From the most typical summer dishes –such as Andalusian gazpacho, grilled sardines or seafood paella– to the essential salads –such as the potato, tuna and boiled egg jacket–, as well as meals that you can take everywhere: omelette, croquettes, rice salad …
From the most typical summer dishes –such as Andalusian gazpacho, grilled sardines or seafood paella– to the essential salads –such as the potato, tuna and boiled egg jacket–, as well as meals that you can take everywhere: omelette, croquettes, rice salad …
Seafood paella
Seafood paella
To make this seafood paella for 4 people, fry 300 g of clean and chopped cuttlefish for 5 minutes. Add 1/2 red pepper and 1 green pepper in cubes and sauté 3 minutes. Set them aside. Add 8 prawns, cook for 1 minute on each side and remove. Add 50 g of fried tomato and mix well. Add 400 g rice, cook for 1 minute, stirring, and flavor with paprika. Cover with 1 liter and measured of boiling fish broth, season and cook 15 minutes. Add the prawns and some mussels and some steamed clams and cook for 3 more minutes. Cover, let stand a few minutes and serve.
Andalusian gazpacho
Andalusian gazpacho
One of the undisputed stars of summer recipes is gazpacho, a cold soup made from tomato and cucumber, pepper, onion and garlic that is usually thickened with a little bread crumbs and served with a mince of the same vegetables. and croutons.
- If you want to know how to make it and take advantage of it, here is the Andalusian gazpacho recipe step by step.
Grilled sardines
Grilled sardines
Another of the symbols of summer gastronomy are sardines as well as other blue fish, since they are in their prime and are delicious grilled, grilled or roasted. To make these roasted sardines, place a vegetable base in a baking dish (pepper, onion, tomato, zucchini), arrange the washed sardines on top (4 per person), and roast them for 12 minutes in the oven preheated to 200º.
- Accompany with slices of olives.
Fideua
Fideua
For this fideuá for 4 people, confit 2 garlic in 100 ml of oil over low heat for 5 minutes. Mix it with 400 g of noodles (# 2), bake for 15 minutes at 180 ° and reserve. Let 200 g of clams soak in salted water. Brown 8 prawns in a frying pan with oil. Remove them and fry 400 g of washed cuttlefish cubes. Add 1 green pepper and 2 minced garlic, fry for 5 minutes and add 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce. Cook 5 minutes over low heat. Add the clams and the drained noodles, salt and add 1.2 l of hot fish stock. Cook for 5 minutes over low heat, add the prawns and cook for 10 minutes in the oven, at 180 °, until the broth is absorbed.
Vichyssoise
Vichyssoise
The classic vichyssoise, one of the cold soups and creams of all life, is another of the most popular summer recipes. To make it, clean and wash 2 leeks and 1 spring onion. Chop them up and sack them. Add 3 diced potatoes and sauté for 2 more minutes. Add 1.5 liters of vegetable broth, salt and pepper and cook everything together for about 30 minutes. Remove from heat, blend until creamy; Pass it through the Chinese if you want it to be finer, and serve it very thin. As a garnish, you can put some toasted ham strips and some parsley leaves.
- And if you want a light version with much less calories than the traditional one and all the flavor, here it is.
Tropical rice salad
Tropical rice salad
One of the salads that fit wonderfully when the heat hits, and that you can take with you everywhere, are rice salads like this one. To make it, cook white rice, drain it and let it cool. Add some cooked and peeled prawns. Add diced cooked ham and pineapple, and drained corn.
- Mix everything well and add a little chopped chives, salt and pepper, sprinkle with oil and stir.
White garlic
White garlic
Like gazpacho, ajoblanco is also synonymous with summer. Soak 20 g of bread crumbs. Peel 1 garlic and crush it with 60 g of peeled raw almonds and a little water. Add the crumb without draining, 2 tablespoons of sherry vinegar and 30 ml of olive oil. Blend until you get a cream, add 800 ml of cold water and beat for 1 more minute. Adjust salt.
- Keep it in the fridge until it is very cold. And serve it with grapes or melon balls.
Avocados stuffed with Russian salad
Avocados stuffed with Russian salad
To make them, you just have to cut two avocados in half. Remove the bone and part of the pulp. Chop it and mix it with Russian salad (here you have the recipe in detail and ideas to take advantage of it). And fill the avocados.
- If you are worried about the line, we have a recipe for a light Russian salad that is 100% guilt-free and delicious.
Egg and tuna potato salad
Egg and tuna potato salad
Among the lifelong summer recipes, you can't miss a country salad like this one that can be eaten cold and taken to the beach or the mountains. On a base of cooked potato (boiled, steamed or microwaved), add salad tomato wedges, green pepper, chives, olives, boiled egg and canned tuna. Easy, cheap, very nutritious and delicious.
- It is also very good with canned sardines instead of tuna.
Tuna skewers with watermelon
Tuna skewers with watermelon
Fish, meat or vegetable skewers are a dish that fits wonderfully as a summer recipe because they are grilled or grilled in a simple way and are usually not heavy at all. These are made from tuna and watermelon, one of the summer fruits par excellence.
Caprese salad
Caprese salad
We love the caprese salad and, presented like this, so much more. You just have to cut into slices a good salad tomato and insert slices of fresh mozzarella and basil leaves. You can dress it with a little olive oil, salt, chopped basil and a string of balsamic vinegar, or a light vinaigrette.
- If you want a lighter version, it is as simple as changing the mozzarella for fresh cheese or even cottage cheese, considered the best dairy for losing weight.
Melon with ham
Melon with ham
One of the summer classics is melon with ham. If you want to give it an original and sophisticated twist, you can make it with Galia or Cantaloup melon and use the peel itself as a salad bowl. Cut it in half, remove the seeds and scoop out the pulp with a scoop or spoon. Then, you just have to put the balls inside and mix them with Iberian ham shavings.
- Dress it with a salad vinaigrette.
Cold melon soup with ham
Cold melon soup with ham
Another possibility is to turn the melon with ham into a cold soup. To make it, remove the skin from 1 melon, remove the seeds and chop it up. Blend it together with 1 yogurt until you get a homogeneous cream. Add the juice of 1 lemon and 2 sprigs of minced fresh mint. Blend again, salt and pepper and add 2 tablespoons of sugar. Pass it through the blender, adding 4 tablespoons of oil on a thread.
- Refrigerate until cold and serve with ham shavings and mint leaves. Easy and delicious.
Salmorejo with mango
Salmorejo with mango
Basically, salmorejo is a very thick tomato and bread gazpacho. For this version for four people, chop 1.5 kg of washed pear tomatoes and crush them together with 1 peeled garlic, 1/3 of a loaf of bread from the day before, 60 ml of olive oil and salt and vinegar to taste. Blend until obtaining a homogeneous puree, pass it through a strainer if you want it finer. And chill in the fridge until serving.
- The traditional salmorejo usually goes with vegetables, hard-boiled eggs, sardines … But here we have given it a different touch by accompanying it with mango cubes.
Pasta salad with chicken and hearts of palm
Pasta salad with chicken and hearts of palm
Very easy. You cook some bows or any type of short pasta (it is the most suitable for salad because it makes it easy to mix the ingredients well). You drain them and cool them with water. You mix them with grilled chicken strips (or that you have left over from another meal). And the touch of salad is given by a handful of lamb's lettuce and palm hearts cut into slices.
Watermelon Gazpacho
Watermelon Gazpacho
Who said that gazpacho can only be made with tomato? If you are tired of the typical gazpacho of a lifetime or you just want to change, why not try a very light watermelon gazpacho. It is used to take advantage of a watermelon that has turned out bland, it is prepared in just over 10 minutes, and it only has 164 calories.
Croquettes
Croquettes
Croquettes fit very well in summer recipes because they can be eaten both hot and cold and taken with you everywhere. Although they can be very caloric, there are also 100% guilt-free versions like our light turkey croquettes, and also vegetarian croquettes recipes. The spinach ones, for example, are delicious. You mix cooked and well drained spinach with a béchamel sauce, shape and batter them.
- Find out how to make equal croquettes and prevent them from breaking.
Omelette with potatoes and peppers
Omelette with potatoes and peppers
The potato omelette is another sure value when you are looking for summer recipes that can be eaten cold and to take away. These are potato and peppers, but you can make them from anything.
- If it's a dish that still resists you, try our tricks to make a prize potato omelette.
There is no doubt that summer recipes have to be light and refreshing to withstand the heat, and the fastest and easiest thing to do so as not to waste the day in the kitchen. For this reason, meals with seasonal fish, vegetables and fruits triumph , without heavy stews, and that can be left cooked and eaten cold.
Very appetizing summer recipes
- Andalusian gazpacho, salmorejo or white garlic. Cold creams and soups like these three are the queens of starters in summer.
- Seafood paella. There is nothing like eating a seafood paella in front of the sea.
- Fideua. The paella of fine noodles with cuttlefish is another essential of the summer menus.
- Country salad. It has cooked potato, tomato, hard-boiled egg, tuna, olives … and it is a take away food that gives a lot of play.
- Rice, pasta or legume salads. These salads can be made in advance and eaten cold when returning from the pool, the beach, the mountains …
- Grilled, grilled, grilled sardines … The sardine is another summer staple that, like many other blue fish, is in its prime.
- Melon with ham. A sweet and salty dish with seasonal fruit that, apart from being very tasty, weighs almost nothing on you.
- Skewers of meat, fish, seafood … It is time for barbecues and simple meals without artifice like skewers that do not take time or weigh you down.
- Omelette. Like young and old, you can make it in advance, take it with you everywhere and combine it with everything.
- Croquettes. In addition to taking advantage of leftovers, they serve as a second to go or improvise a cold snack when you have them stored in the fridge.
