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15 delicious things to do with your Easter leftovers, starring Adam Liaw’s fun new bun riff

If you’re lucky enough to have hot cross buns, Easter eggs, roast lamb or even roast veg leftover, we have just the recipe for you.

15 recipes
Skip the bakery queues and make NYC-style Easter egg-loaded cookies at home.
EASY

The sweet stuff: NYC-style Easter egg-loaded cookies

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
With its filling of kataifi pastry and pistachios, the Dubai chocolate bar became a worldwide hit.
EASY

Dubai chocolate bar with Turkish delight Easter eggs

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Hot cross bun pudding.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s bun-and-butter pudding

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
This colourful rocky road is also a great way to use up leftover Easter choccies.
EASY

Rainbow Easter egg rocky road recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Ice-cream sundaes with leftover Easter egg chocolate sauce

If life gives you leftover Easter eggs, make chocolate sauce (plus four more irresistible new ideas)

  • Katrina Meynink
Easter egg ice-cream sandwiches.
EASY

Easter egg hot cross bun ice-cream sandwich

  • Adam Liaw
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Adam Liaw’s big, fat Easter egg cookies. Styling by Hannah Meppem.
EASY

Big, fat Easter egg cookies

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Hot cross bun pudding with apple.
EASY

Hot cross bun and butter pudding with apples and spice

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Turn leftover lamb roast into ragu.

The savoury stuff: Smoked sun-dried tomato and olive spiced lamb ragu with pappardelle pasta

  • Katrina Meynink
Slow-cooked lamb topped with a nest of kataifi pastry.

Greek lamb and feta pie

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Love your leftovers: lamb and quinoa salad.
EASY

Leftover lamb and quinoa salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Green lamb shoulder shawarma and pea pie.

Lamb shoulder shawarma and pea pie with sumac butter filo pastry

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw’s everything fritters.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s everything fritters

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Cheesy vegetable hash.
EASY

Cheesy vegetable hash

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Roast lamb shoulder shawarma.

Roast lamb shoulder shawarma​

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/15-delicious-things-to-do-with-your-easter-leftovers-starring-adam-liaw-s-fun-new-riff-for-buns-20250418-p5lsri.html