Summer vegetables
Pepper, tomato, aubergine, courgette, fennel: can you smell the irresistible aroma of Provençal ratatouille? Also add to your summer menu artichoke, carrots, broccoli, Swiss chard, celery, porcini mushrooms, lettuce and green beans. In July/August, make room for sweetcorn, white onions and garlic, which, from September, will be replaced by cauliflower, leek, spinach, watercress, potatoes and button mushrooms.
Our summer vegetable recipe ideas on the Kokko, perfect to accompany your summer grills:
Summer fruits
During the summer, fruit delights us all day long. While cherries, blackcurrants and mangoes are still available in July, throughout the summer we enjoy blueberries, raspberries, figs, plums, grapes and melon. In July and August, focus on apricots, watermelon, redcurrants, as well as peaches, nectarines and flat peaches. In August, make room in your cart for mirabelle plums, and in September, for blackberries.
Discover our summer fruit barbecue recipes to enjoy as dessert…
…As well as our sweet and savoury recipes with summer fruits:
Fish to enjoy in summer
Seafood lovers, good news: it’s peak season for many favourites, starting with mussels, prawns, crayfish, langoustines, king prawns, lobster, spiny lobster and spider crab, as well as squid, calamari and cuttlefish. If you enjoy shellfish, opt for clams.
Our summer seafood recipes on the Kokko:
If you are a fan of grilled fish, you will be delighted. This is the ideal time to enjoy mackerel, skate, hake, sardines, pollock, albacore tuna, anchovies, turbot, black bream, lemon sole, conger eel, John Dory and turbot.
Discover our fish dishes on the Kokko:
Summer cheeses
Summer cheeses, what a treat! The animals, grazing in the open, feed on grasses and flowers that give their milk a powerful aroma. Soft cheeses are particularly flavoursome at this time of year. Indulge in Brie, Munster, Livarot, Camembert, Maroilles, Époisses, Chaource, Langres, Pont-L’Évêque or Coulommiers. In addition to cow’s milk cheeses, goat’s milk cheeses are also highly recommended in summer, such as Pélardon, Crottin de Chavignol, Cabécou, Chabichou du Poitou, Saint-Maure, Selles-sur-Cher, Rocamadour, or sheep’s milk cheeses like feta.
Uncooked pressed cheeses will also be on the platter, as they finish maturing in summer. This is the perfect time to enjoy Morbier, Saint-Nectaire, tommes, Cantal, Saint-Paulin, Raclette, Cheddar, Salers and Reblochon.
Enjoy our cheese-based recipes on the Kokko:
They are available and delicious all year round: learn how to cook eggs on the barbecue!
