Easter Sunday lunch

[Stoppickingthosespots]

Live abroad (not hot, but predicted sun & cloud on Easter Sunday)

Parents are coming to stay, I wanted to do a nice Easter lunch, any ideas? 🙏
I could do a bbq, but doesn’t seem very Easter lunch ish?

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/grilled-lamb-leg-steaks-wit-crushed-pesto-potatoes-watercress

This but done on the bbq?

Or a Greek or Lebanese style slow roast lamb with lovely salads

I never ever do lamb but it sounds so delicious 💓

Well we bbq at Easter - but we bbq on Christmas day too (I remember dh shovelling snow off the bbq lid one year), so we are possibly a bit odd 😂

You must cook lamb at Easter - it's the law!

I did this last year, you braise it on a low temperature for 7 hours It's very tender and falls off the bone, and everyone absolutely loved it. Just be aware you have to brown it off first and it does smoke a hell of a lot. I got up at 4am to get it in the oven and woke up my whole family setting off the smoke alarms 😄

I did it with roast potatoes and creamy leeks, can't remember what other veg, probably roast Carrots, roast parsnips and boiled Broccoli.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/slow-cooked-leg-lamb

But lamb is traditional for Easter

We've done this a couple of times, but changed the lamb spicing to thyme and rosemary so I can make moussaka with the leftovers

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/apr/01/boulangere-lamb-roast-pepper-salad-semlor-buns-yotam-ottolenghi-easter-recipes

I know, but I hate lamb, or anything with rosemary. Same as Christmas, I bloody hate cinnamon and it seems to be in everything.

I cannot stand lamb, the smell, the texture. Big fat no from me.

I do a 5 hour slow roast lamb with dauphinoise potatoes and braised lettuce/peas. It's a tradition.