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Easter

A Classic Easter Dinner Menu

Make Easter a spring feast with the family! From a sparkling cocktail to a roast leg of lamb and a luscious fruit dessert, you'll be celebrating the holiday weekend in classic style.
Lighter than air (and much more flavourful), tiers of hazelnut meringue are sandwiched with layers of whipped cream and fresh fruit. A luscious dessert after a big feast.

Main

Lemon-Herb Roast Leg Of Lamb

Simple ingredients add just the right amount of flavour to this tender spring roast. Get the lemon-herb roast leg of lamb recipe

Cocktail

The Audrey
Serve this sparkling citrus sipper as you wait to carve the roast leg of lamb. Tangy citrus and dry bubbly get a delicious hit of sweetness from the brown sugar rim. Get the Audrey sparkling cocktail recipe.

The Audrey sparkling cocktail: Martini Rosso or red vermouth; juice of 1/2 orange and 1/3 cup Prosecco in a short glass rimmed with brown sugar for a post on the best recipe to make this classic sparkling cocktail

Bread

Spring-Herb Popovers

Packed with fresh spring herbs and buttery Yorkshire pudding flavour, these irresistible popovers are perfect for serving with dinner. Get the spring-herb popovers recipe.

Spring herb popovers spread with butter in a silver bowl. The popovers are made with canola oil, flour, finely chopped basil, chives and tarragon, salt, eggs, milk and butter. For a post on an easy spring herb popover recipe(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Sides

Nutty Green Beans

Fresh and vibrant with an added crunch, it won’t be any trouble for people to eat all their beans tonight. Get the nutty green beans recipe.

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nutty green beans in a bowl topped with chopped hazelnuts; panko; butter and salt(Photo: Roberto Caruso)

Sides

Minted Roasted Carrots 

Amp up these roasted veggies with colourful sprigs of mint—they're the perfect complement to any lamb dish. Get the minted roasted carrots recipe.

A lamb chop with minted carrots on a white plate, in a post on the best lamb recipes for spring.

Sides

Smashed Herbed Potatoes

Dijon mustard and fresh parsley give these roughly mashed spuds a big flavour boost. Get the smashed herbed potatoes recipe.

Smashed Herbed Potatoes, made with parsley and Dijon mustard, in a white bowl, for a post on the best smashed herbed potatoes recipe(Photo: Angus Fergusson)

Dessert

Carrot Cake With Fluffy White-Chocolate Icing

Our unbelievably moist four-layer carrot cake recipe decked out in white-chocolate cream-cheese frosting is perfect for birthdays, or just because. Get our carrot cake with fluffy white-chocolate icing recipe.

A slice of four-layer carrot cake with cream cheese white chocolate icing on a white plate on a wood table(Photo: iStock)

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