispy bacon wrapped Bratwurst with squeezy cheese and green chilli relish.
Makes 4
4 BIG Bratwurst
4 nice brioche buns or good sub rolls or hotdog rolls
8 rashers of really good streaky bacon. It MUST be streaky.
A bottle of squeesy cheddar style cheese (yep, that's right, trust me it's worth it)
1 green pepper
1 green jalapeno
1 shallot
50ml white wine vinegar
25g sugar
1 tomato chopped
Sunflower oil or olive oil
Pinch corriander seeds crushed
Salt and pepper
First we need to make the chilli relish.
De seed your green pepper and cut into small dice. Then finely chop you chilli (seeds and all).
Chop your shallot finely.
Heat a little oil in a pan on medium.
Add the corriander seeds and shallots and cook for a few minutes until shallots are soft and opaque and corriander smells fragrant and amazing.
Add your chilli and cook for one minute then add your green pepper and cook for about 5 minutes until softened.
Add the vinegar, sugar and a pinch of salt and pepper and cook for about 8 to 10 minutes until liquid has absorbed and you have a slightly wet relish ( It will thicken as it cools).
Leave to cool.
So here's the tricky part.
You need to get a skewer or a chop stick and stick it down the length of the bratwurst, making sure not to pop out the other end or break the sausage.
You are basically making a little tunnel to squeeze in the cheese.
So, then..... squeeze in your cheese and fill the cavity. Fnar, fnar.
Get two rashers of streaky bacon and wrap them around the Bratwurst making sure that you cover the wee hole where you squeezed in your cheesy goodness. Mmmmmmmmmm.
Heat a frying pan on medium with a little oil then place in your bacon wrapped dogs and fry until bacon is nice and browned all over. This should take about 10 minutes.
Take out of the pan and leave to rest while you split your buns and place cut side down in the pan you cooked your dawgs in to heat and toast gently.
Place your dawgs in the buns then top with the relish. You can also add some fresh chopped tomato, ketchup, mustard, ice cream, dandelions etc .
If you want.
Enjoy and feel free to admit that you quite like squeezy cheese.
you do. Admit it.
