Entertaining Seasonal Summer Entertaining Summer Recipes 14 of Martha's Favorite Recipes for Summer By Martha Stewart Editors Martha Stewart Editors Facebook Instagram Twitter Website An article attributed to "Martha Stewart Editors" indicates when several writers and editors have contributed to an article over the years. These collaborations allow us to provide you with the most accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive information available.The Martha Stewart team aims to teach and inspire readers daily with tested-until-perfected recipes, creative DIY projects, and elevated home and entertaining ideas. They are experts in their fields who research, create, and test the best ways to help readers design the life they want. The joy is in the doing. Editorial Guidelines Updated on April 21, 2020 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Sang An For Martha, summertime means lots of grilling, savoring fresh fruit, including peaches and berries, and the bounty of fresh vegetables from her farm. During the summer, she's also busy entertaining family and friends at her farm, her beach home in East Hampton, or her estate in Maine. Here, Martha shares more than a dozen of her favorite recipes to make during the warm-weather months. For casual parties taking place at her Bedford, New York, farm, our founder is a fan of building a panini bar to serve to guests. She lays out homemade basil pesto, a briny olive tapenade, assorted cured Italian meats, thinly sliced Italian cheeses such as mozzarella and fontina, anchovies, sliced heirloom tomatoes from her greenhouses, and fresh ciabatta bread. That way, everyone layer exactly what they want between two slices of bread. Once the sandwiches are assembled, each gets heated in a panini press or cast-iron skillet until warm and crispy. One of Martha's favorite sandwiches is a classic ham and Swiss. There's nothing fancy or over-the-top about it. Martha recommends starting with the best baguette you can find, spreading salted butter and Dijon mustard on each half, then layering good-quality French ham (as much as you like) and sliced cheese. For an easy, seasonal dessert, make the most of the short season for sour cherries and bake Martha's Sour-Cherry Pistachio Crisp or a Berry Grunt, which burst with the flavors of summer. Take a page from Martha and make these delicious recipes all summer long. Your loved ones will be coming back for more and more. 01 of 14 Tomato Sandwiches Bryan Gardner An open-faced sandwich of vine-ripened tomatoes, Gruyère cheese, and homey bread is the perfect meal for peak tomato season. View Recipe 02 of 14 Fireworks Cookies Put on a show with a display of these patriotic treats based on Martha's favorite classic sugar cookie recipe. View Recipe 03 of 14 BLT James Merrell Prepare this American classic with the finest ingredients, such as Comstock bacon, plump Jersey tomatoes, and fresh bread—and enjoy a BLT when tomatoes are at their peak in late summer and early fall. View Recipe 04 of 14 Apricot-Almond Cobbler Martyna Szczesna In this version of the classic fruit dessert, spiced apricot wedges are arranged atop a toasted-almond batter. The cake puffs up as it bakes, so only bits of fruit peek through. View Recipe 05 of 14 Blueberry Muffins These picture-perfect muffins are studded with fresh blueberries and capped with crunchy sugar and crumb toppings. View Recipe 06 of 14 Mahogany Fried Chicken Buttermilk and cayenne pepper make an easy marinade that produces moist, flavorful, picnic-perfect fried chicken. View Recipe 07 of 14 Buttermilk Biscuits The ideal fried chicken companions, these savory herb-buttermilk biscuits have dill, chives, and rosemary baked right inside. View Recipe 08 of 14 Donn's Waffles Beaten egg whites give these waffles an incomparably light, fluffy texture. Serve them with fresh summer berries or peaches. View Recipe 09 of 14 Sour-Cherry Pistachio Crisp Dana Gallagher Our crisp has more than a pound and a half of pitted sour cherries crowned with a brown-sugar-kissed oat-and-pistachio topping for lots of crunch. View Recipe 10 of 14 Crab Salad Sandwich Crème fraîche, shallots, chives, and lemon juice complement the sweet, delicate flavor of lump crabmeat without overpowering it. Serve the crab salad between slices of toasted brioche with red-leaf lettuce and sliced avocado. View Recipe 11 of 14 Plum-Nectarine Buckle A buckle is a decadent dessert hybrid: cake-like cobbler with a crumble topping. View Recipe 12 of 14 Panini Bar Setting up a panini bar makes assembling sandwiches almost as much fun as eating them. A selection of Italian cold cuts and cheeses, anchovies, freshly made pesto and tapenade, and two kinds of bread ensure that there is a combination to please everyone. View Recipe 13 of 14 Ham and Swiss Sandwich A classic ham and Swiss tastes even better served on a buttered baguette. View Recipe 14 of 14 Berry Grunt A classic grunt is a dumpling-topped fruit dessert that's cooked on the stove; it is often called a slump. Our grunt has blackberries and raspberries that simmer together. Then dollops of ginger-spiked dumpling batter are added to the pan to steam in berry juice. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit