Top 6 family Easter recipes

Happy Easter from Dandenong Market

There is nothing better than spending time with family and friends, Easter is a wonderful opportunity to cook up a storm and share a meal in good company.

We have chosen our most popular Easter recipes using fresh ingredients from Dandenong Market that the whole family will enjoy.

1. Paella

Shopping list:

• 1 kilo bomba or calasparra rice
• 2  diced onion
• 2  diced carrot
• 2  diced celery
• 4  diced tomato
• 4 cloves crushed garlic
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 4  diced chorizo sausage
• 1 kilo diced boneless chicken thighs
• 20  diced tiger prawns
• 20  fresh mussels
• 1 kilo diced fish pieces
• 1 kilo diced scallops
• ½ bunch each fresh thyme and parsley
• 150 grams baby spinach leaves
• 3 litres saffron stock
• Salt and pepper

Full recipe here

2. Cajun spiced lamb salad

Shopping list:

• 2 x lamb back strap
• 3 tablespoons cajun spice
• Sea salt and cracked black pepper
• Olive oil
• 4 roma tomatoes, sliced
• 1 red capsicum, roasted, peeled & deseeded
• 1 finely sliced Spanish onion
• A handful of baby spinach
• 120 grams Persian fetta
• 80 mls balsamic vinegar
• 100 grams cooked mohgrabieh
• ½ bunch chopped fresh basil
• ½ bunch chopped fresh parsley
• Zest and juice of 2 lemons
• 50ml red wine vinegar

Full recipe here

3. Raspberry yoghurt sorbet

Shopping list:

• 1 kilo frozen raspberries
• 300 ml Indian style yoghurt
• Zest and juice of 2 lemons
• ½ bunch finely chopped basil or mint

Full recipe here

4. Gourmet seafood platter

Shopping list:

• 1 whole local snapper
• 6 oysters
• 6 large king prawns
• 10 prawn cutlets
• 2 whole calamari
• 10 local black mussels
• 2 lemons
• 2 limes
• 1 iceberg lettuce
• 2 eggs
• 60 ml white wine vinegar
• 200 ml vegetable oil
• 3 gherkins,  finely diced
• 10 capers, finely diced
• 1 small Spanish onion, finely diced
• 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/8th bunch finely chopped parsley

Full recipe here

5. Pad Thai noodle salad

Shopping list:

• 1 cup caster sugar
• ¾ cup water
• ¼ cup chopped red cabbage
• ¼ cup shredded cabbage
• ¼ cup crunchy Asian noodles
• ¼ cup bean shoots
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• ¼ teaspoon sesame oil
• ¼ cup coriander leaves picked
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 x lime
• salt, pepper to taste

Full recipe here

6. Fruit jelly

Shopping list:

• 1 litre of cranberry juice
• Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries
• Honeydew melon, watermelon, mango
• Diced peaches, apricots, nectarines
• Zest and juice of 1 lemon and 1 lime
• Dash of vanilla extract
• ¼ bunch chopped fresh mint & basil
• 6 leaves of gelatine
• 4 tablespoons honey (optional if need to be sweeter)

Full recipe here