Say goodbye to burnt bangers and enhance your barbecue dishes with punchy flavours and tenderising techniques. Try a selection of the recipes below for an outdoor feast that's flavourful, not frazzled.
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- Sizzling inspiration
- Meat
- Poultry and game
- Seafood
- Vegetables and vegetarian
- Salads
- Dips, sauces and condiments
- Desserts to barbecue
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Sizzling inspiration
It's time to sharpen your skewers, dust off the grills and get the fire smoking. Whether it's the height of British summer, or even if there's just a hint of sunshine behind the clouds, the smell of sizzling barbecue food is sure to be in the air.
To help your summer barbies go with a sparkle, we've come up with a variety of recipes for you to mix and match, as well as ideas for salads, salsas and dips to serve alongside.
Finish your meal on a sweet note with one of the recipes for sweet warm barbecued fruit, or prepare a pudding in advance for minimum effort on the day.
Meat
- Thai pork kebabs by Jo Pratt
- Homemade beefburger by Paul Merrett
- Bangers and mash BBQ style by Ross Burden
- Barbecued leg of lamb by Lotte Duncan
- Beef 'Bourguignon' kebabs by Ainsley Harriott
- Beef peppa-feta rolls by Ainsley Harriott
- Butterflied studded leg of lamb by Ainsley Harriott
- Cool hotdogs by Ross Burden
- Char siu lettuce rolls by Ainsley Harriott
- Mexican sausage wraps by Ross Burden
- Moroccan spiced lamb kebabs by Ainsley Harriott
- St Giorgios kleftiko parcels by Ainsley Harriott
- Surf and turf barbecue skewers by Ainsley Harriott
- Venison sausages with red onion marmalade by Ainsley Harriott
Poultry and game
- Munchie mustard chicken escalopes by Ainsley Harriott
- Oriental sticky chicken wings and drumsticks from Nation's Favourite Food
- Fuzzyless jerk chicken by Ainsley Harriott
- Grilled tikka-style chicken skewers with apricot sauce
- Moroccan grilled chicken with preserved lemon by James Martin
- Spatchcocked lemon poussins by Ainsley Harriott
Seafood
- Orla's bamboo Thai prawn satay with griddled limes by Ainsley Harriott
- Ainsley’s mulled mussels by Ainsley Harriott
- Barbecued snapper with mushroom stuffing from the Mushroom Bureau
- Barbecued trout with fennel butter
- Chargrilled squid stuffed with spinach and mint by Ainsley Harriott
- Chargrilled swordfish steaks with salsa fresca by Rick Stein
- Citrus seafood kebabs by Ainsley Harriott
- Hua Hin Beach red snapper by Ainsley Harriott
- Indian spiced swordfish steaks by Ainsley Harriott
- Jim’s barbecued tuna and chips by Ainsley Harriott
- Krungthep crab and coconut cakes by Ainsley Harriott
Vegetables and vegetarian
- Aubergine fold and feta rolls by Ainsley Harriott
- Fire-roasted Mediterranean vegetables by Ainsley Harriott
- Marinated goats’ cheese in vine leaf parcels by Ainsley Harriott
- Mexican cheese quesadillas by Ainsley Harriott
- Oriental mixed vegetable parcels by Ainsley Harriott
- Quesadillas with barbecued vegetables, salsa and guacamole by The Vegetarian Society
- Stuffed summer peppers by Antony Worrall Thompson
Salads
- Cherry tomato and rocket salad by Rick Stein
- Citrus salad by Rick Stein
- Fattoush (Lebanese bread salad) by The Vegetarian Society
- Green bean and beansprout salad
- Jewelled couscous by Antony Worrall Thompson
- Salad Niçoise by Antony Worrall Thompson
- Spring salad with sesame oil and shallot dressing by Ken Hom
- Summer salad with tarragon dressing by The Flour Advisory Bureau
Dips, sauces and condiments
- BBQ sauce by James Martin
- Chilli apple jelly by Antony Worrall Thompson
- Speckled spicy peanut sauce by Ainsley Harriott
- Tomato, cucumber and onion relish by The Vegetarian Society
- Tomato ketchup by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Desserts to barbecue
- Barbecued fruits by Rick Stein
- Chargrilled bananas with toffee sauce by Antony Worrall Thompson
- Honey nut baked fresh figs by Ainsley Harriott
- Strawberry Hill pineapple with rum butter glaze by Ainsley Harriott
- Sydney flambéed fruits with maple syrup and lightning champagne cocktail by Ainsley Harriott
Desserts to make in advance
- Sparkling jelly by Antony Worrall Thompson
- Summer pudding (video recipe) by Sophie Grigson from Get Cooking
- Apple pie with a twist by Antony Worrall Thompson
- Chocolate coated fruits by Rick Stein
- Fresh raspberry tart by Rick Stein
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