Brilliant BBQs

If you’re planning a ‘Clever Little BBQ’ this weekend, we can help you plan the feasting … deliciously:

• As well as BBQ Sauces to suit all palates,
• we have a Collection of Ketchups to make your hot dogs sit up to be served;
• a marvellous Mayonnaise Family to make salads and side dishes sing for your supper;
• and our the amazing flavours of our Condiments Corner, will make your burgers smile.

FAMILY DISCUSSION

Which is right – marinade or marinate?

BOTH – but in the right context. You marinate your meat (v) in a marinade (n)

Spare Ribs sound as though they’re just a last minute addition to a BBQ, but are best marinated overnight, oven baked for 2  hours before, rested, basted, and grilled.Good morning ribs, sleep well?

Into a roasting tin complete with marinade, and into the oven at 160C on a low shelf for 2 to 3 hours, covered with foil for the first half and turned / basted each half hour.

…and … rest.

“Hey Dad – you can burn them now!”They are ready to grill, as prepped by Umami Mummy.

Our BBQ Essentials Collection is a great ‘starter pack’ for budding grillers setting to ‘up’ their standards this year.

For just £16 (+p&p) start boosting those BBQ flavours.

TIP: What a fantastic Father’s Day gift it would make !!!

It’s not everybody’s cup of chilli, but we do seem to be choosing hotter chillies and warming spices in our BBQ sauces.

But, it’s not all about heat … it’s about taste. Uncompromising, natural, clever, joyous flavour.You can’t really get much hotter than our HOT Habanero Sauce. But even here, a very clever fruity relief follows the initial chilli hit.

It doesn’t have to be hot. Alastair Angus of Thurston Butchers recommends our Bloody Mary Ketchup.He says: “It’s got vodka and Bloody Mary spices in it. That combined with ketchup is amazing.” Try air frying these chips to serve alongside your BBQ’d meat selection.

TIP: Make life a little easier for yourself … these (and similar) potato chips air fry quickly for a crispy side dish.

Jacket Potatoes make the perfect BBQ side dish. They are so simple, yet here too you can get creative. They keep warm to be brought into play when needed. And, they taste pretty good too.Sticky BBQ Cheese & Crispy Bacon Potato Skins created to show off the quality of potatoes from our friends at Fairfield Farms.

With spuds this good, they deserve to be cooked ‘the proper way‘. No ‘ping‘ shortcuts here.

So, as usual, Resident Chef Andy has stepped up to the mark to share his recipe with you in the Recipes section of our website.

You’ll find Andy’s recipe – HERE.If you’re cooking burgers, our ever-popular Burger Relish may be your tasty go to.

Now that’s a burger. And that’s a Burger Relish. It’s a rich, slightly sweet tasting red pepper, tomato and onion salsa with a subtle note of chilli.Skewers make a fabulous addition to a BBQ.

Thread meat; thread vegetables; thread a combo; marinate; grill; baste; share and enjoy.

Strip the cooked goodies off the skewer and share amongst friends for a delicious variety of succulent meat and veg served on a flatbread or in a pitta.Korean Beef Wraps

These beef rump steak strips have been soaked in a luscious marinade of our Korean BBQ Sauce, grated ginger, rapeseed oil, fresh lime juice and grated zest.

The sweet and fruity barbecue sauce with rich dark brown sugar, soya sauce and sweet Mirin wine soak into the meat to tenderise it before a quick grilling.Turn the strips a couple of times until cooked to your liking. Rest them, then plate up in crisp lettuce boats with finely grated radish, a sprinkling of chopped chives and sesame seeds, and more BBQ Sauce on the side.

Simple pleasures so often nurture the best memories – and that’s where the s’mores come in.

Something finger-lickin’ for kids of all ages.

Sweet, sticky, messy – sounds amazing. Tastes even better.

Simple, yummy fun for all to enjoy

When the burgers are all done and the last of the hot dogs have run off to cool down … it’s s’mores time.

A nice crumbly biscuit becomes the bread of a sandwich.

Toast several small skewers threaded with marshmallow until just gooey and sticky.

Pop one (or two) on a biscuit, cover with Stokes ‘oh-so-fruity‘ Raspberry Jam.

Press the second biscuit to glue it to the marshmallow and finish with a drizzle of chocolate sauce.

Get the kids to help with the prep (perhaps!!!).Make loads because – yes – they will want s’more.