Summer dinner recipes
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Recipes using chickpeas
Chickpeas with chorizo and herbs
Dish up an effortless weeknight dinner of chickpeas with chorizo and fresh herbs. This dish can also be made ahead for a barbecue side dish.
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Lettuce recipes
Braised lettuce with trout, peas and mint
This one-pot dinner sings of early summer and is ready in just 20 minutes. If you’ve never braised lettuce before, you’re in for a treat.
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Lettuce recipes
Cos wedge salad
Flavourful cos lettuces are perfect for making a wedge salad with blue cheese dressing. Make this cult US salad with our easy recipe.
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Dinner ideas for two
Lemongrass turkey mince noodle salad
A riff on a Vietnamese rice noodle salad, this turkey dish is bursting with fresh flavours from lemongrass, ginger, chilli, mint and lime.
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Sausage pasta recipes
Angela Hartnett’s rigatoni with fennel and sausage
A simple, rustic, deeply flavourful pasta dish from the iconic Angela Hartnett, with fennel and sausage in a tomato sauce.
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Quick and easy pork recipes
Michel Roux Jr’s pork steaks with summer vegetables
This summer-ready dish by Michel Roux Jr makes a hero of pork steaks, cooked simply alongside asparagus, courgettes and tomatoes.
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Mussel recipes
Rick Stein’s arroz verde (green rice with garlic, parsley and mussels)
Mussels and rice are a winning combination in this sunny arroz verde (green rice) by Rick Stein, flavoured with parsley and garlic.
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Favourite chicken recipes
Spatchcocked crispy-skin chicken with herbs, lemon and garlic
Brined, spatchcocked chicken is a great method for roasting the bird as it really dials up the flavour. Try it for your next Sunday roast.
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Favourite chicken recipes
Spatchcock saffron chicken (joojeh kabab)
This spatchcocked saffron chicken is a modern twist on a Persian classic – the joojeh kabab. Make it your go-to dish for summer entertaining.
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Alternative barbecue recipes
Barbecued aubergine and figs with pickled apricot salsa
You need to know about this barbecued aubergine and fig dish from Helen Graves, which comes with a pickled apricot and harissa salsa. It's the dream dish for a vegetarian barbecue.
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August seasonal recipes
Sardine escabeche
Thomasina Miers shares her make-ahead recipe for sardine escabeche. The sustainable fish is marinated in a moreish sweet-sour sauce.
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Sustainable recipes
Cockle and dill rice
Zainab Pirzada's cockle rice recipe is inspired by her mum's signature spicy prawn and dill rice, a family favourite in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Risotto recipes
Pea and broad bean risotto
A vibrant, ultra-creamy pea and broad bean risotto to celebrate the best of summer produce - an easy vegetarian main course for dinner
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Burger recipes
Merguez smash burger with harissa sauce
Lamb mince is flavoured with the same spices found in north African merguez sausages for a fiery take on a classic smash burger. The burger sauce is amped up with a double chilli kick of harissa paste and a pickled guindilla chilli.
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Holiday recipes
Crispy chicken skin paella
Nothing says summer holiday like a paella! Our chicken paella recipe comes complete with shards of crispy chicken skin on top.
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Burrata recipes
Sausage, fennel and burrata flatbreads
Summer is the perfect time to fire up the barbecue and make these easy sausage and fennel flatbreads from food writer Gill Meller.
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