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Mother’s Day recipes

Mum deserves nothing but the best.
A two-layer carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, topped with walnuts, on a wooden cake stand. A thick triangle slice of carrot cake is in the foreground, on the left.

Sixpenny's carrot cake

Benito Martin

Mum deserves nothing but the best, so why don’t you make her day with our Mother’s Day recipes. Here, we’ve put together some of our favourite recipes, from brunch staples to big dinners to sweet treats. Start at the top of the list for morning dishes, head on over to the bottom for desserts.

Here are best Mother’s Day recipes, from Mother’s Day brunch and Mother’s Day lunch to decadent dessert recipes that are sure to please Mum.

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Japanese soufflé pancakes with genmaicha sugar

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Croque-madame crêpes

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Qatayef Asafiri (Syrian pancakes Syrian with pistachio cream)

Photo: Chris Court

Mixed seed and spice crêpes with roasted pumpkin

Pancakes
Photo: Will Horner

Perfect fluffy pancakes

French toast
Photo: William Meppem

French toast

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

Honey and saffron rice pudding with sesame brittle
Photo: William Meppem

Honey and saffron rice pudding with sesame brittle

Photo: Chris Court

Mushrooms on toast

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

Shakshuka

Wholemeal waffles with baked beans, chorizo and egg
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Wholemeal waffles with baked beans, chorizo and egg

Balmain bug tails topped with red chilli and green garnish
Photo: Will Horner

Dan Hong’s bug tails with butter and Asian flavours

Photo: James Moffatt

Pan-roasted chicken with artichokes and salad onion

Photo: James Moffatt

Steamed Murray cod with whipped lemon myrtle butter

Photo: Chris Court

Maggie Beer’s herb pasta with sorrel butter and lemon thyme

Farro risotto with mushrooms, leek and parmesan
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Risotto with pumpkin, Gorgonzola and brown butter

Photo: Ben Hansen

Goat’s cheese and herb quiche

Cheese pie
Photo: Chris Court

Triple-cheese pie

Za’atar roast chicken with pilaf, pomegranate and nuts
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Za’atar roast chicken with pilaf, pomegranate and nuts

Lamb cutlets with white beans, capsicum and oregano
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Lamb cutlets with white beans, capsicum and oregano

lamb-rump-dish-with-salad
Photo: James Moffatt

Harissa-roasted lamb rump with pomegranate and eggplant

Eight-hour lamb shoulder with pearl couscous and labne
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Eight-hour lamb shoulder with pearl couscous and labne

Photo: Con Poulos

Herbed ricotta and roasted-tomato bruschetta

Pumpkin ravioli with sage
Photo: William Meppem

Pumpkin ravioli with sage brown butter

Photo: Anson Smart

Du Fermier’s daube of beef with root vegetables

Silverbeet and Gruyère tart
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Silverbeet and Gruyère tart

Best autumn recipes - Flour and Stone's Lemon Dream cake
Photo: Benito Martin

Nik Hill’s cauliflower cheese tart

Green curry of chicken
Photo: Kara Rosenlund

Thai green chicken curry

Chocolate Manjari cake
Photo: William Meppem

Flour and Stone’s chocolate Manjari cake

Strawberry crème fraiche cheesecake
Photo: Chris Chen

No-bake strawberry crème fraîche cheesecake

Salted caramel and chocolate ganache tart
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Guillaume Brahimi’s salted caramel and chocolate ganache tart

Self-saucing chocolate and almond milk pudding
Photo: William Meppem

Self-saucing chocolate and almond milk pudding

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Basque cheesecake

Over-the-top shot of a round white dish with a baked lemon pudding, with a spoonful taken out of the crust to reveal the molten lemon curd inside.
Photo: Lucy Tweed

Lemon delicious pudding

Photo: William Meppem

Curtis Stone’s strawberry and almond cheesecake

Matcha-coconut pudding
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Matcha-coconut pudding

A round, crusty apple pie with a slice taken out of it, sitting on a light-blue linen tablecloth, with golden forks and a tumbler of amber-hued liquid to the side
Photo: Phillip Castleon

Best-ever apple pie

A two-layer carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, topped with walnuts, on a wooden cake stand. A thick triangle slice of carrot cake is in the foreground, on the left.
Photo: Benito Martin

Sixpenny’s carrot cake with candied walnuts

Bird's eye view image of roulade cake topped with raspberries and pink petals, sitting on white and pink plates and beside a gold-tipped fork
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Pistachio and rose roulade with lychees and raspberries

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