Serves 4 These kebabs need as much love and attention as sausages and will take a similar time to cook, so don’t leave them until the last minute, nor put them on when the barbecue is at full heat. Ingredients 1 aubergine, cubed into 2cm pieces (chop these first and salt them as below)...
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This relish really goes well with barbequed chicken or home-made burgers. If you don’t like chilli or you intend feeding the relish to children, omit the chilli. Start cooking this as soon as you can on the barbeque so that you can eat it with your meat. The relish will save in a jar...
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Wednesday is veggie curry night at home, as we cut down on the amount of meat in our diet. I’ve transferred this family ritual to camp. The Wednesday aspect is entirely optional but the day – being so middling, so unexceptional – requires a sense of occasion to lift it. Prepare garlic and ginger...
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Prepare this at home before the trip and spoon it into a jar to save you having to pestle and mortar until you are blue in the face outside the tent. If you store this red sauce in a sterilized jar, it can keep for ages. Salsa romesco is mildly spicy and tangy and...
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Math recently acquired a portable barbeque, the Weber Charcoal Go-Anywhere Grill. It has a pleasingly vintage shape, and is solidly constructed. We spent an afternoon at Homebase checking out the other portable barbecues, all of which felt rather neurotic and liable to fall apart in a complete collapse of nerve. The Weber has a...
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This goes really well with spicy kebabs, tucked up beside a small pile of warm pitta breads. Ingredients 200g carrots, peeled and grated Juice of half an orange 1 tbs white wine vinegar or juice of half a lemon Salt and pepper Pinch of cinnamon 5 dried dates, stoned and chopped 1 tsp honey...
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This relish virtually makes itself and is a vibrant alternative to ketchup. Ingredients 8 tasty tomatoes, cut in half horizontally 2 cloves garlic, peeled 1 red chilli, sliced in half lengthways or 1 tsp of paprika 1 tbs red wine or red wine vinegar 1 tbs olive oil Salt Equipment Barbeque/campfire Tin foil Bowl...
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Serves 4 My daughter and her little friends dare one another to eat the school coleslaw, so ingrained is the revulsion toward this traditional side salad. But a freshly made coleslaw with fennel is delicious with barbequed chicken or fish. Ingredients 1 bulb of fennel, outer layer and stem removed and finely sliced, save...
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Serves 4 If you can get fresh peas in their pod and a decent crumbly feta cheese, then this is great for lunch served with hearty chunks of brown bread. Ingredients 1 x 200g packet of feta cheese 100-150g (about one bag) tasty leaves like watercress, lamb’s lettuce, rocket or a mixture 100g fresh...
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Serves 4 A classic salad easily prepared outside a tent on a warm evening. Ingredients 300g salad potatoes, Jersey Royals if you’re feeling flash 100g green beans, topped and tailed 4 eggs 1 tbsp herbs such as tarragon, chervil and/or chives, chopped 4 tbs olive oil Juice of half a lemon 1 clove garlic...
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