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Easter Lamb with a kefir and herb marinade, crunchy salad and saffron pilau

Herby with a kick of preserved lemons nestled underneath it, this is the perfect lamb for Easter lunch

Joe Woodhouse Festive lamb in a kefir and herb marinade  Serves 6 I love using kefir in meat marinades, it works well with chicken and lamb especially. If you don’t have access to it, simply dilute yogurt with a spoonful of yogurt.You really can use any soft herbs here, but tarragon, mint and dill do […]

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Easter bread with apples and a poppyseed and pecan paste

My mum Olga and her sister Zhenia have always made a more traditional version of this bread during Easter. It’s called ‘makoviy rulet’ – a poppyseed roll. Versions of it are cooked all over Ukraine and other Eastern European countries. I always felt that my family’s was the best I’d ever tried, because they have […]

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