The Barbecue
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A brand-new approach to barbecuing with over 80 creative, contemporary and delicious recipes to try!
More flavour, less hassle – the new way to enjoy barbecuing! This brilliant new recipe book will give you the confidence and skills to prepare tasty barbecue dishes, with twists on classics, and new ideas to impress and satisfy all tastes.
Each chapter will show you how to prep different cuts of meat, fish, or veg, followed by cooking methods, and finally marinades and sauces to pick and choose from, plus clear prep and hands on time. So, you’ll be able to curate your perfect barbecue menu and discover new ways to get the most from your barbecue.
Chapters include:
Things on sticks
Burgers
Ribs
Chicken
Fish
Whole Veg
Salads and Salsas
Dips, Sauces and Pickles
Desserts
Menu Suggestions
Alex Hamilton
Alex Hamilton is a chef, writer and keen barbecuer. After years of exciting round the world travel, she now lives in South London with her beautiful border collie, who also enjoys barbecued food.
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The Barbecue - Alex Hamilton
I love food on sticks – it’s both a practical and a decorative way to cook a variety of meat, vegetables or fish quickly, and a great way to kick off a barbecue, as you’ll have prepared everything in advance. There’s good culinary precedent for it – it makes me think of eating proper satay at the roadside in Asia, where incredibly delicious marinated meat skewers are barbecued on open grills. It’s easy to make vegetarian or vegan versions – try the options below for paneer, halloumi or tofu with a variety of vegetables.
This chapter includes suggestions for things you can put on sticks, the quantities you might need, and, in the pages that follow, the simple marinades that you can use for any of the below.
A note on skewers: the metal ones are really the best, as they will heat up and help to cook your food from the inside. If using bamboo or wooden ones, soak them in water for 30 minutes or so before you start cooking.
BEEF, PORK, LAMB & CHORIZO
With beef, pork or lamb, you want cuts that will stay tender when cooked quickly.
WHAT TYPE?
BEEF: rump steak, or sirloin if you’re splashing out.
PORK: go for tenderloin, pork steaks or chops.
LAMB: try lamb rump or lamb steaks.
CHORIZO: use mini cooking chorizo sausages, or cut 1cm rounds from a larger chorizo sausage.
With beef, pork or lamb, you can cut the meat into roughly 2.5cm cubes, but I prefer to cut the meat into long strips, about 1.5cm wide and deep, then thread the strips back and forward on to skewers in an S shape, push them down, and continue – that way you get the maximum surface area to nicely char on the barbecue, and only have to flip the skewer on two sides rather than four.
HOW MUCH?
Allow about 100g of meat per person as a starter. You can intersperse vegetables from the veg section and chorizo along with the meat if you wish, or make them up as separate skewers.
Pick a marinade from the suggestions on the following pages, make it up in a large shallow bowl (rectangular glass Pyrex dishes are good for this), then stir through the strips of meat.
Thread the meat on to the skewers, then cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for a couple of hours to overnight.
Barbecue
Once your barbecue is good and hot (see here), lay the skewers on the grill and cook for 6–7 minutes, covered if your barbecue can be covered. Turn the skewers over and give them another 6–7 minutes or so. The meat should be well charred on the outside, and a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the flesh (don’t hit the metal skewer, or the reading will be off) should show at least 70°C.
Let them rest on a plate for 3–4 minutes, then serve with your choice of dipping sauce (see here).
SALMON
WHAT TYPE?
Use big salmon fillets that you can cut into even, 4cm chunks. (You need to have decent-sized chunks, as the fish is very quick to cook.)
HOW MUCH?
Allow 100–120g of salmon per person as a generous starter. You can make up the salmon skewers by themselves, or pick a variety of vegetables to flesh them out – I like to use red and yellow peppers or cherry tomatoes for colour.
Pick a marinade from the suggestions on the following pages, omitting any lime or lemon juice, as this will ‘cook’ the salmon too early.
Thread the salmon and any vegetables on to the skewers, then cover and leave to marinate in the fridge for a couple of hours to overnight.
Barbecue
Once your barbecue is good and hot (see here), gently brush the grill with olive oil. This is important, as the fish will want to stick. Lay the salmon skewers on the grill and cook for 5 minutes, covered if your barbecue can be covered. Turn the skewers over and give them another 4–5 minutes or so. The fish should be well charred on the outside, and a thermometer inserted into the flesh (don’t hit the metal skewer, or the reading will be off) should show at least 65°C.
Serve immediately, with your choice of dipping sauce (see here).
PRAWNS
WHAT TYPE?
Ideally, use whole, shell-on prawns, or my favourite, the headless type with half a shell and a tail on, readily available in supermarkets; the shell will protect the delicate flesh from the heat of the barbecue. You can also use shelled prawns, but they’ll cook much quicker.
HOW MUCH?
Allow 80–90g of prawns per person as a starter (a bit more if they’re fully shell-on with heads, etc.). You can make up the prawn skewers by themselves, or add in your choice of vegetables from the vegetable section