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Less time cooking, more time catching up: 50 crowd-pleasing dishes for relaxed reunions

Plonk it on the middle of the table, fill the glasses, and gather around the table for a long overdue meal with family and friends

50 recipes
Peri-peri barbecue chicken.

Peri-peri barbecue chicken

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Roast lamb shoulder shawarma.

Roast lamb shoulder shawarma​

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Pepperoni potatoes.
EASY

Pepperoni hasselback potato traybake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Green lamb shoulder shawarma and pea pie.

Lamb shoulder shawarma and pea pie with sumac butter filo pastry

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
No soggy bottom: Spanakopita with puff pastry and haloumi.

Haloumi spanakopita

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Cheese and greens galette.

Vegetarian cheese and greens galette

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
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Spring quiche: Spinach tart with pine nuts, herbs and three cheeses.

Helen Goh's spinach tart with pine nuts, cheese and herbs

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Salmon and creamed spinach en croute.
EASY

Salmon and creamed spinach en croute

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Cracking crackling roast pork.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: How to make perfect pork crackling

  • Nagi Maehashi
Neil Perry's Middle-Eastern-inspired slow-roasted lamb shoulder with almonds.

Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with almonds

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's slow-cooked lamb shoulder.

Neil Perry's slow-braised lamb shoulder with aioli

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Andrew McConnell's anchovy, onion and olive tart.

​Pissaladiere (anchovy, onion and olive tart)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Neil Perry's Middle Eastern chicken casserole.
EASY

Middle Eastern braised chicken with green olives

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Barbecue sirloin wraps.
EASY

Barbecue sirloin wraps with rice and Sriracha sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Braised chicken with lemon, oregano and olives.

Braised chicken with lemon, oregano and olives

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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A delightful dessert.
EASY

Chocolate, raspberry and Turkish delight self-saucing pudding

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Share-friendly reuben sandwich drizzled with Russian mayo.
EASY

Reuben pull-apart loaf

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Guy Grossi's porchetta - save leftovers for sandwiches.

Guy Grossi's porchetta

  • 2 hrs +
  • Guy Grossi
Tear and share crepe with chocolate sauce.
EASY

Tear and share oven-baked crepe with chocolate sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Helen Goh
Sticky pomegranate molasses helps to caramelise the onion, leek and fennel.

Caramelised onion, eschallot, leek and fennel tart with goat's curd

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Prawn rolls with hot celery salt.
EASY

Prawn rolls with homemade hot celery salt

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Everything you love about souvlaki, minus the pita.

Gyros-loaded fries with lamb and whipped feta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This savoury tart is inspired by the pantry staple pasta sauce.

Helen Goh's puttanesca tart

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Five ingredient apple tart.
EASY

Fine apple tart recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
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Cheese and onion tart
EASY

Cheddar and onion tart

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's buffalo mozzarella lasagne.

Buffalo mozzarella lasagne

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Belly porchetta with fennel, sage and chilli.
EASY

Pork belly easy porchetta recipe with fennel, sage and chilli

  • Adam Liaw
This spanakopita is a little time-consuming, but it is ultra satisfying.

Spanakopita

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Jill Dupleix's chicken pot pie recipe.

Family-size chicken pot pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Italy with a detour to Spain: Chicken amatriciana one-tray wonder with chorizo and potatoes.
EASY

Chicken amatriciana traybake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Quick lemongrass pork meatball traybake.
EASY

Quick lemongrass pork meatball traybake

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
This chicken shawarma is a one-tray wonder.
EASY

Chicken shawarma traybake with sweet potato, feta and cranberries

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Baby back ribs

Baby back ribs with barbecue sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Beef taco rice with creamy, spicy avo dressing (top left).

Beef taco rice traybake with spicy avocado dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
One-tray wonder: Lamb meatballs with moghrabieh.

Middle Eastern lamb meatball and giant cous cous traybake with yoghurt, kale and beetroot

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's cheesy-pleaser meatball lasagne.

Lasagne recipe: Meatball lasagne

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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