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Alfresco recipes
Fire up the barbecue, dust off your picnic blanket and pop a bottle of rosé in the fridge – long, lazy days are here, and there’s no better way to celebrate the season than with a spot of feasting outdoors. Whether you’re looking to upgrade your picnics beyond picky bits or searching for no-fuss salads for laid-back garden dinner parties, our alfresco recipes are a taste of sunshine.
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Hero sharing sandwich
Prawn cocktail tostada cups
Carrot cake with honey frosting
Sticky chocolate fig cake
Peach & ginger granola bars
Spiced apple & pecan cake
Toasted feta & pecan grain salad with cherries, green beans and herbs
Charred watermelon, burrata & Parma ham salad
The best pasties
Fatteh-style chicken salad
Kim-cheese crunch burgers
Green olive & lemon salsa
Turkish-style watermelon salad
Carrot and peanut butter salad
Charred corn with chilli, lime and mint butter
Fennel and ricotta tarte tatin
Confit lemon, bean & green veg salad with goat’s cheese
New potato & quail egg salad with pickled radishes
Chargrilled cucumbers with tomato & anchovy sauce
The best sausage rolls
White bean salad with tomato vierge
Courgette, fennel & feta filo pie
Strawberry mess ice cream slabs
Cinnamon bun iced chai float
Mediterranean peaches ’n’ cream
Barbecued pineapple with coconut
Barbecued whole trout
Lamb skewers
The perfect steak
Soy & gochujang marinade
Preserved lemon & zhoug marinade
Baby gem wedge salad with sesame dressing, crispy onions & garlic
Prawn, avocado & grapefruit with quinoa
Spiced black bean & charred corn chilli
Lemony Lebanese-spiced tiger prawns
Jalapeño honey pulled pork with lime slaw
Texan-style steak & corn salad
Barbecued wagyu sirloin with nahm jim jaew
Sweetcorn and mixed tomato som tam
Coal-roasted aubergine with 'waterfall' herb salad
Smoked potatoes with Thai green sauce
Strawberry sherbert cocktails
Strawberry almond croissants
Yogurt set creams with Muscat-soaked strawberries
Padrón pepper & halloumi skewers with sweet & smokey honey drizzle
Salsa verde
Swiss chard, leek & vintage Cheddar spanakopita-style pie
Three-cheese scones
Cowboy butter
Fruit skewers with Mars Bar sauce
Charred courgettes & manouri
Herby anchovy marinade
Crispy bread & courgette salad with walnut and basil pesto
Chipotle chimichurri