Easter Leftover Recipes: 3 Delicious Ways With Leftover Lamb

If you adhere to the tradition of eating lamb on Easter Day – an act with deep cultural and religious significance for many people around the world – then the chances are that you may have a good deal of it leftover on Easter Monday. Rivalling only the Christmas feast for lavishness though with slightly less pressure, many of us will have over-catered this Easter, ordering more lamb than we strictly need. But no fear, nothing need ever be wasted; recipes to use up the rich pickings left behind abound and, as ever, many are even more flavoursome than the roast itself in our books. These are our top three contenders for our Easter Monday feast.

Lamb & Cheese Pie

Jamie Oliver


After a very British feast on Easter Day, it is always pleasing to mix things up on the Monday in the name of variety. The Greek flavours of Jamie Oliver’s lamb and cheese pie are calling to us, the leftover lamb suffused with the herbs and spices of the Med, the meat then layered with wilted greens and tangy feta, and the whole affair encased with a lovely, shortcrust pastry (make your own or buy pre-prepped; whatever makes life easier). Then pour a glass of retsina, close your eyes and imagine yourself whisked off to an Aegean waterside idyll. Get the recipe.

Easy Lamb Bhuna

Olive Magazine


There is no more classic a way to use up leftovers than with a good curry. This one from Olive Magazine packs in all the flavours and makes excellent use of well-stocked spice cupboards: expect hits of chilli, cinnamon, turmeric, cardamom, mustard seeds, coriander seeds and cumin for a punchy bite. Plus, as they point out, it’s low in calories too which, after a roast and a chocolate marathon, makes a welcome change. Get the recipe.

Best Ever Lamb Stew

Delish


If you’re looking for comfort this Easter Monday, why not try whipping up a hearty stew, which could be on your table and delighting your taste buds in just two hours? Velvety and flavourful, you’ll need your leftovers, plus some red wine, Worcestershire sauce, baby potatoes, beef broth, carrots, onions bay leaves, rosemary and parsley, as well as tomato paste, cumin and paprika. Wholesome, good for you, and perfect for feeding the troops, serve it up with a good hunk of crusty bread and a glass of the leftover red wine. Get the recipe.