With summer comes BBQ season and loads of opportunities to experiment. One of the earliest things I remember from when I was little, is growing carrots, sweet peas and radish. The difficult part always being … ‘no, you have to wait until they are a little bigger.’

Having neither a garden nor a balcony, makes growing vegetables impossible (apart from the occasional herb). Aren’t we lucky that we can just buy what we need?

The recipe below is just perfect for a BBQ with friends and I promise I will add a few more of those over the upcoming weeks. It can be prepared in advance and it will keep for a while.

• 700g radishes
• 400ml water
• 200ml vinegar
• 150g honey (lucky me who has a beekeeper for an aunt)
• salt, pepper, a spoonful of mustard seeds

Clean the radishes and slice them as thinly as possible. Other shapes work well too, but then it will be more of a salad kind of thing. (the slices won’t fall off that steak, you see!)

The rest of the ingredients all go into a saucepan. Stir frequently – if not constantly – until the honey has dissolved properly. It foams up due to the honey, so be extra careful. Take of the heat and let it rest for 10 minutes.

For a quick fix, pour the liquid over the radishes and let it sit for at least 1 hour.

If you want to keep it longer, re-heat the liquid and pour the boiling mixture over the radishes (in a jar). Everything needs to be covered. Close with a lid and turn everything upside-down for a little while. Unopened, it will keep for a few weeks. It also has the advantage that the radishes take on more of the sweet&sour flavour.

Go wild and experiment with adding a few additional spices or herbs to the mix. How about some garlic.