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Breakfast & brunch

Cheesy egg toast.
  • Recipe collection
  • Eggs

Five fun French toasts to make this weekend featuring Adam Liaw’s new easy cheesy recipe

From sweet, to savoury, to feed-a-whole-family, these eggy toasts are sure to brighten your weekend.

Cinnamon toast.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s cinnamon toast

I haven’t included it in the recipe, but if you wanted to serve this with a big scoop of ice-cream I wouldn’t hold it against you.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Cheesy egg toast.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s cheesy egg toast

A bit like French toast, this thick slab of cheesy, eggy, toasty deliciousness would make a perfect brunch or lunch. You can even cook it on the barbecue.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Vietnamese banana bread
pudding with coconut caramel
sauce.

Vietnamese banana bread pudding with coconut caramel sauce

A twist on a traditional bread-and-butter pudding, this Vietnamese-inspired version uses coconut milk and bananas for a flavour blast.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Baking Yesteryear.

Give an old-school loaf cake a 1950s twist with this wonderful and slightly wacky secret ingredient

Don’t ask retro baker B. Dylan Hollis why adding a can of tomato soup works so well in this vintage recipe.

  • B. Dylan Hollis
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Welsh rarebit.
EASY

Helen Goh’s Welsh rarebit with leek and cider

Served alongside a celeriac and apple salad, this makes a fine lunch or Sunday-night supper.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Neil Perry’s fried sweetcorn cakes with bacon, avocado and maple syrup.

Five non-eggy brunches to make this weekend

Embrace pumpkin-spice and all things nice, or feast on things that are usually relegated to the side.

Breadcrumb pudding.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s breadcrumb pudding

Stale bread is processed into breadcrumbs and given a second run at the dinner table in the form of a deceptively simple pudding.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw’s everything fritters.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s everything fritters

Use this recipe as a base to turn just about any leftovers that aren’t enough for a full meal into something filling and delicious.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s mushroom, comte and mascarpone galette.

Mushroom, comte and mascarpone galette

A free-form tart with the flakiest pastry filled with a classic combination of mushrooms, thyme and cheese.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura