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A sweet surprise and a perfect pie: The 20+ most popular recipes of April

Move over savoury dishes. In April, sweet bakes really took the cake. Also popular: your new go-to midweek chicken winners and a very special fish pie.

20 recipes
Anzac cookies from Pranzo by Guy Mirabella.

1. Anzac biscuits that are anything but traditional

  • Guy Mirabella
Miss Trixie’s Honey Joy Slice.

2. Miss Trixie’s honey joy slice

Helen Goh recipe: Hot cross buns.

3. Helen Goh’s perfect hot cross buns

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Filled with kataifi pastry and pistachios, the Dubai chocolate bar has became a worldwide hit.

4. Dubai chocolate bars and choc chip cookies with an Easter egg twist

  • Katrina Meynink
One-pan rosemary chicken and potatoes.
EASY

5. One-pan chicken, rosemary and potatoes

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Raise your brekkie roll game with home-made bagels.

6. Burrata, egg and bacon-filled bagels (and more creamy cheese recipes)

  • Giorgio Linguanti
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This dish provides the flavours of banh mi without showering you in breadcrumbs.

7. Banh mi salad and other Rosheen Kaul salad bowls

  • Rosheen Kaul
The Builders Arms fish pie is a year-round favourite.

8. The Builders’ Arms famous fish pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Andrew McConnell
Chocolate caramel tart.

9. Chocolate caramel slice for grown-ups

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s prawn pasta is bursting with flavour thanks to juicy cherry tomatoes.
EASY

10. Spicy prawn and cherry tomato strozzapreti

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
The classic schnitzel gets a Japanese twist with this sushi vinegar powder and panko crumb, plus wasabi mash.
EASY

11. A classic chicken schnitzel with a Japanese accent

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Ginger braised pork.
EASY

12. Ginger braised pork

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Egg and potato salad.
EASY

13. Creamy egg and potato salad

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Finish with a sprinkle of feta and pomegranate.
EASY

14. Yoghurt-marinated chicken tray bake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Perfect on its own or served with greek yoghurt or ice-cream.
EASY

15. Chocolate, zucchini and hazelnut loaf

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
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Japanese strawberry milk.
EASY

16. Japanese strawberry milk

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Hot cross bun pudding.
EASY

17. Hot cross bun and butter pudding

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken korma.
EASY

18. Chicken korma

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Barbecued lamb leg with tomato and mint.
EASY

19. Barbecued lamb leg with tomato and mint salad

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Dial up the umami in this warm lamb salad by roasting broccolini with chilli, anchovy and lemon butter.
EASY

20. Warm lamb salad with broccolini and anchovy lemon chilli butter

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook

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