PrintWhat are your plans for Easter?
I don't have any planned so far, so I'm looking for inspiration.
Are you making brunch, lunch, or dinner as the main meal?
What's cooking - Lamb, Ham, or something completely different?
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I'm having a big dinner after church with my local kids, grand kids (one's bringing her boy friend) and two grand dogs. I'm planning a leg of lamb and smallish ham, asparagus, a mix of corn and mushrooms, mashed potatoes and gravy, I'm making Irish soda bread myself this year plus some other assorted rolls, and a lemon mousse pie for dessert.
NanaJoie at 4:43PM on 03/12/08
I had some trouble deciding on what to make for Easter this year. I had done ham and turkey at christmas and was wanting to change things up. I decided to do a Spanish easter...last year most of my family was in Spain for Easter, so I thought this would be a good reminder of all those fun times.
wickedanna at 5:35PM on 03/12/08
I'm doing a rolled lamb leg roast but not sure about sides. I could use a little inspiration myself!
chiff0nade at 5:58PM on 03/12/08
This year Easter and (Serbian) Orthodox Easter fall on the same day. (Last year they were nearly a month apart. It's complicated!) Therefore, the relatives on my Mother's side of the family will get together at my Cousin Dr Mike's home for what usually proves to be one of the biggest feasts of the year!
Lamb is a given. Often pork, ham or turkey is also served, all expertly carved by Dr Mike, who is, afterall, a surgeon! (Dr Mike also serves as County Coroner, but we haven't needed those services at any dinners .... yet.)
There are abundant sides/salads/breads and wines, but everyone knows to save space for dessert. Strudels and policinka (a sort of baked jam or cheese filed crepe) are eagerly anticipated, those being two things most of us can't make ourselves, not that anybody makes them as good as Grandma used to.
srhcb at 7:01PM on 03/12/08
I am "contributing" to Easter dinner at my daughter's home. We as a family have never done anything traditional or consistent. We talk about what we feel like eating and put together a menu that suits us. For instance: this past Christmas, we decided Bourbon and garlic NY strips were the centerpiece of the meal. We do not eat turkey at our house, so that usually means we do not make the side dishes so many families enjoy. So, we are having a Caesar salad, I am making a glazed ham (I know it is an Easter staple, but last year we had salmon), and I am bringing a fruit tart for dessert. Not sure what the out-laws are bringing, BUT, I will guarantee, it won't be made at their home!
crazyspice at 10:07PM on 03/12/08
My family is hosting dinner for us and three other families of four, so it's a pretty big crowd. I'm starting with a fava bean, mint and grilled halloumi salad (from Bon Appetit or Gourmet about a year ago), then I'm serving beef tenderloin (my father and brother LOVE it), new potatoes (haven't decided how to cook them yet) and roasted baby carrots. I'll finish off the meal with the hazelnut brown butter cake from Sunday Suppers at Luques (recently featured on Smitten Kitchen) and a lemon tart with almond brittle on top that I clipped out of the Washington Post about 8 years ago. Since there are so many people coming, I'll probably ask each family to contribute a dish as well, and adjust my plans as necessary.
ChristineB at 11:18PM on 03/12/08
We will be heading to the in-laws where, if tradition holds, there will be a ham. It will not be baked, it will be microwaved, and there will be maple-flavored pancake syrup squirted over the top of it before serving. There will be mashed potatoes, with no salt, pepper or other pesky seasonings. There will be frozen green beans that have been cooked with fake bacon bits.
I will be bringing home-made dinner rolls of some description, and to save us from the margarine mixed with something sweet (corn syrup?) that usually appears, I will make some sort of molded decorative butter to go with the rolls. I'm also bringing dessert. Probably two. Cake, to use my lamb mold that I've been wanting to try, and probably also some flavor of home made ice cream. I may also make some sort of egg-shaped confection to decorate around the lamb.
That's pretty much it. There may be an appetizer and salad, but those could be almost anything, so I'm not offering those predictions.
dbcurrie at 1:36AM on 03/13/08
IF I could get my hands on a rabbit for anything like an affordable price, I'd make 'Giovanna's Wine-Basted Rabbit' from Lynne Rossetto Kasper's 'The Splendid Table'. It routinely comes out flawless and moist, and unbelievably delicious, and perfect for the weather, now, even though we don't actually celebrate Easter.
mongoose at 5:17AM on 03/13/08
I'm planning on deconstructing a chocolate rabbit.
Christina at 8:53AM on 03/13/08
I'm Jewish. I'm going out for Chinese.
RichardCrystal at 10:43AM on 03/13/08
I'm probably going to do braised rabbit over tagliatelle again this Easter. It's a Gordon Ramsey recipe and everyone seemed to really enjoy it last year. This week my local supermarket was carrying rabbits from D'Artagnan and I picked up three. They are in my freezer currently. On the side I will probably do roasted beets and carrots and, perhaps, a fennel salad. Mom usually brings dessert.
Amandarama at 10:56AM on 03/13/08
I'm hosting my second annual Easter brunch. I really wanted to try Molly Wizenberg's cinnamon roll recipe from this month's Bon Appetit, so that's where the meal will start (possibly with some cream scones as a vehicle for some homemade jam). I'll also make a yet to be determined egg, herb and potato dish. I just need to play with the proportions and it'll probably be baked like a crustless quiche. Lastly, some spiced bacon and a salad. Someone else is providing the mimosas.
LizNYC at 11:08AM on 03/13/08
Okay, you guys are seriously making me consider rabbit. I've never actually seen it in my stores, but I'm sure I could find it.
Carosone at 5:45PM on 03/13/08
I'm sleeping, after partying heavily the night before. Finally graduating culinary school that weekend!
thepictsie at 4:24AM on 03/14/08
Jellybeans in bed.
BaHa at 11:04AM on 03/14/08
: ) BaHa my traditional Easter breakfast is a blue hard boiled Easter egg and a couple of purple jelly beans
NanaJoie at 11:50AM on 03/14/08
I have a pet rabbit. We're going to chomp on some carrots together, and maybe if she's lucky a banana or some raisins.
chocolate/olive
Vegetarianka at 12:02PM on 03/14/08
Is there any direct connection between the Easter bunny and eating rabbit on Easter? I don't celibrate it so I truly don't know. Thanks!
RichardCrystal at 1:22PM on 03/14/08
@RichardCrystal: The whole bunny connection with Easter (chocolate, marshmallow, 'original') comes from pre-Christian sources...when the Romans co-opted the teachings of Jesus, they knew that the best way to succeed was to incorporate existing beliefs. Both Passover and Roman Festivals such as Lupercalia and Bacchanalia took/take place in the Spring, and the associations of the latter with with Venus, one of whose associated symbols was the rabbit (not exactly a surprise), made the whole rabbit thing pretty much a no-brainer.
Other cultures also associated rabbits with Spring and their Springtime activity, and it has just persisted over time, even under the purview of the great god Lucrum ;)
mongoose at 2:11PM on 03/14/08
The kids and I are flying to Massachusetts from Ohio for dinner. I don't know what will be served but since I don't have to cook, I don't really care! It will all be good!!
SayWhat at 7:35PM on 03/15/08
We will 9 a quiet easter. Bourbon and coke glazed ham, potato salad, asparagus, sweet corn and biscuits. The Nick Malgieri coconut cake and some cookies for dessert. A friend is bringing his peach cobbler.
JerzeeTomato at 7:56PM on 03/15/08
hubby and i are spending easter weekend in savannah.... we'll have dinner at the drayton at the hotel where we're staying (mansion on forsyth park)... ive heard wonderful things abt it. we are really excited though bc we were able to get reservations at paula deen's lady & sons for easter brunch/lunch. ive been told we should eat at the pink house as well... if anyone has any recommendations, please share! this is our first trip down there!
divabunny at 10:23PM on 03/15/08
@dbcurrie - It sounds like your MIL went to the same cooking school as my ex-MIL! lol
I would like to have ham, a bottle of reisling and jelly bellies until my teeth hurt.
frederika at 1:07AM on 03/16/08
@JerzeeTomato...thank you! you solved my Easter dinner problem. Sweet corn is not available here right now, I'll have to find a substitute, otherwise I'm set!
elaine nan at 10:55AM on 03/17/08
Lambs chops marinated in olive oil, garlic, smoked paprika, cumin, cayenne and grilled over charcoal with roasted herb infested potatoes accompanied by Rioja and Ribera del Duero.
djzouke at 9:44AM on 03/18/08