The deflector stone is placed on the fire ring over the hot coals, protecting the food from the direct heat. The grill rack is raised with the distance piece. With indirect grilling you can cook large pieces of meat, whole fish and poultry gently on low temperatures. Gentle grilling of food in the grilling chamber at low temperatures (90-160 °C). The food grilled remains juicy and doesn’t get burnt. This is the most commonly used method with the BBQ Smokers. The pizza stone is raised with the distance piece and the MONOLITH is preheated to 300°C - 350°C. Different options exist for smoking food – smoking with wood, wood chips or wood flour. After heating the grill up, close the air regulator, thus minimising the intake of air. By adding different kinds of seasoning or spices destined for smoked food, you can change the fl avour of your meal as you wish. With this method the grill rack is placed on the fire ring over the hot coals. The food must be turned in order to be grilled from both sides.

BBQ Academy of Jiří Dolenský

Cheesecake with raspberry sauce – serves 8

You will need:
400g cream cheese
100g sour cream
4 eggs
100g sugar
100g white chocolate
1 vanilla sugar
1tsp lemon peel
40g flour
20g cooking chocolate

For the dough you will need:
200g “Bebe”biscuits
80g butter
20ml rum

For the sauce:
250g raspberries
50g icing sugar

Preparation:
- Crush the biscuits to small pieces.
- Add butter and a bit of rum – now you have the base of the cake.
- Place into buttered dishes and put the cream cheese mixture on the top.
- Cream cheese mixture: whip the cream cheese with the sour cream, egg yellows and vanilla sugar, add crushed white chocolate, lemon peel and thick snow made of egg whites and sugar, then gently fold in the flour.
- Bake the cake for about 15 minutes in the grill heated to approx. 180 °C, in indirect heat.
- Leave to cool a bit, then remove to a plate.
- Pour over the sauce made of cooked raspberries and sugar. Pass the raspberries through a sieve, to avoid any grains.
- Decorate with fresh mint and grated cooking chocolate.