40 Mother's Day brunch ideas to make for Mum

Start Mother’s Day on a high with these home-cooked brunch recipes. Add recipes to your brunch menu and we’re positive it will rival your local café. From our super fluffy pancakes recipe to a hearty shakshuka, these brunch ideas are the perfect way to start the festivities.

Here are some of our favourite brunch recipes for Mother’s Day.

Overnight waffles, brown butter pecan ice-cream and spiced pears

Overnight waffles, brown butter pecan ice-cream and spiced pears

Giovanni Pilu’s herbed ricotta and roasted-tomato bruschetta

Giovanni Pilu’s herbed ricotta and roasted-tomato bruschetta

The essential guide to making fluffy pancakes

The essential guide to making fluffy pancakes

Curtis Stone’s Liège-style waffles with rhubarb-vanilla jam

Curtis Stone’s Liège-style waffles with rhubarb-vanilla jam

Syrian filled pancakes with pistachio cream

Syrian filled pancakes with pistachio cream

Sunda’s buttermilk fried chicken with waffles

Sunda’s buttermilk fried chicken with waffles

Japanese soufflé pancakes with genmaicha sugar

Japanese soufflé pancakes with genmaicha sugar

Buttermilk waffles with cured ocean trout and fennel salad

Buttermilk waffles with cured ocean trout and fennel salad

Mixed seed and spice crêpes with roasted pumpkin

Mixed seed and spice crêpes with roasted pumpkin

Croque-madame crêpes

Croque-madame crêpes

Mini English muffins

Mini English muffins

French toast

French toast

Cornersmith’s buttermilk waffles with rhubarb and rose compote

Cornersmith’s buttermilk waffles with rhubarb and rose compote

A green frying pan holding a mixture of fried eggs and tomato, topped with crumbled feta and chopped green herbs. — Photo: William Meppem

Shakshuka

Shakshuka

Avocado on seeded toast with soft-boiled egg

Avocado on seeded toast with soft-boiled egg

Semolina pudding with caramel pears

Semolina pudding with caramel pears

Smoked trout omelette

Smoked trout omelette

Pikelets with pear jam

Pikelets with pear jam

Naïm’s green shakshuka

Naïm’s green shakshuka

Breakfast bowl

Breakfast bowl

Cheesy polenta waffles with fried egg and ham

Cheesy polenta waffles with fried egg and ham

Alistair Wise’s breakfast buns

Alistair Wise’s breakfast buns

Bloody Mary with pickled jalapeños

Bloody Mary with pickled jalapeños

Smoked-trout bagels with celeriac, kohlrabi and fennel rémoulade and trout roe

Smoked-trout bagels with celeriac, kohlrabi and fennel rémoulade and trout roe

Sean Moran’s mushrooms on toast

Sean Moran’s mushrooms on toast

Crisp rice bowls with pork, egg, kale and marinated carrot recipe — Photo: Chris Court

Curtis Stone’s crisp rice bowls with pork, egg, kale and marinated carrot

Curtis Stone’s crisp rice bowls with pork, egg, kale and marinated carrot

Double eggs and brioche soldiers

Double eggs and brioche soldiers

A white plate with fried corn fritters and roasted cherry tomatoes, garnished with chopped and whole shallots. — Photo: John Paul Urizar

Corn and buttermilk fritters

Corn and buttermilk fritters

Hash browns with chilli sauce

Hash browns with chilli sauce

Rhubarb and custard brown-sugar waffles

Rhubarb and custard brown-sugar waffles

Citrus waffles with honey labne

Citrus waffles with honey labne

Mortadella breakfast sandwich

Mortadella breakfast sandwich

Egg and bacon congee

Egg and bacon congee

The essential guide to making pancakes

The essential guide to making pancakes

Poached egg with cornbread, corn and bacon hash and green tomato relish

Poached egg with cornbread, corn and bacon hash and green tomato relish

Rhubarb and mascarpone French toast

Rhubarb and mascarpone French toast

Smoked trout and chive soufflé omelette with lemon beurre noisette

Smoked trout and chive soufflé omelette with lemon beurre noisette

Egg, spinach, rocket and feta breakfast tart

Egg, spinach, rocket and feta breakfast tart

Crumpets

Crumpets

Sour cream pancakes with Suzette sauce

Sour cream pancakes with Suzette sauce

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