Celebration: Easter

31 Mar, 2013Looking for recipe inspiration so you can cook up a family Easter feast? We've compiled our favourites, so pick and choose among them to create your ideal menu. We've kept in mind the Christian tradition of eating fish on Good Friday, as well as included stand-out lamb dishes, which are often the centrepiece of Italian and Greek Easter feasts.

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Looking for recipe inspiration so you can cook up a family Easter feast? We've compiled our favourites, so pick and choose among them to create your ideal menu. We've kept in mind the Christian tradition of eating fish on Good Friday, as well as included stand-out lamb dishes, which are often the centrepiece of Italian and Greek Easter celebrations.

• Check out our SBS Food Guide To Fish

If none of the above take your fancy, choose from each of our brunch, lunch and dinner menus. They're made up of dishes inspired by the glorious cuisines of Greece, Vietnam, France, India and more.

Brunch

• Food lovers' polenta
• Tuna and corn cakes with tomato salsa
• Fattoush
• Stuffed olives
• Maltese scrambled eggs with tomatoes and cheese
• Fried pumpkin balls
• Chickpea pancakes
• Greek fennel fritters

Lunch

• Grilled scallops and mussels in spring onion oil
• Greek octopus patties (keftedes)
• Pan-fried salmon with shallots
• Panzanella
• Lemon myrtle prawns
• Thai fish cakes
• Fish and chips
• Gozleme tiropites

Dinner

• John Dory with asparagus
• Crisp spiced fish
• Fish curry
• Steamed barramundi with rice
• Istanbul street-style stuffed mussels
• Middle Eastern spiced calamari
• Haloumi, pumpkin and rocket salad
• Fried rice with cuttlefish, pineapple and dill