Summer dinner recipes
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Lasagne recipes
Summer vegetable lasagne
This summer vegetable lasagne is packed with courgettes, aubergine and flame-grilled peppers. Serve with a crisp green salad.
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Summer pasta recipes
Trapanese pesto pasta with salmon
Scily’s trapanese pesto is made with tomatoes, toasted almonds and mint alongside the basil and cheese. The perfect partner for salmon pasta.
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Aubergine recipes
Smoky aubergine and tahini pasta with feta
Aubergines collapse into a juice pile of smoky, rich flavour when cooked directly on a heat source, making an incredibly rich pasta sauce.
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Courgette recipes
Courgettes and ricotta on toast
Cook courgettes slowly to draw out their natural sweetness. The tender and juicy courgettes are delicious on toast with creamy ricotta.
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New potato recipes
Summer roast chicken with holiday potatoes and courgette and peach salad
This simple, home-cooked roast chicken is minimal fuss for maximum flavour and can mostly be prepared before guests arrive. The pickled courgette and peach salad is a particular favourite for serving alongside.
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Chilli recipes
Turkey and black-eyed bean chilli with cheese-stuffed patacones
This spicy turkey chilli is oh-so good. The patacones which go with it add cheesiness, sweetness from plantain and all-important texture. Chilli lovers must try it.
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Mussel recipes
Mussel and potato salad with capers and thyme
A beautiful potato salad begging to be eaten outside with a glass of white wine. Saline-sweet mussels, capers and chilli add bags of flavour.
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Slow cook recipes
Pulled pork buns with fennel and gooseberry ketchup
Porchetta gets slow cooked in this pulled pork bun recipe making it a great make-ahead choice for a weekend dinner party.
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Skewer recipes
Murgh malai tikka
These creamy chicken skewers are marinated in yogurt and cream with garlic, ginger, green chillies and coriander. The perfect recipe for summer meals!
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Italian starter recipes
Fritto misto
One of the nicest things you can eat by the coast in Italy, fritto misto is incredibly simple – but of course, the quality of the ingredients is paramount (so buy fresh rather than frozen if possible).
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Alternative barbecue recipes
Barbecued mackerel wrapped in fig leaves with pickled figs
This barbecued mackerel is wrapped in fig leaves, but preserved vine leaves work well too. The picked figs cut through the oily richness of the mackerel perfectly.
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Recipes that will make you excited for autumn
Beef carpaccio salad with fresh figs
This simple but mighty beef carpaccio salad makes the most of sweet ripe figs, and it looks really special on the table.
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30-minute meal recipes
Summer vegetable and feta galette
This pretty, versatile galette celebrates all of late spring and early summer’s culinary heroes – and it’s ready in 30 minutes.
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Apricot recipes
Roast pork loin with lavender honey-glazed apricots
In this lovely roast pork recipe, lavender honey-glazed apricots soak up the meat juices and are served with pork, potatoes and a salad.
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30-minute meal recipes
Harissa salmon with orzo courgette salad
Orzo pasta salads rule, and this one can be served hot or cold. The key to this delicious orzo salmon salad is the lightly pickled courgettes
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Aubergine recipes
Pasta alla Norma
Aubergine is the star of Sicily’s iconic pasta dish. It's deliciously simple and requires only a handful of ingredients, but is one of our all-time favourite pasta sauces.
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