Summer Party Recipes To Keep Your Guests Coming Back For Seconds
Throwing any get-togethers this summer? Here & Now resident chef Kathy Gunst says it’s getting to be that time of year, and brings hosts Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson four dishes for warm-weather festivities.
Whether it’s a graduation, birthday, wedding party, Father’s Day or a backyard barbecue, June celebrations are the best. Fresh summer food is just coming into season, and the weather can be perfect for entertaining.
Keep it simple: Throw a few main-course dishes on the grill, prepare a salad or two ahead of time, pick up a few loaves of crusty bread and you’ve got a party. For dessert, gingery biscuits slathered with whipped cream and seasonal berries (strawberries would be my choice).
Grilled Leg Of Lamb With Green Onion Flatbreads
This recipe for butterfly leg of lamb (leg of lamb with the bone removed) is from my friend Jessica Battilana’s wonderful new book, “Repertoire.” The lamb is marinated in mint, oregano, ginger, cloves and cumin and grilled, and the flatbreads are much easier than they sound. Serves 6 to 8.
Battilana writes:
“I like to serve the lamb with grilled green onion flatbreads, which are similar to the scallion pancakes served at your local Chinese restaurant, except these are grilled instead of fried. I use the pliable,
