Top 10 Easter Dinner Main Courses

Recipe: 1 - Slow Cooked Lamb Shoulder Recipe »

If you're deciding what to cook for Easter lunch or dinner may I offer you some delicious Easter main options. Here are 10 Easter main meal suggestions for you from lamb, pork, fish, vegetarian and vegan recipe ideas!

1 - Slow Cooked Lamb Shoulder

Y'all know how much I love lamb shoulder for a multitude of reasons but this slow cooked lamb shoulder with preserved lemon, garlic and rosemary is a beauty. It's also foolproof and low stress as it reheats so well too!

2 - Spiral Cut Glazed Ham

There's nothing quite as spectacular as a gleaming, glazed ham served at the table. And ham isn't just a Christmas thing, it's great for Easter too! I'll show you how to spiral cut a ham yourself so that it is easy to carve at the table. This spiral ham is so juicy and moist too.

3 - Greek Lamb and Potatoes

Another favourite lamb recipe is this Greek lamb with potatoes on the side. The flavour really penetrates through to the lamb. Plus the potatoes are cooked in the delicious lamb juices so there's much to love here.

4 - Roast Chicken on Garlic Bread

If your crowd loves chicken then may I present one of the most spectacular ways to present a chicken. A whole roast lemon pepper seasoned chicken is baked on garlic and tomato sourdough bread and the flavour that comes from the chicken is so divine!

5 - Salmon Tarator

This baked salmon recipe is something special. It's baked and served with yogurt, roasted walnuts, herbs and a chilli herb dressing. I promise that this salmon will be baked to perfection!

6 - Mushroom Strudel

Let's not forget the vegetarians here! This mushroom strudel is truly seasonal as it is filled with saffron milk cap mushrooms (or you can use Swiss brown or portobello mushrooms). A Dear Reader described it as a stroganoff in pastry!

7 - Vegan Shepherd's Pie

I love this version of Shepherd's pie that just happens to be vegan. Not only is it lighter than a meat version but it is so luscious with lots of flavours. The base is made with lentils (tinned are great) and mushrooms and plenty of seasonings so you won't miss the meat!

8 - Never Fail Pork Belly

Pork belly has to have two things: a crunchy rind and soft, melting meat underneath. And this recipe has both thanks to a clever method that was designed for maximum crunch and maximum softness for the meat!

9 - Salt Baked Chicken

Ok here is a showstopping item and I think there's something almost biblical in this Salt Baked Chicken where a chicken is baked in a salt crust so that it steams and cooks the chicken until juicy. You cut open and crack the crust at the table and reveal the chicken inside!

10 - Salt Baked Fish

Like the chicken, a fish version can be easily done using a whole fish. What is so clever about this is that the salt crust actually seasons the fish perfectly and again nothing beats that spectacular moment when you crack open the crust at the table!

So tell me Dear Reader, is there a main that you like to make for Easter? Which one would be your pick?