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Summer barbecue

Serve with a little preserved lemon and toasted pistachios.
EASY

Zucchini and green bean salad with preserved lemon and pistachios

A textural salad with a little sparkle and crunch.

  • < 30 mins
  • Helen Goh
If you don’t like spice, they’re delicious with the garlic parsley.
EASY

Baked scallops with garlic-parsley butter and ’nduja

Baked in an oven or grilled on a hot barbecue, this is the perfect party starter.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
A perfect accompaniment to seafood or meats.

Roasted potato salad with pickled fennel, rocket and creamy salsa verde

Can’t decide between potato salad or roast potatoes? This delicious side dish is the best of both.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s roast pork belly with a peach, mint and coriander salsa.
EASY

Slow-roasted pork belly with peach salad

Dressed sharply with vinegar, this salad cuts through the richness of the pork. Plus: the key to achieving tender meat and very crisp crackle.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Helen Goh’s strawberry and finger lime pavlova with coconut mascarpone.

Strawberry and finger-lime pavlova with coconut mascarpone cream

This pavlova stays true to the classic but feels a little more refined, with the bright, caviar-like pop of finger lime.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
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Limoncello tiramisu.
EASY

Merry and bright: Emelia Jackson’s limoncello tiramisu is your new make-ahead dessert

Dressed to thrill with glistening slices of candied lemon, this zesty dessert will be the star of the festive table.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson
Alternative serving suggestion: Stuff the grilled chicken fillets into buns (top right).
EASY

Sticky gochujang barbecue chicken

Served hot from the grill with slaw and brioche rolls, this is the ultimate eat-with-your-hands meal.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Squeaky slabs of barbecued halloumi.
EASY

Barbecued halloumi with dukkah, honey and pomegranate

Served piping hot with that satisfying squeak, barbecued halloumi is the definition of low-effort, high-reward cooking.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Make your own pork “sausages”, and let everyone assemble their own banh mi.
EASY

DIY barbecue pork sausage banh mi

Master the flavour of home-made pork sausages to unlock the ultimate banh mi. Then add simple accoutrements for a perfect hand-held meal.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Gunpowder tater tots..
EASY

Gunpowder tater tots

Spark up the party by adding this feisty Indian spice mix to a packet of potato gems.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink

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