Skip to content
☞

Subscribe to my FREE newsletter!

☜
  • Recipes
    • Round-Ups
  • Winter Comfort
  • Easter
  • Articles
    • Essays
    • How To & What Is
  • Videos
  • Meet David
    • My Publications & Published Works
    • Why You Can Trust our Recipes
    • Press, TV & Radio Appearances for David Leite
    • Masthead
    • Contact
  • Login

Home | Recipes | Holidays | Easter Recipes | Page 4

Easter Central: Recipes, Techniques & Tips

Easter is a time for resurrection—and I ain’t just talking about the holiday. I mean bringing your table back to life with the vibrant flavors of spring. Whether you’re honoring tradition with an Italian-inflected leg of lamb or living the Sunday brunch life with Julia Child’s eggs Benedict, you’ve hit the motherlode.

Having hosted decades of holiday feasts, I know the pressure of getting it right. That’s why I’ve gathered my most trusted, foolproof recipes. From a show-stopping mustard-glazed ham to the pastéis de bacalhau (salt cod fritters) I couldn’t stop shoving in my mouth when I was a kid, these dishes are made to impress without stress.

I’ve got everything you need, including  how to make perfect hard-boiled eggs that actually peel, a ham-buying guide, FAQs, cooking charts, and even a list of recipes for all that leftover ham you’re making. So go ahead—browse, cook, entertain, and take all the kudos. Dammit, you deserve it!

Close up of sliced medium-rare leg of lamb showing the herb-rubbed crust and juicy pink center.
An enamel bowl filled with mashed potatoes, topped with black pepper and lemon zest.

Ina Garten’s Mashed Potatoes with Lemon

40 mins

A spatchcocked roast chicken in a metal roasting pan with a half lemon and some fresh parsley.

Spatchcock Roast Chicken

1 hr 20 mins

A grilled ham and cheese sandwich on a wooden cutting board.

Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich

15 mins

A glazed spiral cut ham on a white platter with a carving knife and fork nearby.

7 Holiday Ham Recipes

A lemon meringue tart with two slices cut from it and one on a plate nearby.

15 Easter Desserts

A carved grilled leg of lamb on a wooden cutting board with a knife resting beside it.

Grilled Leg of Lamb

3 hrs 10 mins

An perfectly peeled hard boiled egg revealing no pockmarks. On the side is some of the eggshell.

How to Steam Hard-Boiled Eggs So They’re Easy to Peel

Two shallow bowls, each with an unmolded panna cotta in caramel, with a spoon resting in the bowl.

Panna Cotta

8 hrs

A nonstick skillet filled with scrambled eggs topped with chopped chives.

Scrambled Eggs

10 mins

Two plates with burrata topped with asparagus, pine nuts, raisins, and prosciutto.

Burrata Cheese with Asparagus

30 mins

A round green Dutch oven filled with slow cooked lamb and cannellini beans on a brown burlap cloth.

Slow Cooked Lamb and Cannellini Beans

2 hrs 30 mins

Three presunto and cheese loaves on a wooden cutting board, with one cut into several slices and knife lying beside it.

Portuguese Sausage, Ham, and Cheese Bread

3 hrs 10 mins

A parchment-lined baking sheet with four baked cod fillet on top of roasted potatoes slices and topped with lemon slices.

Roasted Cod with Potatoes and Lemon

40 mins

A person glazing a lemon pull-apart coffee cake on a wire rack.

Lemon Pull-Apart Coffee Cake

3 hrs 45 mins

Several pieces of chocolate bark with apricots and pistachios in a basket

Chocolate Bark, Cardamom, Dried Fruits, and Nuts

30 mins

An espresso cake drizzled with glaze on a wire rack that is set on a pice of parchment to catch any glaze drips.

Espresso Cake

1 hr 15 mins

A glazed ham on a cutting board with several slices cut from the end and a carving fork and knife resting beside it.

Glazed Ham

2 hrs 30 mins

Crockery filled with bacalhau a Gomes de Sa--layers of salt cod, potato, and, onions; on top, sliced olives, quartered boiled eggs, parsley on wood.

Bacalhau a Gomes de Sa

2 hrs 10 mins

A plank of dried salt cod.

How to Buy, Soak, and Cook Salt Cod

A cook demonstrating how to grill asparagus with several rafts of asparagus spears connected with wooden skewers.

How to Grill Asparagus

20 mins

Posts navigation

  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 11

As Seen In

New York Times Logo.
The Today Show logo.
NBC logo.
The Splendid Table logo.
Martha Stewart logo.
Bon Appetit logo.
NPR logo.
Saveur logo.
ABC logo.
Back to top
Leite's Culinariafooter logo
  • Recipes
  • Articles
  • My Books
  • Meet David
  • Contact

© 1999-2026 Leite's Culinaria, Inc. Terms • Editorial Policy • Privacy • Accessibility • Powered by CultivateWP.