Summer recipes
Make the most of a British summer with some of our favourite summery recipes. From light summery salads to fresh seafood pasta we’ve got the perfect recipes to enjoy outside.
Throwing a barbecue? We’ve got plenty of ideas for mains, veggie options and sides. Pack a picnic hamper with pasta salads, moreish savory bakes and colourful dips. If you’re throwing a garden party, scroll down for dozens of ideas for nibbles, mains and summer bakes festooned with fresh berries.
Our summer recipes include plenty of ideas for seasonal produce. Think ripe tomatoes from the garden, glossy aubergines and aromatic fennel. Plus strawberry bakes, peach desserts and plenty more sweet treats.
Check out our rainy day recipes for summer and bookmark a few cosy baking projects or preserving ideas like our glorious nectarine curd for those days when the weather refuses to play ball.
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Pickled recipes
Giardiniera
Giardiniera are crunchy Italian pickles, commonly served in the north as an antipasti, that are incredibly moreish and simple to make.
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Italian dessert recipes
Theo Randall’s torta sacripantina (cherry and raspberry genoise)
Torta sacripantina is a dessert from Liguria. Theo Randall shares his recipe for this genoise cake with cherries, raspberries and zabaione.
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Easy starter recipes
Socca (or farinata) with prawns, chickpeas and peppers
Debora Robertson shares her easy recipe for the Provençal chickpea flatbread, socca. This popular snack is known as farinata in Italy.
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Tomato salad recipes
Insalata pantesca (Pantelleria-style cherry tomato salad)
This cherry tomato salad recipe comes from Pantelleria, an island between Sicily and Tunisia. It's perfect for a lunch in the sun.
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Italian dessert recipes
Almond granita ‘affogato’
Sicilian chef Alfio Laudani shares a make-ahead dessert perfect for hot summer days. Almond granita is topped with a gorgeous espresso foam.
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Italian vegetarian recipes
Tuscan panzanella
Learn how to make the classic Tuscan bread salad, panzanella. It's a great way to use old bread and make the most of late summer produce.
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Sandwich recipes
Lemongrass and vegetable fritter báhn mì
This vegetarian take on Vietnamese báhn mì sees the crisp baguettes loaded up with golden vegetable fritters, lemongrass and herbs.
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Healthy fish recipes
Vietnamese rice paper pizzas with eggs, spinach and sardines
Rice paper pizzas are a popular street food in Vietnam. Uyen Luu loads them with eggs, sardines and spinach and drizzles with garlic butter.
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Easy salmon recipes
Salmon and avocado summer rolls
Uyen Luu shares her recipe for salmon and avocado summer rolls. Vietnamese rice paper rolls are stuffed with salmon, avo and fresh herbs.
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Ricotta cheese recipes
Baked ricotta with cherry tomatoes, chilli and sesame
Looking for an effortless summer supper recipe? Try this golden cloud of baked ricotta topped with a sweet-sharp chilli tomato dressing.
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Filling salad recipes
Green beans, bulgur, feta and pomegranate with sunflower seed dressing
Tender green beans, filling bulgur wheat, pomegranate and feta join forces in this filling summer salad from food writer Claire Thomson.
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Summer cocktail recipes
Classic daiquiri
The classic daiquiri is a combination of rum, lime and sugar. It’s the original sour cocktail – learn how to make it.
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Tomato recipes
Tomato, mango and burrata chaat
India meets Italy in Gurdeep Loyal's tomato, mango and burrata chaat. This recipe is a remix of caprese salad with a chaat street-food twist.
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Sandwich recipes
Roast beef pan bagnat
Pan bagnat is the king of picnic sandwiches – and our version roast beef and tapenade mayo. Make in advance, so the flavours can mingle.
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Scotch egg recipes
Pickled walnut scotch eggs
Few things that improve a picnic more than a homemade scotch egg. These pickled walnut scotch eggs take just 35 minutes to make.
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Sweetcorn recipes
Elotes (Mexican-style street corn)
Corn on the cob is the sweet taste of summer. Elotes – Mexican grilled corn – takes things to a different level with a zingy cheesy topping.
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