Easter recipes

Find every recipe you need for Easter here, including homemade Easter eggs, cakes, Easter baking, hot cross buns, Sunday roasts and more. Discover lots of easy delicious ideas for the long Easter weekend with our best recipes.

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Giant peanut butter choc-chip cookie

Giant recipes

Giant peanut butter choc-chip cookie

This giant peanut butter cookie is a speedy sweet sensation that bakes in less that 15 minutes. Make it with milk, white or dark chocolate.

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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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Chocolate and raspberry custard pots

5-ingredient

Chocolate and raspberry custard pots

These speedy chocolate custard pots are one of the easiest desserts you can throw together. They're a great way to use up Easter chocolate.

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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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Baklava dome cake

Best Easter cakes

Baklava dome cake

This baklava-inspired dome cake is covered in pistachio icing, concealing walnut sponges sandwiched with pistachio paste and raspberry cream.

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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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Orange hot cross bun treacle tart

Hot cross buns

Orange hot cross bun treacle tart

Treacle tart gets an Easter makeover in this impressive pud recipe. The tart filling is enriched with hot cross bun crumbs, spice and citrus.

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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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Hot cross bun mackerel sandwiches

15-minute meals

Hot cross bun mackerel sandwiches

Switch things up at Easter with hot cross bun mackerel sandwiches. This unexpectedly delicious duo is inspired by Turkish fish sandwiches.

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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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Mini eggs, chocolate and tahini Rice Krispie treats

Mini Egg

Mini eggs, chocolate and tahini Rice Krispie treats

Give rice krispie bars a grown-up makeover with nutty tahini, honey and salty pretzels. If you like halva, you'll love these Mini Eggs treats.

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Caramelised white chocolate cheesecake

Cheesecakes

Caramelised white chocolate cheesecake

This showstopping cheesecake has a chocolatey biscuit base, a creamy caramelised white chocolate filling and golden ganache topping.

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