Summer starter recipes
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Favourite vegetarian recipes
Feta parcels with grilled courgettes and peaches
Wrap feta in courgette ribbons and grill or barbecue to make this delicious vegetarian starter or main. Serve with juicy grilled peaches.
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Aubergine recipes
Grilled aubergine salad
Angela Hartnett's grilled aubergine salad is simplicity itself. It comes with shavings of ricotta salata, fresh basil leaves and red chilli.
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Italian starter recipes
Peppers with roasted garlic, anchovies and basil
A stunning Italian starter by Angela Hartnett featuring sweet roasted red peppers, salty anchovies, roasted garlic and basil.
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Vegan dinner recipes
Summer garden soup
Gill Meller's beautiful summer garden soup recipe made with broad beans, fennel, new potatoes and herbs is a way to celebrate all things good and green.
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Fennel recipes
Kohlrabi and fennel salad
The beauty of this kohlrabi and fennel salad is you can keep it in the fridge until needed. Just drain and toss with the dressing at the last minute.
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Italian starter recipes
Baked ‘nduja and burrata dip with olive breadsticks
Serve the easy baked 'nduja and orange dip with crunchy olive breadsticks for dipping into the warm and gooey burrata centre.
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Strawberry recipes
Burrata with balsamic strawberries
A five-minute and five-ingredient starter recipe made with gorgeously creamy burrata cheese and sweet summer strawberries.
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Crostini recipes
Pea and crab crostini
A super-easy crab crositini recipe with toasted baguette and a crab, pea, tarragon and crème fraîche topping. Perfect as a starter or a fancy lunch.
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Courgette recipes
Tempura courgettes with ponzu dipping sauce
Crispy tempura-battered courgettes are served with a citrusy ponzu dipping sauce to cut through the richness of the batter – a wonderful snack or nibble.
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Courgette recipes
Griddled courgette salad with goat’s cheese and honey
This simple courgette salad couldn't be easier to make and marries together that wonderful flavour combination: goat's cheese and honey.
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Summer soup recipes
José Pizarro’s strawberry gazpacho
Try José Pizarro's recipe for strawberry gazpacho. It may sound like an unusual incarnation of the traditional recipe, but the result is just terrific.
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Italian starter recipes
Pancetta-wrapped halloumi fries with smoky chilli tomato relish
The ultimate crowd-pleasing nibble, these pancetta-wrapped halloumi fries are served with a smoky tomato relish to set your tastebuds alight!
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Aubergine recipes
Baba ghanoush
To really amp up the flavour of this Middle Eastern dip, baba ghanoush, char the aubergines on the barbecue for extra smoky flavour.
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Summer soup recipes
Chilled pea soup
Delicately fresh and sweet, this chilled pea soup is a summer stunner. It's cheap to make too as it uses frozen petit pois.
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Vegetarian starter recipes
Tomato and burrata salad with basil oil
The beauty of Italian cooking lies in its simplicity and use of quality ingredients. This burrata and tomato salad proves that point perfectly.
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Asparagus recipes
Russell’s asparagus, gorgonzola, walnut and mint bruschetta
Russell Norman finds inspiration in Italy's cities and this asparagus bruschetta recipe reflects everything he loves about Italian food.
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