Looking for Easter recipes? Try our dishes below or check out our Easter bakes and Easter dinner recipes. Catering for vegans is effortless with our vegan Easter recipes, and make sure to use up any leftovers from Easter weekend with our best Easter leftovers recipes.

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Easter lamb recipes

Try one of our best lamb recipes to serve at your Easter holiday feast with friends and family...

How to cook the perfect roast leg of lamb

Roast lamb is a classic Easter Sunday favourite – here’s how to get it juicy and pink on the inside, and beautifully crisp on the outside.

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Roast Leg of Lamb Recipe with Caper Butter and Mint Sauce

Herb-stuffed rolled lamb breast

Roll this great-value cut of lamb with mustard and herbs then bake until soft and tender so it falls apart into the white wine onion gravy, the perfect Easter Sunday centrepiece.

Rolled Lamb Breast Recipe Stuffed with Herbs

Lamb shoulder with garlic potatoes and redcurrant glaze

Our succulent slow-roasted lamb dish is an impressive recipe to serve guests over Easter bank holiday.

Slow Cooked Lamb Shoulder with Garlic Roasted Potatoes

Vegan Easter recipes

These vegan entertaining recipes are the perfect centrepiece ideas to serve your vegan pals over Easter. Find our comprehensive Easter vegan menu here.

Vegan wellington

Your vegan friends will be impressed with our version of a classic wellington, packed with roasted red peppers, cooked beetroot and kale. Plus, we've made a vegan stuffing and glazed the pastry in marmite to take this wellington to the next level.

Vegan Wellington Recipe

Whole roast cauliflower with warm harissa hummus

Feed a hungry crowd with this impressive whole roast cauliflower with warm harissa hummus. Either serve it as a side dish to go with your lamb or as a vegan centrepiece.

Harissa Cauliflower Recipe

Roasted cabbage steaks with hazelnut dressing

Put red cabbage to good use with these roasted steaks – the mint and chilli add a zingy flavour if you're after a lighter main or sharing side dish.

Roasted Cabbage Steaks With Hazelnut Dressing

Aubergine stuffed with pisto

Stuff aubergine with tomatoes and fragrant spices, then top with a crunchy sourdough mixture for an original vegan main.

pisto stuffed aubergine

Roast savoy cabbage with orzo

Roast savoy cabbages are a fun and original vegan alternative to a classic roast. Choose harissa for a spicy kick or tomato pesto for a more rounded, umami flavour.

a roasting tray filled with sliced cabbage and tomato on a green napkin with a white wooden background

Vegan hot cross buns

Start Easter Sunday right with our plant-based twist on this popular Easter bake. Discover more of our vegan breakfast recipes.

12 hot cross buns on a surface

Vegetarian centrepieces and main courses

Try one of our inventive vegetarian recipes to excite friends and family over the bank holiday weekend!.

Tomato tarte tatin

Encase juicy cherry tomatoes in crisp, golden pastry to make this show-stopping savoury version of the classic French tart, a great way to impress vegetarians over Easter.

Tomato Tarte Tatin Recipe

Crumbed asparagus with saffron yogurt

This asparagus idea is crumbed instead of battered, which helps retain a wonderful texture. The saffron yogurt is a simple version of an aïoli but Middle Eastern style. Make this for an impressive Middle Eastern entertaining recipe.

Breaded Asparagus Recipe with Saffron Yogurt

Spinach and feta pastry slice

Made big or small, served hot or cold, a classic spinach-and-cheese spanakopita never fails to satisfy and is very simple to make.

Spinach and feta pastry slice

Hasselback halloumi traybake

Hasselbacking the halloumi opens up more surface area for maximum crispness. Serve this easy but impressive-looking traybake with flatbreads and a green salad, and let everyone dig in.

Hasselback halloumi traybake

Hasselback harissa roast squash

With sweet, spicy harissa and salty feta, vegetarians will not miss out with this stunning Middle Eastern centrepiece.

Hasselback Squash Recipe

Stuffed butternut squash with cider cream sauce

Check out our impressive butternut squash recipe with veggie stuffing and a side of crunchy kale. This veggie main becomes a real centrepiece when carved into slices at the table.

Stuffed Butternut Squash Recipe with Cider Cream

Asparagus and tomato tart

Want an easy tart recipe? Make our asparagus and tomato savoury frangipane tart for a Easter vegetarian entertaining idea.

Asparagus and Tomato Tart Recipe

Roast carrot and spelt salad with dukkah and preserved lemon dressing

This zesty carrot and spelt salad is fresh, vibrant and super easy to make. The dukkah gives this salad a delightful nutty flavour, perfect for a vegetarian entertaining idea.

Roasted Carrot Salad With Spelt, Dukkah and Preserved Lemon Dressing

Savoury spiced baklava

A savoury festive spin on the classic middle eastern dessert makes a fantastic vegetarian show-off centrepiece.

Savoury Baklava Recipe for Vegetarians

Spicy chickpea potato and filo slice

Check out our spiced chickpea bake with potatoes and topped with thin crunchy filo pastry. This easy recipe is veggie friendly, ready in under an hour and serves four. Our filo slice is best eaten on the day, while the pastry is still crisp.

Vegetarian Potato Pie Recipe with Chickpeas

Spiced green bean and tomato rice

Sabrina Ghayour takes a classic Persian recipe, loobia polow (rice cooked with green beans and meat), and made it veggie for a meat-free Easter main. Check out more our impressive Middle Eastern recipes here.

Vegetarian Rice and Beans Recipe with (Loobia Polow)

Easter desserts recipes

Finish your feast in style with one of these epic Easter desserts.

Hot cross bun bread and butter pudding

Got leftover hot cross buns to use up? Make this ramped up version of the British classic pudding, perfect for Easter entertaining.

Hot Cross Bun Bread and Butter Pudding Recipe

Classic tiramisu

Whip up our smart, authentic version of this classic dessert, made with mascarpone, marsala and savoiardi biscuits soaked in coffee and Tia Maria. This Italian dessert is a great way to end your Easter main meal.

Classic Tiramisu Recipe

Sticky toffee self-saucing pudding

A glorious mash-up of two favourite puds, this rich recipe is the perfect bank holiday treat.

Sticky Toffee Self- Saucing Pudding Recipe

Easter cheesecake

Use up any leftover chocolate eggs in this stand-out Easter cheesecake, perfect for the chocolate lovers in the family.

Easter Cheesecake Recipe with chocolate mini eggs on top

Gelupo's ginger gelato and hot cross bun sandwich

Level up hot cross buns by turning them into a ice cream sandwiches – serve toasted for an extra satisfying Easter treat.

Ice cream sandwiched between hot cross bun

Easter baking recipes

Spend the long weekend baking and treat friends and family this Easter.

Easter simnel cake

Whip up this traditional fruit cake for your bank holiday Easter baking treat.

Easter Simnel Cake Recipe

Creme egg cupcakes

Too good to save just for Easter, watch these super-chocolatey Creme Egg cupcakes become a go-to baking favourite in no time.

A cake stand piled with chocolate cupcakes with halved creme eggs on top, with a grey stone background

Easter cupcakes

Bake a batch of chocolate cupcakes and top with vanilla buttercream and Cadbury Mini Eggs for an easy Easter treat.

A batch of chocolate cupcakes, topped with buttercream, chocolate shavings and mini eggs

Chocolate Easter cake

This Easter classic has a special ingredient for keeping the sponge really moist. Top with chocolate Matchmakers and mini chocolate eggs to complete the look.

Chocolate layer cake with chocolate icing and chocolate decorations

White chocolate Easter cake

Take your Easter baking to the next-level with this showstopping white chocolate cake. We've decorated ours with broken white chocolate eggs and crunchy mini eggs, but you can get creative with your favourite Easter treats.

White Chocolate Easter Cake Recipe

No-knead hot cross buns

Looking for an easy hot cross bun recipe? Try our addictive buns for a hassle-free Easter bake that the whole family can enjoy. Toast and slather in butter to make the most of this traditional Easter treat.

No-Knead Hot Cross Buns Recipe

Easter rocky road

Super simple, super fun and super moreish, a batch of our rocky road traybake is a must. Topped with leftover chocolate eggs, it’s perfect for an easy Easter baking project with the whole family.

Easter Rocky Road Recipe

Easter blondies

You can never have too much chocolate at Easter – bake a batch of these gooey, sweet blondies with an Easter-themed twist.

A tray of blondies cut into squares with a cup of tea and a bowl of mini eggs with a pink background

Easter trash tiffin

Put that leftover Easter chocolate to good use with this indulgent fruit and nut chocolate tiffin. Break into squares and serve with a pot of tea.

Easter Tiffin Recipe with Chocolate Eggs

Italian Easter cake

The whole family will enjoy a slice of this traditional Easter cake – it’s shaped like a dove and topped with candied fruit, sugar and almonds.

A bready cake topped with nuts in the shape of a dove, sat on a wooden board with a pink background

Easter biscuits

These Easter biscuits, flavoured with a touch of cinnamon and mixed spice, and studded with currants, are a classic for spring and will become a family favourite in no time.

Easter biscuits on a white plate with two mugs of tea on a grey stone background

Creme Egg brownie Easter cake

The best Easter cake to make for your favourite chocolate lovers. Chocolate cake + Cadbury's Creme Eggs = HEAVEN. Whip up our chocolate traybake for a special Easter treat, or make it any time of the year (we certainly do)!

Creme Egg Brownie Cake Recipe
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