Homemade dips add delicious flavor to the grilling season. You can prepare these flavorful sauces in advance and surprise your guests with special aromas. We have collected the best grilling dips for you, along with matching food pairing tips.
You can create our dip recipes using various bases. Herb butter and similar spreads keep for a few days in the fridge and are perfect not only as a bread spread but also for seasoning meat, fish, and vegetables. Quark-based dips bring freshness to your grill buffet and pair especially well with savory meats and campfire potatoes. Vegan dips are based on the perfect combination of vegetables and spices. They provide a robust, intense flavor and are a crowd-pleaser at any BBQ. Perfect for a large grill party where you want to keep all your guests happy!
Dips for bread and baguette
Herb butter is the classic among dips and can be made quickly and easily. It makes for an aromatic spread for bread and baguettes that you can prepare well in advance. Fresh herbs obviously taste best; you can pick them from your own garden in the summer or buy them at the farmers' market. Spicy varieties like garlic or tomato butter on bread go excellently with steak, chops, and sausages. Basil and herb butter harmonize ideally with light fish dishes and grilled seafood. Wild garlic butter is a very special party dip that you can ideally serve with dark, hearty bread.
Enjoyment tip: The best way to toast bread and baguette on the grill is indirectly. This gives you a nice, crispy side dish.
Quick bread dips at Leni & Hans
- Herb butter recipe with delicious variations
- Garlic butter with fresh herbs
- Tomato butter with sun-dried tomatoes
- Make your own wild garlic butter
- Truffle butter
- Basil butter with lemon
- Thyme butter with lemon zest
- Cream cheese dip with bell pepper
Quark dips for grilled meat, fish & vegetables
Dips made with sour cream, quark, yogurt, or crème fraîche add freshness to the grill buffet. Our honey-mustard dip pairs excellently with fish, while tzatziki is the classic choice for savory grilled meat. A yogurt dip with mint surprises with an oriental note and harmonizes perfectly with vegetable sticks and tofu cutlets. Wild garlic dip is an all-rounder that refines meat, fish, and vegetables with a delicate hint of garlic.
Quark dips for grilling
- Tzatziki — the classic Greek yogurt dip
- Herb quark – quick quark dip recipe
- Yogurt dip with mint
- Sour cream dip
- Honey mustard dip
- Wild garlic dip
- Feta dip: Sheep's milk cheese cream like in Greece
Vegan dips for grilling
Vegetable dips are the ideal side dish for flexitarians, vegetarians, and vegans. Ajvar delights with fine bell pepper seasoning and brings a subtle Balkan note to your grill buffet. Guacamole is a classic that you can serve with bread as an appetizer or as a delicious savory sauce for your grilled food. Hummus and eggplant dip complement the fruity, light taste of the avocado dip with earthy aromas and harmonize perfectly together. Baba ghanoush is made from eggplant and sesame paste, giving grilled dishes an oriental touch. Those in the mood for fusion cuisine can make wild garlic hummus. This is a guaranteed way to surprise your guests.
Vegan dip recipes
- Ajvar bell pepper dip
- Guacamole — the classic avocado dip
- Make your own hummus — the oriental classic
- Baba ghanoush: Oriental eggplant dip
- Eggplant dip
- Wild garlic hummus
Unusual grilling dips
Date-curry dip tastes wonderfully exotic on a simple slice of bread. This savory paste is perfect for serving with grilled eggplant and vegetarian burgers. Tuna dip with cream cheese unfolds a sensational flavor when combined with grilled avocado. Wild garlic spread with feta has a robust aroma and pairs well with dark bread and lamb or vegetable skewers from the grill.
