Top 5 Easter Dinner Recipes
Want to impress your guests with a spectacular Easter dinner? Or maybe you'd prefer something homey and simple. No problem! We've collected the 5 of the most delicious Easter main dish recipes for you to peruse, each specially selected to please the crowd at your holiday table this year.
From simple to slightly complicated, you're sure to find something to fit your time and budget in our list, so here's the countdown to the best Easter dinner ever:
(Click on the images to go directly to the recipes)
#5 - Baked Ham with Brown Sugar Mustard Glaze
Fast & Easy! From Georgia Downard of Cooking Live, this main dish takes only 2 1/2 hours from start to finish, meaning you can spend more time with family (or maybe more time cleaning?) and still serve a delicious, holiday-worthy meal that will be the centerpiece of your table and hold a place in family memories for years to come.
Suggestion: Instead of the 2 tablespoons cider vinegar in this recipe, try our delicious Honey Vinegar instead! [Found here: Pollen Ranch Honey Vinegar ]. And, add a tablespoon or two of our Divine Desserts Seasoning to the glaze for a sassy, cinnamon-y splash.
#4 - Ham with Apple Raisin Sauce
Create a great Easter dinner without the mess; everything's in the bag! You'll have more time to relax and enjoy your family. So get ready to collapse and put your feet up after all the festivities.
Suggestion: Replace the cinnamon in this recipe with 2x the amount of our Divine Desserts seasoning.
#3 Roast Leg of Lamb with Fennel Pollen
From the fabulous New Italian Pantry - Snagged from chef Sara Jenkins’s new iPad cooking app, via PureWow.
Love lamb? You'll love it even more when you use our organic, hand-collected Fennel Pollen in this scrumptious recipe [Find it here: Pollen Ranch Fennel Pollen ]
This dinner almost cooks itself! From start to finish in 1 1/2 hours (plus 24 hours of "rest" for the sauce), so you will need to do a little pre-Easter-day prepl
#2 - Rack of Lamb Glazed with Date Syrup and Swiss Chard
Recipe by Chef Richard Blais.
Truly unique! Tantalizing and a little exotic, this traditional Easter dish of succulent lamb rests on a bed of fresh Swiss Chard, drizzled with a unique date syrup. If you want to surprise holiday guests with a special treat, this one will certainly do the trick!
Suggestion: Replace the Shawarma spices (Arabic spices) mentioned in this recipe with our own Steak Lamb BBQ & Wild Game seasoning.
#1 - Crown Roast of Lamb
Recipe courtesy of Alton Brown & Food Network
The crowning glory of your Easter feast, this elegant entree deserves only the BEST olive oil - our Olio Da Vita Olive Oil. Although the total prep time is only 1 1/2 hours for this culinary masterpiece, you'll need to practice your wrangling skills in order to arrange the crown properly. Fortunately, the recipe link includes a VIDEO to help you get it right.
Suggestion: Watch the video a day or so ahead so there aren't any surprises with this one. The final result is simply spectacular!