
Holiday at home with our fabulous fusion barbecue recipes
by Sarah ▪ 21 July, 2021
Paradise in your garden
Summer inspires dreams of distant shores, jewelled seas glinting in brilliant sunshine, perhaps a carafe of wine, and certainly some adventurous dishes to tempt and tease the palate. Sadly we can’t jet off wherever and whenever we want – but we can make the most of long summer evenings by using our barbecue for more creative meals than the bog-standard banger and burger combo.
A taste of Morocco

A classic Moroccan foodstuff is, of course, couscous, so we’d be very remiss if we didn’t offer a recipe for a couscous based side dish. As it happens, we’re going one better by giving you a choice! First up is a classic combination of Moroccan flavours and ingredients featuring harissa, chickpeas, pistachios and dried apricots. Delicious!
Couscous salad with chickpeas, pistachios and apricots

- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation: 10 min
- Cooking time: 15 min
- Servings: 4-6
- Cost: Low
- Couscous: 300g
- Chicken or vegetable stock: 450ml
- Dried apricots: 150g, chopped
- Butter: 25g
- Oil: ½ tbsp
- Courgette: 1, finely diced
- Chickpeas: 400g tin, drained
- Harissa paste: 1-2 tbsp (to taste)
- Mint: 5g, leaves finely chopped
- Flat-leaf parsley: 10g, finely chopped, plus leaves for serving
- Lemon: 1, juiced
- Feta: 200g, crumbled
- Pistachio nuts: 100g, roughly chopped
Mediterranean morsels

Talking of vegetables, here’s our simple yet scrummy recipe for baked tomatoes to go alongside your main dishes.
Oven-baked tomatoes with tasty toppings

- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation: 10 min
- Cooking time: 15-20 min
- Servings: 4
- Cost: Low
- Beef tomatoes: 8
- Olive oil: 2 tbsp
- Salt and pepper: to taste
- Garlic: 4 cloves, crushed or finely chopped
- Mixed herbs of choice: 2tsp
Cheese and bacon topping
- Cheddar: 75g, grated
- Streaky bacon: 3 rashers, chopped
For serving (optional)
- Basil leaves: 10g, torn
- Parsley leaves: 10g, chopped
- Coriander leaves: 10g, chopped
To keep the summery theme going, why not finish up with Sicilian Lemon Roulades – fresh, light and zesty, with the authentic sunshine-grown flavour of real Sicilian lemons, but also sweet and luxurious in its creamy ooziness, which surely everyone wants for a truly satisfying summer dessert.