- Honey Glazed Ham:
- Ingredients: Ham, honey, brown sugar, mustard, cloves.
- Instructions: Score the ham, mix honey, brown sugar, mustard, and cloves to make a glaze, bake ham with glaze until heated through and caramelized.
- Roast Leg of Lamb:
- Ingredients: Leg of lamb, garlic, rosemary, lemon, olive oil, salt, pepper.
- Instructions: Make a paste with minced garlic, chopped rosemary, lemon zest, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Rub onto the lamb, roast until cooked to desired doneness.
- Classic Deviled Eggs:
- Ingredients: Hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, salt, pepper, paprika.
- Instructions: Halve eggs, remove yolks, mash yolks with mayo, mustard, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Fill egg white halves with yolk mixture, sprinkle with paprika.
- Hot Cross Buns:
- Ingredients: Flour, yeast, sugar, milk, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, icing.
- Instructions: Make a dough with flour, yeast, sugar, milk, butter, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Knead in raisins, let rise, shape into buns, bake. Pipe icing crosses on top.
- Scalloped Potatoes:
- Ingredients: Potatoes, heavy cream, milk, garlic, butter, flour, salt, pepper, cheese (optional).
- Instructions: Thinly slice potatoes, layer in a baking dish. Make a sauce with garlic, butter, flour, cream, and milk. Pour over potatoes, bake until tender and golden.
- Carrot Cake:
- Ingredients: Flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, carrots, oil, eggs, vanilla, nuts (optional), cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar.
- Instructions: Mix dry ingredients, add grated carrots, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Bake, then frost with cream cheese frosting made with cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar.
- Spring Vegetable Quiche:
- Ingredients: Pie crust, eggs, milk, cream, spring vegetables (asparagus, peas, spinach, etc.), cheese (optional), salt, pepper, nutmeg.
- Instructions: Blind bake pie crust. Fill with sautéed vegetables, pour over mixture of eggs, milk, cream, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Bake until set.
- Lemon Tart:
- Ingredients: Pie crust, eggs, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, butter.
- Instructions: Blind bake pie crust. Make a filling with eggs, sugar, lemon juice, and zest. Cook until thickened, stir in butter, pour into crust, chill.
- Easter Sugar Cookies:
- Ingredients: Flour, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, salt, icing, sprinkles.
- Instructions: Make dough, roll out, cut into shapes. Bake, cool, decorate with icing and sprinkles.
- Chocolate Easter Eggs:
- Ingredients: Chocolate (milk, dark, or white), molds, fillings (nuts, caramel, etc.).
- Instructions: Melt chocolate, pour into molds, let set partially, add fillings, cover with more chocolate, chill until firm.
These recipes should add a delightful touch to your Easter table! Enjoy cooking and sharing these delicious dishes with your loved ones.