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Kale and three-cheese pastries sprinkled with nigella seeds.

Eight great sausage (and vegie) rolls to flake out with in front of the footy finals

Win, lose or draw, just roll with it this weekend. Tomato chutney and a freezing cold beer optional.

Icelandic rice pudding.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Icelandic rice pudding

Icelandic rice pudding is a dessert, but salty rather than sweet. The contrast between the slightly salty pudding and the sweet cinnamon sugar is lovely.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Curried fish gratin.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s curried fish gratin

In its most basic form, this fish and potato stew is the national dish of Iceland, but all well-loved dishes go through thousands of variations.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Stuffed porchetta with gremolata.

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.

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

The sesame paste imparts a deliciously nutty flavour to this classic dessert.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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The ‘broken potatoes’ cook in roughly the same time as the lamb, with a rest break in the middle.

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

The meat and potatoes cook in about the same time at the same temperature.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Saint Phanourios cake includes walnuts and orange and spiced with cinnamon and cloves.
EASY

Saint Phanourios cake (aka fanouropita) with orange, apple and walnut

You won’t easily forget this cake “for lost things”.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Sicilian citrus salad.
EASY

Sicilian citrus and fennel salad

Sweet, savoury, salty and sour, this salad is so good you won’t want winter to end (maybe!).

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Crowd-pleasing cheesy Greek-inspired pull-apart.
EASY

Greek-inspired pull-apart with lemon, honey and garlic

These warm, cheesy rolls are magic – they will evaporate before your very eyes.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Julia’s tip: You can use baby spinach in the filling but English spinach has a far superior flavour.

20 crowd-pleasing Julia Busuttil Nishimura recipes for every occasion

The Good Weekend and Good Food columnist and master of wholesome home cooking shares 20 golden recipes the whole crowd will love.