You’ve got the barbecue out, right? So, use it, in ways you’ve never before. Here are our starter and main recipes which have something for everyone, and for which you can utilize your barbecue techniques flamin’ brilliantly!
SIX EASY
SUMMER RECIPES FOR ALL THE FAMILY
STARTERS Chilled cucumber soup with bacon and dill Two to four cucumbers Rashers of bacon Handful of dill
Dice up the cucumber into small chunks and blend in a blender. Fry off the bacon until crispy. Serve the soup, with sprinkles of the bacon and chopped dill.
Halloumi with a mint and lemon sauce Halloumi Mint leaves One lemon
Slice the halloumi into stick shapes, and barbecue until seared. For the sauce, blend mint leaves with the juice of a whole lemon. Serve the halloumi topped with the sauce.
Avocado garlic bread Bread Garlic Butter Avocado
Any bread should do. Mince approx. four cloves of garlic, and, with butter, spread/rub into the bread. Pop the bread onto the barbecue grill, with a halved avocado beside it also grilling. After a few minutes take everything off the grill, detached the avocado flesh from its skin, and spread atop the bread, and serve.
MAINS Seafood (of your choice) Baby gem lettuce Cayenne pepper Small tomatoes Radishes Balsamic vinegar
Sausages Small tomatoes Peppers Mushrooms Pasta
Sirloin or ribeye steaks Parma ham Sage Mozzarella Small tomatoes Parmesan
Tangy seafood salad Prepare your seafood to your liking. Unless it’s smoked, you will need to cook it out on the barbecue. Chop or slice the vegetables, and pick off whole leaves of baby gem lettuce. Decoratively fan out the lettuce leaves on the plate, then place the vegetables in the centre, with the seafood on top. Drizzle generously with balsamic vinegar.
Mediterranean sausage pasta Cook the sausages thoroughly on the barbecue first, along with the peppers, tomatoes and mushrooms. When all cooked, slice or dice the ingredients to your liking, and add to the cooked pasta. Squash down the tomatoes to create a sauce which will emulsify with the other ingredients. Add feta cheese to garnish if you like.
Rolled steak saltimbocca Flatten out the steak with a meat tenderizer, then layer the steak with parma ham, sage, mozzarella and parmesan, and roll (like a Swiss roll) the steak, piercing the lip and body together with cocktail sticks. Cook on the barbecue to your liking (rare, medium, well done, etc). When serving, top with barbecued tomatoes.
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