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Nadia Lim’s best summer barbecue tips and recipes

Entertaining is a breeze in summer when it can all be done outdoors. Try these smashing recipes next time you’re feeding a crowd.
Nadia Lim's best summer barbecue tips and recipesTodd Eyre

Enjoy the last few weeks of summer with a classic Kiwi backyard barbecue. Sizzling steaks and sausies, fresh garden salads, juicy corn cobs and ice-cold drinks are a recipe for success when bringing friends and family together for afternoon antics. Nadia’s barbecue menu is packed full of crowd-pleasers – even the little ones will be on board – and, as always, they’re easy to prepare. And don’t miss Nadia’s summer barbecuing tips below to make sure your entertaining goes off without a hitch!

Nadia’s party prep tips:

  • Marinate all meat the night before, or on the morning of, the barbecue in dishes or large ziplock bags (just make sure they don’t have any holes!).

  • 1 hour before firing up the barbecue, take meat out of the fridge and leave at room temperature – it really does make a difference when you cook it because cold meat will cool your barbecue down.

  • Buy good-quality sausages, my favourites are L’Authentique and Frank’s.

  • Make the dessert on the morning of the barbecue; alternatively, prepare all the components a day or two ahead and just assemble on the day of the barbecue.

  • Dress the salads just before serving so they don’t wilt and go soggy.

Recipes Nadia Lim. Styling Ashlee Quérée. Photography Todd Eyre. Special thanks to our backyard littlies, Millie, Ella, Winifred and Grayson.

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