Sizzling summer barbeque

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Occasion

Dazzle your guests with an enticing array of tasty Moroccan themed dishes at your next sunny get together.

Ban the bangers and the dubious burgers, and instead go for a range of tantalizing tasty kebabs, highly flavoured delights for you to munch and a selection of exotic salads.

Welcome your guests with a zingy lemon and thyme punch served in our lovely tea glasses, but do warn your guests: the little drink has teeth! While the barbi is still heating up, serve dukka with bread and oil.

One of the great joys about a barbeque is the long and leisurely pace of the cooking and eating: take all afternoon or evening gently demolishing a tasty selection of items and enjoying the weather.

Lemon and thyme punch

Dukka with bread and olive oil

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For the kebabs

Honey and coriander lamb kebabs

Chicken with lime and Ras el hanout

Tuna brochettes with fennel and sumac

For the salads

Roasted peppers with preserved lemon and Argan oil

Mixed leaf salad with Pomegranate Dressing

Giant couscous salad

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Peaches with orange blossom and mint

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Recipes

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Wine notes

While traditionally in Morocco soft drinks are served with meals, I think wine works very well with Moroccan food.

Having started with a punch that is quite sharp and zingy, you may want to carry the theme through with a light zingy ice cold sauvignon blanc, or a chilled red to go with stronger flavours of the kebabs.

Planning ahead

The meat kebabs can be but in the marinade the day before and left in the fridge, but let them come to room temperature before cooking them. The fish kebabs can only be marinated for a couple of hours or the fish will "cook" in the lime juice.

The roasted pepper salad can be prepared a few hours before and left covered. The dressing can be prepared a head and the couscous salad can be made a few hours before your guests arrive and will sit happily in the fridge. You may want to add the coriander just before serving to keep its fresh taste.

Setting the scene

While preparing the Moroccan food is a delight, it can add a real sense of occasion to carry your Moroccan theme through to the crockery. You don't need to spend a fortune and have a whole set a few platters and bowls in jewel colours will give the desired effect, and serving the punch in the tea glasses is great fun.

Dot some small Moroccan candle lanterns around and let their dancing patterns create a magical atmosphere as evening settles.

Key ingredients

The ingredients listed below are available from Maroque.

Dukkah -Moroccan blue (Ref. 70-40-018) [more...]
	This middle eastern mix of roasted nuts, seeds and spices. Simply pour into a bowl, dunk some good bread into oil and then dip into the dukkah. An explosion of taste with coriander, cumin and spice tones. Freshly roasted and ground by Olives et Al. Qty: 90gm Price: £4.00
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Pimento ground (Ref. 70-20-045) [more...]
	Qty: 75gn Price: £1.52
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Cinnamon sticks (Ref. 70-20-027) [more...]
	Cinnamon sticks 6" Qty: 50gm Price: £1.52
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Sumaq (Ref. 70-20-048) [more...]
	Qty: 75gm Price: £1.14
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Moroccan Argan oil, toasted nut oil (Ref. 70-40-007) [more...]
	Moroccan Argan oil, toasted nut oil. Qty: 250ml Price: £15.98
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Preserved lemons (Ref. 70-40-036) [more...]
	Preserved lemons Qty: 400gm jar Price: £5.00
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Pomegranate Molasses (Ref. 70-10-030) [more...]
	Pomegranate Molasses. This high quality molasses containes only pomegranates. Qty: 26cl Price: £5.30
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Fennel seeds (Ref. 70-20-031) [more...]
	Qty: 100gm Price: £1.06
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Cayenne pepper (Ref. 70-20-024) [more...]
	Qty: 100gm Price: £1.18
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Ras-el-hanout spice blend (Ref. 70-10-026) [more...]
	Qty: 40g Price: £2.50
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Giant couscous Moghrabieh (Ref. 70-60-006) [more...]
	Giant couscous Moghrabieh. Cook with just over double the quantity of water with salt or stock. Simmer for 45 minutes. Qty: 900gm Price: £2.95
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Orange Blossom Water (Ref. 70-10-031) [more...]
	Orange Blossom Water. Distilled orange blossom flowers. Qty: 26cl Price: £4.90
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