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12 recipes for the ultimate Easter feast

By Abigail Donnelly, 3 April 2025

Make your Easter table a cornucopia of treats with Abigail Donnelly’s seasonal menu, featuring all the celebration non-negotiables to create the perfect Easter feast. (Note: leave room for dessert. Times two)

Starters and sides:

1. Cheese puffs

These are deliciously moreish and can be served drizzled with honey, or you can halve and stuff them with a savoury filling such as flavoured cream cheese.

Cheese puffs recipe

2. Radicchio-and-celery leaf salad

Can’t find radicchio? Use any lettuce of your choice. And if you’re not a fan of Gorgonzola, Parmesan shavings are also an option here.

Radicchio-and-celery leaf salad recipe

3. Pickle latkes

The perfect snack with drinks, or to serve at the start of an elevated Easter brunch alongside some good smoked salmon.

Pickle latkes recipe

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4. Butter-bean baba ganoush

This is just as good as a side with roast lamb as it is served with mini pitas, crackers or corn chips as a starter dip platter.

Butter-bean baba ganoush recipe

5. Broccoli with coconut-coriander sauce

This side dish is packed with flavour and can be served with a roast – or cook up some fluffy, fragrant jasmine rice to create a perfectly fresh and bright veggie main.

Broccoli with coconut-coriander sauce recipe

6. Panzanella-style tomato salad

Plan ahead when making this salad as it’s best to buy tomatoes a few days in advance to give them time to really ripen well – and of course it is a great way to use up leftover sourdough. I sometimes add chopped watermelon and crumbled feta, too.

Panzanella-style tomato salad recipe

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Mains

7. Garlicky deboned lamb

This is my spin on the hero lamb roast for Easter Sunday lunch. The Hollandaise is also delicious served on a toasted hot cross bun with a poached egg.

Garlicky deboned lamb recipe

8. Asian braised brisket

This is one of those dishes that tastes even better if made the day before – warm it up and serve, shredded, with wraps.

Asian braised brisket recipe

9. Roast chicken in creamy cider sauce

What could be better than a simple roast chicken? A roasted chook smothered in a decadent sauce, of course. An easy cheat if serving a crowd: buy a couple of Woolies’ rotisserie chickens and make the sauce to serve. No one will ever know!