Best BBQ For Summer Days
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The sun is out and so thoughts naturally turn to eating – and cooking – al fresco.
Don’t just throw a few boring bangers on the barbecue though: a simple marinade can transform even the cheapest cuts of meat, while vegetables like asparagus and peppers are also delicious when grilled.
Here are some of the Telegraph’s most tantalizing barbecue recipes, which include the perfect juicy burger, inventive marinades for meat, Tandoori-style chicken legs, peaches in grappa – and some treats for the children too.
MEAT
- Judy Joo’s Korean grilled hanger steak – A sesame, soy and ginger marinade renders hanger (or onlget) steak utterly delicious
- Diana Henry’s barbecued poussins with za’atar and pumpkin hummus – A Middle-Eastern-inspired chicken dish with roast-pumpkin dip
- The Hairy Bikers’ lamb kebabs with plum sauce and sour cream – If you don’t like pork it can easily be swapped for lamb or beef
- Barbecue chicken skewers
- Hammered pork chops with a herb sauce recipe
- Barbecued lamb kebabs with sabzi khordan recipe
- Barbecued glazed spare ribs
- Barbecued rosemary lamb with salsa verde
- Barbecued yogurt-marinated lamb chops recipe
- Beer can barbecue jerk chicken recipe
- Tandoori-style chicken legs recipe
- Black peppercorn and garlic bavette baps
- Richard H Turner’s milk and honey brined pork chops – These chops are worth the overnight wait for the spiced, sweet marinade to work its magic
FISH
MARINADES
VEGETABLES AND SIDES
- Last-minute grilled salad
- Barbecue corn
- Grilled salad of courgette, radicchio, basil and mozzarella recipe
- New potato, halloumi and sage kebabs
- French bean and tarragon salad recipe
- Sweet potato salad recipe
- Chargrilled asparagus and spring onions with Romesco sauce
- Mini Mexican stuffed peppers
- Barbecued squid salad
- Potato salad with horseradish, lemon and capers
DESSERTS
For the grown-ups:
- Grilled peaches with grappa
- Chargrilled pineapple with yogurt mousse and pistachio praline – The fruit’s sweet juices are caramelized over charcoal with the aid of a vanilla basting syrup
For the kids:
AND TO DRINK…
- Caribbean rum punch
- Elderflower and chamapgne cocktail
- Pimm’s cocktail recipes
- The best wines for barbecues
Need a new barbecue this summer? Read our guides to the best charcoal barbecues, gas barbecues, and portable barbecues