No meat, but loads of taste: How to BBQ great vegetarian food
In summer there is nothing nicer than ending the day with a barbecue, preferably in good company. If you are only thinking of juicy steaks and crispy sausages, you should definitely read on - because we will show you which creative, vegetarian alternatives there are.
Attention meat tigers: Anyone who thinks that when grilling without meat you simply put vegetables on the grill instead of meat, you should give your imagination a boost. The vegetables should be marinated or rubbed with olive oil and seasoned with spices just before grilling. Instead of olive oil you can also use sunflower oil, peanut oil or canola oil. It is seasoned with fresh herbs, garlic or paprika powder.
Which vegetables to grill?
Almost any vegetable can be grilled, in this country corn on the cob, peppers, mushrooms, eggplant, zucchini or potatoes are very popular. How about, for example, fan potatoes with paprika and cheese dip?
Try asparagus, sweet potatoes or pak choi for a change. Add to that a homemade aioli made from olive oil, garlic and salt, and you’re in heaven. Grilled avocado also tastes delicious, ideally combined with a tomato salsa.
Tip 1:
Only salt your vegetables after grilling, otherwise they will become dry.
Tip 2:
Most vegetables take longer to cook through than meat. That's why you should put the vegetables on the grill in good time.
Which cheese to grill?
Grilling doesn't always have to be halloumi or another grilled cheese. Normal cow's milk cheese is also suitable, especially Gouda, Edam and Emmental. Medieval cheese melts slowly and does not melt immediately. How do you prepare it? One possibility would be the combination with vegetables, both of which you layer alternately on skewers. Or you can use semi-hard cheese like ours WOERLE mountain cheese in slices and wrap it around thinly sliced zucchini slices or asparagus. Another idea is a veggie burger with ours WOERLE XXL burger slices and a delicious sauce to go with it. Or what do you think of grilled quesadillas, i.e. tortillas filled with Gouda cheese and vegetables. To do this, mix beans, corn, salt, pepper and some soy sauce. Spread the underside of the tortilla with BBQ sauce according to taste, distribute the vegetable mixture in the middle of the bottom, cover with Gouda slices, then put on the tortilla lid and place carefully on the grill.
If you want to gratinate something with cheese, take a Salzburg Emmental slice or an American Toast cheese slice and place it on vegetables or bread just before the end of cooking.
And of course you can also use mushrooms, peppers or tomatoes with our WOERLE cream cheese fill. Refine the cream cheese with salt, pepper, fresh herbs, finely chopped onions or garlic as required. Put the top of tomatoes or peppers on the filling. If the tomatoes are very ripe, they are in good hands in small nests made of aluminum foil.
