Summer second courses: 10 recipes to make the most of the summer!

Let's discover together the best recipes for summer second courses, quick and tasty, but above all easy to make.

With the beautiful season the appetite certainly doesn't go away, but let's face it, you want to cook tasty and at the same time easy, fresh and not too heavy dishes: today we will see together a nice roundup of summer second courses, perfect for every occasion ! You can prepare them for yourself, perhaps for a quick lunch, or for your friends and family during a dinner on the terrace or in the garden.

As we will see, fish dominates the recipes, which in summer immediately brings to mind holidays, the smell of the catch in the early morning, candlelit dinners on the port. Because food is not just taste, but also emotions: so, what do you think, have we convinced you? So follow us and let's discover together the best summer recipes to bring delicious second courses to the table!

• Grilled salmon
• Grilled swordfish
• Sicilian Swordfish
• Stuffed squid
• Catalan-style lobster
• Tuna tartare
• Meat tartare
• Skewers of meat
• Chicken With Lemon
• Grilled tofu

Grilled salmon

We can only start with the best summer fish second courses. Certainly among the protagonists there is salmon, a tasty fish, which combines freshness with taste : it is in fact a fish with fatty meat, and therefore the sensation in the mouth is truly satisfying.

Today we propose it done on the grill, a cooking that is very popular in summer!

Here are the ingredients and the recipe for grilled salmon !

Grilled salmon ingredients

• 600 g of salmon in 4 steaks
• 1 spring onion
• 2 sprigs of thyme
• 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 glass of white wine
• Salt to taste
• pepper as needed

Grilled swordfish

The swordfish is also a fish that is very strong during the hot seasons. Its consistency is nice and meaty , but at the same time it manages to maintain a great balance between flavor and lightness. Also in this case, marinating is essential, while when cooking, be careful not to leave it pink as if it were tuna. Swordfish should be eaten well cooked.

Here is the recipe for grilled swordfish for you!

Ingredients for grilled swordfish

• 4 swordfish steaks
• extra virgin olive oil to taste
• lemon juice to taste
• peppercorns to taste
• Salt to taste
• parsley to taste
• 2 cloves of garlic

Sicilian Swordfish

Always him, the swordfish! We move to Sicily for a recipe that is nothing short of Mediterranean. Here the fish meets a series of elements that flavor it, giving life to a dish that is nothing short of delicious. Capers, olives, cherry tomatoes, and a touch of aromatic herbs: Sicilian swordfish makes your mouth water just looking at it, let alone eating it. Try it.

For you, the recipe for Sicilian swordfish.

Recipe ingredients

• 4 swordfish steaks
• cherry tomatoes to taste
• 2 onions
• extra virgin olive oil to taste
• black or green olives to taste
• 1 glass of dry white wine
• thyme to taste
• oregano to taste
• 2 tablespoons of salted capers
• Salt to taste

Stuffed squid

Ok, this is definitely not a very simple or quick dish to make, but trust me, it will be worth it in the end. Stuffed calamari are fantastic, you just need to have the patience to clean them well and create a delicious filling.

Once the bags are emptied, fill them with the filling and cook them in the oven . If necessary, however, you can also make them in a pan.

Here's the recipe for stuffed calamari !

Ingredients for the recipe

• 4 large calamari
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 eggs
• Salt to taste
• pepper as needed
• parsley to taste
• white wine to taste
• 10 slices of bread
• 4 tablespoons of tomato puree

Catalan-style lobster

A triumph of colours, flavours, scents, but also of tradition. Here is a dish that comes directly from Spain to our tables! The lobster here is accompanied by Mediterranean ingredients, such as tomato, onion, parsley, celery, all seasoned with lemon and extra virgin olive oil.

What do you think, do you want to try? Here is the recipe for Catalan lobster !

Ingredients for Catalan lobster

• 2 kg of lobster
• 350 g of tomatoes
• 2 red onions
• celery to taste
• parsley or basil to taste
• chives to taste
• 1 lemon
• 1 tablespoon of vinegar
• extra virgin olive oil to taste
• Salt to taste
• pepper as needed
• 1 pinch of chilli pepper

Tuna tartare

If you love cold second courses (summer, obviously) the fish tartare is the one for you . Here, you really have carte blanche: we chose tuna and for the marinade a little lime, orange, oil, salt and finally a little rocket and courgettes, for a touch of green.

Try the tuna tartare too!

Tuna tartare ingredients

• 450 g of fresh tuna
• 1 lime
• 1 untreated orange
• 50 ml of extra virgin olive oil
• Salt to taste
• rocket or sprouts for decoration to taste
• raw or grilled courgettes to taste

Meat tartare

Do you want to bring quick meat dishes to the table? Then even a nice meat tartare could be an idea ! It can be served in many ways, starting with a very simple tartare with oil, salt and pepper, passing through many other ingredients such as mustard, capers, smoked salt, mustard, and the classic raw egg yolk which will give the dish a more!

Here's how we make it: discover the ingredients and the recipe for beef tartare !

Ingredients for the meat tartare

• 800 g of beef fillet
• 1 spring onion
• 1 lemon
• extra virgin olive oil to taste
• Salt to taste
• pepper as needed
• rosemary to taste
• lemon wedges to taste

Skewers of meat

If we tell you skewers, what do you think of? We immediately think of those wonderful summer barbecues, the smell of meat on the barbecue, friends and cold beer.

In short, as you may have understood, there is no more iconic summer recipe than meat skewers, delicious to enjoy with your hands and perfect for both dinner and lunch. They can be done in so many ways, and each has its own little secrets!

Ingredients for the skewers recipe

• 600 g of chicken breast
• 200 g of sausage
• 2 red peppers
• 1 courgette
• Bay leaves
• extra virgin olive oil to taste
• Salt to taste
• pepper as needed
• lemon juice
• white wine to taste
• 1 sprig of rosemary

Chicken With Lemon

They are good, easy to prepare and both adults and children like them: they are lemon chicken scallops! Do you know what, by definition, a scallop is? essentially the meat, which is first beaten and then floured, is browned in a pan. Its base is then diluted with a liquid, and thus the sauce is created , finally the meat is always placed back in the same pan and the cooking is finished.

In this case the liquid used is lemon juice, which not only together with the flour creates a delicious sauce , but thanks to its acidic notes it makes this dish refreshing!

Try our chicken cutlets !

Ingredients for lemon scallops

• 500 g of chicken breast
• 00 flour to taste
• extra virgin olive oil to taste
• 1 lemon
• 150 g of water
• 90 g of white wine
• Salt to taste
• 1 pinch of sugar

Grilled tofu

We certainly couldn't help but dedicate a space to vegetarian summer second courses. We decided to offer you this recipe because in our opinion it presents two fundamental components of summer: grilling and marinating. The protagonist, however, this time is tofu, which you can marinate with many different ingredients. From soy to apple cider vinegar, passing through onions, garlic, aromatic herbs… in short, here all you have to do is let your imagination run wild!

Here's the recipe for grilled tofu !

Ingredients for grilled tofu

• 500 g natural tofu
• 6 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
• a couple of tablespoons of rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar
• 1 sprig of rosemary
• Salt to taste