Easter lunch recipes

Be inspired by our best Easter lunch recipe ideas, including traditional menu favourites such as roast lamb, asparagus and spring soups.

Time for dessert! Browse our best Easter baking ideas and show-stopping Easter cakes.

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Ottolenghi’s potato salad

Potatoes

Ottolenghi’s potato salad

Try this German potato salad from the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen. Waxy potatoes are cooked until tender before soaking up a delicious broth.

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Lemon, garlic and rosemary leg of lamb with mint sauce

Easter lamb

Lemon, garlic and rosemary leg of lamb with mint sauce

You just can’t beat the flavours of lamb leg roasted with lemon, garlic and rosemary. Our method rewards you with perfectly tender pink meat.

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Steamed carrots with spring onion and chive butter

Carrots

Steamed carrots with spring onion and chive butter

Toss steamed carrots in a punchy spring onion and chive butter and sprinkle with toasted seeds for an easy side dish bursting with flavour.

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Four cheese, leek and walnut gratin

Easter

Four cheese, leek and walnut gratin

This multi-layered leek gratin is the ultimate creamy, cheesy side dish. Prep ahead then bake and serve with Easter lunch or a spring roast.

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Slow-cooked orange wine lamb shoulder with shallots

Easter lamb

Slow-cooked orange wine lamb shoulder with shallots

Slow cook lamb shoulder in orange wine with anchovies and shallots. This is the easy-but-impressive Easter roast you've been looking for.

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Lamb saddle stuffed with a herby chicken mousseline

Easter lamb

Lamb saddle stuffed with a herby chicken mousseline

Spring lamb saddle is stuffed with a light-as-air chicken mousseline made bright green with fresh herbs. The perfect dish for Easter Sunday

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Ottolenghi’s roasted carrots with curry leaf dukkah

Carrots

Ottolenghi’s roasted carrots with curry leaf dukkah

These roasted carrots with curry leaf dukkah from the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen are the perfect side dish for Easter lunch or a springtime roast.

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Asparagus caesar salad

Asparagus

Asparagus caesar salad

Asparagus is a glorious side for any springtime Sunday dinner, and this pretty caesar salad with quails eggs makes the most of its flavour.

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Pear and walnut salad with hot cross bun croutons

Easter

Pear and walnut salad with hot cross bun croutons

Try our pear and walnut salad with hot cross bun croutons and give classic panzanella (Italian bread salad) an Easter makeover.

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Ottolenghi’s jerk chicken

Chicken thighs

Ottolenghi’s jerk chicken

Give chicken thighs the Ottolenghi treatment with this easy spiced jerk chicken traybake recipe from Yotam and his test-kitchen team.

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Rosemary roast potatoes

Roast potatoes

Rosemary roast potatoes

Roast potatoes are everyone's favourite part of Christmas dinner. This rosemary roast potatoes recipe is both foolproof and flavourful.

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Chinese pork, drunken potatoes and nashi pear sauce

Pork recipes from around the world

Chinese pork, drunken potatoes and nashi pear sauce

Chinese roast pork is a classic. Pairing it with nashi pear sauce and ‘drunken’ potatoes in shaoxing wine gives it a Sunday roast vibe.

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Andi Oliver’s Caribbean roast pork (vinidaloush)

Caribbean

Andi Oliver’s Caribbean roast pork (vinidaloush)

Looking for an impressive roast for the  weekend? Andi Oliver shares a tongue-tingling recipe for vindaloush, Caribbean roast pork.

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Roast carrots with shatta butter

Carrots

Roast carrots with shatta butter

Ravinder Bhogal gives classic roast carrots a Middle Eastern twist in this side dish recipe, serving them with pistachios and shatta butter.

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Smashed potatoes with crème fraîche and roe

Easy starters

Smashed potatoes with crème fraîche and roe

Smashed potatoes with crème fraîche, chives and roe make for a decadent starter or sharing dish. They're salty, creamy and very moreish.

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Rib of beef with onions, goat’s cheese and broccoli

Roast beef

Rib of beef with onions, goat’s cheese and broccoli

Richard Corrigan's rib of beef dinner with goat's cheese onions and broccoli makes a spectacular spring Sunday roast or Easter lunch.

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