Alfresco recipes

Make the most of warm weather by eating outside with our collection of delicious al fresco recipes.

Sweetest pea risotto

30 mins

Slow-cooked lamb shoulder

5 hrs 30 mins

Homemade falafel on a board, alongside pitta breads

Quick falafel

15 mins

No-churn strawberry ripple ice cream

30 mins

A pavlova recipe with raspberries, lemon curd and mint, served on a cake stand

Pavlova royale

2 hrs

Kamil's chicken

Satay burgers

Surf & turf

40 mins

Baked feta in fig leaves

45 mins

Speedy quiche traybake

40 mins

A platter of halloumi, peach and bread skewers

Halloumi skewers

30 mins

Simple courgette pasta

25 mins

Love gazpacho? Here's another beautiful chilled soup to enjoy on a hot summer's day – pea and chervil soup with crème fraîche. Bursting with flavour and so refreshing.

Chilled pea & chervil soup with crème fraîche

25 mins

Chichinga: suya goat kebabs

25 mins

Red mullet with jewelled wild rice

55 mins

Spicy corn & chickpea burgers

40 mins

Harvest salad

slow cooked lamb shoulder with cabbage pickle, flatbreads and harissa

Spiced lamb flatbreads

7 hrs 20 mins

Fearne Cotton's Mexican fish tacos

1 hr 25 mins

Baked feta & tomatoes

35 mins

Roasted spring veg with watercress dip

Turkey kofte

1 hr 50 mins

Spicy feta & pepper dip

5 mins

Zingy fish cakes

fish tacos with tomato salsa, red cabbage slaw and a green salsa

Tasty fish tacos

35 mins

Skinny homemade houmous

5 mins

Sizzling Moroccan prawns

20 mins

Mega veggie burgers

45 mins

Chicken & garlic bread kebabs

30 mins

Lemony skewered artichokes

1 hr

Scandinavian starter

20 mins

Crostini of smoked salmon butter & poached leeks

45 mins

Spanish tortilla

Roasted grapes with cheese

25 mins

Haggis scotch eggs

40 mins

Blue cheese & apple burger

25 mins

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