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Make dad’s day: 30 of the best (and crackliest) Father’s Day recipes

It’s Father’s Day on Sunday. Here are the pick of the pies, cakes, steaks, and puds that will keep the whole crowd happy – especially dad.

30 recipes
Baking in an ovenproof serving dish makes for a beautiful dessert to serve at the table on Father’s Day.

Sticky date pudding with tahini butterscotch sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Roast potatoes seasoned like Barbecue Shapes.
EASY

Barbecue Shapes-inspired roast potatoes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw recipe: Chicken parmigiana.

Adam Liaw’s perfect chicken parmigiana

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Pub feed: Pastrami rolls with chips and green peppercorn sauce.
EASY

Chips, pastrami rolls and green peppercorn sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Tomatoes and peppers add a ray of sunshine to this cosy chicken pie.
EASY

Chicken, sweet potato and manchego pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Broken potatoes.

Adam Liaw’s roast spring lamb shoulder with garlic and lemon, and ‘broken’ potatoes

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
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Bacon, beer and onion quickbread.
EASY

Helen Goh's bacon, beer and onion loaf

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Cheesy potato gem patatas bravas.
EASY

Chorizo and potato gem bravas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Cuba's second most famous sandwich.

Cuban fish sandwiches

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Dive into this white chocolate and caramel pudding.

Caramilk self-saucing pudding

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's take on the bistro classic.
EASY

Steak frites with Cafe de Paris butter

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Pasta bake meets cheeseburger - with extra pickles.

Cheeseburger gnocchi bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Potato roesti topped with spinach, blue cheese sour cream and bacon.
EASY

Potato roesti with blue cheese and bacon

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Katsu finger sandwiches.

Katsu finger sandwiches

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Fillet steak with green peppercorn sauce.
EASY

Fillet steak with green peppercorn sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Pulled pork and coleslaw burgers with chipotle mayonnaise.

Pulled pork and coleslaw burgers with chipotle mayo

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Middle Eastern chicken kiev.

Spiced chicken kiev with zaatar crumb, crisp aleppo potato, smoked almond and kale salad

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
This spanakopita is a little time-consuming, but it is ultra satisfying.

Spanakopita

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
No, that's not American mustard, it's turmeric and harissa yoghurt.

Green lentil, feta, chickpea and spice bomb burger with turmeric and harissa yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Stuffed porchetta with gremolata.

Stuffed porchetta with quick gremolata

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Pepperoni potatoes.
EASY

Pepperoni hasselback potato traybake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
The Prince Hotel's sausage rolls with homemade tomato sauce.
EASY

The Prince's sausage rolls with homemade tomato sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Cooper
Build-your-own souvlaki bowls.
EASY

Chicken souvlaki bowls with haloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
The perfect Aussie meat pie served with sauce, of course.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: How to make the ultimate meat pie

  • RecipeTin Eats
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Adam Liaw's ultimate steak sandwich.

Steak sandwich with soubise sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Jill Dupleix's Basque-style baked cheesecake.

How to make the perfect Basque cheesecake

  • Jill Dupleix
Caramel slice stacked with Biscoff biscuits and spread.
EASY

Double chocolate Biscoff caramel slice

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Step aside garlic bread, hello cacio e pepe pull-apart.
EASY

Easy cheesy cacio e pepe pull-apart bread

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Helen Goh’s tartiflette galette.

Tartiflette galette (cheese and potato tart)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Spicy coriander and pork frying pan enchiladas
EASY

Spicy coriander and pork frying pan enchiladas

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook

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