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Eggs are a huge source of protein for Australians.

Recipe collection

A dozen cracking cafe-style egg recipes to cook this weekend

Skip the weekend brunch queue and DIY at home instead.

12 recipes
Cafe-style folded eggs on toast.

The perfect cafe-style scrambled eggs

  • Jill Dupleix
Cafe eggs with avocado toast. Styling by Hannah Meppem.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s cafe eggs with avocado toast and special seasoning

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Jill Dupleix's eggs benedict masterclass.

Eggs Benedict

  • Jill Dupleix
Cilbir with Ramazan pidesi (Turkish eggs with flatbread).

Cilbir (Turkish-style eggs) with garlic yoghurt and chilli butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Salmon and egg roll.
EASY

Salmon and egg roll with cheat’s bearnaise

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Feed a crowd with these egg-and-bacon muffins with a twist.
EASY

Herby egg breakfast sandos with bacon jam

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Everyone who has ever worked at Three Blue Ducks knows Dad's eggs.
EASY

Three Blue Ducks’ ‘Dad’s eggs’ with pancetta, kale and cheesy bread

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Heuvos rancheros

Huevos rancheros

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s chive pancakes with smoked salmon and creme fraiche.
EASY

Chive pancakes with soft-boiled eggs, smoked salmon and creme fraiche

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Jill Dupleix’s shakshuka recipe.
EASY

Shakshuka (baked eggs)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Whenever you have eggs in the house, a quick, tasty and satisfying meal is only minutes away.
EASY

Ham and cheese omelette

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Bloody Mary pork scotch egg with tomato-Tabasco relish.

Bloody Mary pork scotch eggs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink