The best BBQ food ideas: Meat and fish ideas to veg, desserts and cocktails

If you're planning a World Cup Final party al fresco, don't just throw a few boring bangers on the barbecue: a simple marinade can transform even the cheapest cuts of meat, while vegetables like asparagus and peppers are also delicious when grilled.

Here are some of the Telegraph's most tantalising barbecue recipes, which include the ultimate stick pork ribes, inventive marinades for meat, moreish spiced veg, peaches in grappa - and some treats for the children too.

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MEAT

Judy Joo's Korean grilled hanger steak

Diana Henry's barbecued poussins with za’atar and pumpkin hummus

The Hairy Bikers' lamb kebabs with plum sauce and sour cream

Barbecue chicken skewers

Barbecued lamb kebabs with sabzi khordan

Barbecued glazed spare ribs

Barbecued rosemary lamb with salsa verde

Barbecued yogurt-marinated lamb chops ​

Beer can barbecue jerk chicken

Black peppercorn and garlic bavette baps

Richard H Turner's milk and honey brined pork chops 

FISH

Nathan Outlaw's mackerel with barbecue sauce

Rick Stein's grilled sardines

MARINADES

Six marinade recipes for a summer barbecue

VEGETABLES AND SIDES

Last-minute grilled salad

​Barbecue corn

Grilled salad of courgette, radicchio, basil and mozzarella recipe

New potato, halloumi and sage kebabs

French bean and tarragon salad recipe

Sweet potato salad recipe

Chargrilled asparagus and spring onions with Romesco sauce

Mini Mexican stuffed peppers

Barbecued squid salad

Potato salad with horseradish, lemon and capers

DESSERTS

For the grown-ups:

Grilled peaches with grappa

Chargrilled pineapple with yogurt mousse and pistachio praline

For the kids:

Marshmallow kebabs with raspberry sauce

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AND TO DRINK...

Caribbean rum punch

Elderflower and chamapgne cocktail

Fresh raspberry lemonade

Pimm's cocktail recipes

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Need a new barbecue this summer? Read our guides to the  best charcoal barbecues,  best gas barbecues, and best portable barbecues