Savour a true taste of summer

This week, it’s all about light summer dishes that can be made in advance, with three recipes from A Basket by the Door, the new cookbook by Sophie Hansen

Cold soba noodle salad with trout and pickled cucumber
Sophie Hansen

Cold soba noodle salad with trout and pickled cucumber

This is perfect for hot summer days or nights, when you can’t bear the idea of cooking. The flavours are gentle but delicious, and the cold slurp of the slippery soba noodles is highly comforting.

Ingredients, serves four

400g soba noodles

1 handful mint leaves

1 handful Thai (or regular) basil leaves

Half a handful coriander leaves

60g finely chopped spring onions

40g sesame ...