Gather round the table. It’s Easter time, which means it’s feast(er) time. Whether you spend Easter with family or friends, food is one of the pinnacle parts of the holiday (as well as a four-day weekend, of course). From traditional Easter foods (such as toasty spiced hot cross buns on Good Friday and roast lamb and potatoes for dinner on Easter Sunday) to making new traditions of your own with baked delights and feast favourites, Easter is best when breaking bread with the ones you love.
So, we’ve pulled together our best Easter recipes to make Easter cooking a cinch. We have eight-hour braised lamb shoulder with Israeli couscous for Easter lunch or perhaps your Good Friday dinner table needs a side of cured trout. And if not a delicious, low-and-slow braised rabbit casserole on the Easter long weekend, then when? Plus, we have some easy Easter recipes to turn to when you’re in a pinch.
Of course, we also have glazed hot cross buns for Easter brunch. And it wouldn’t be Easter without chocolate, so see our best holiday dessert recipes for chocolate cakes and more and baked goods from Sydney’s one and only Flour & Stone bakery.
Here are our best Easter recipes.
The ultimate Easter lunch feast
The ultimate Easter lunch feast
Mix and match these Easter-appropriate dishes – they run from canapés through to show-stopping mains and sides.
Fish recipes
Fish recipes for Easter, Good Friday and beyond
Easter is for Good Friday is for fish. From whole-roasted John Dory to beetroot-cured ocean trout, we have all the fish dishes you need.
Recipes for Greek Orthodox Easter
Recipes for Greek Orthodox Easter
Celebrate Orthodox Easter with tsoureki, galaktoboureko and lots of lamb.
Rabbit recipes for Easter
Hop to it. Rabbit meat lends itself to slow braising, like in 10 William St’s version with a butter-laden sauce pearà.
Flour and Stone’s cake recipes for Easter
Flour and Stone’s cake recipes for Easter
Baker extraordinaire Nadine Ingram of Sydney’s Flour and Stone cooks up a sweet storm for Easter, including this irresistible chocolate Manjari cake.
Hot cross bun recipes
There’s the classic, of course, and a few clever variations (including a savoury version by Sydney restaurant Bodega).
Easter desserts that aren’t hot cross buns
Easter desserts that aren’t hot cross buns
But there are these hot cross cannoli…
Easter chocolate
Our best chocolate recipes for Easter
Easter and chocolate. It’s just common sense.
