Less time cooking, more time catching up: 50 crowd-pleasing dishes for relaxed reunions

Less time cooking, more time catching up: 50 crowd-pleasing dishes for relaxed reunions

Plonk it on the middle of the table, fill the glasses, and gather around the table for a long overdue meal with family and friends

Adam Liaw's roast lamb shoulder shawarma.

Peri-peri barbecue chicken.

MEDIUM

Peri-peri barbecue chicken

1-2 hours

Contains:

Roast lamb shoulder shawarma.

MEDIUM

Roast lamb shoulder shawarma

2 hours +

Contains:

Pepperoni potatoes.

EASY

Pepperoni hasselback potato traybake

30 mins - 1 hour

Contains:

The coriander shawarma-rubbed lamb shoulder works just as well as a roast.

MEDIUM

Lamb shoulder shawarma and pea pie with sumac butter filo

2 hours +

Contains:

No soggy bottom: Spanakopita with puff pastry and haloumi.

MEDIUM

Haloumi spanakopita

1-2 hours

Contains:

Cheese and greens galette.

MEDIUM

Cheese and greens galette

1-2 hours

Contains:

Spring quiche: Spinach tart with pine nuts, herbs and three cheeses.

MEDIUM

Spinach tart with pine nuts, cheese and herbs

2 hours +

Contains:

Salmon and creamed spinach en croute.

EASY

Salmon and creamed spinach en croute

30 mins - 1 hour

Contains:

Cracking crackling roast�pork and gravy�by RecipeTin Eats.

RecipeTin's secret to shatteringly good pork crackling

Contains:

Neil Perry's Middle-Eastern-inspired slow-roasted lamb shoulder with almonds.

MEDIUM

Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with almonds

2 hours +

Contains:

Neil Perry's slow-cooked lamb�shoulder.

MEDIUM

Neil Perry's slow-braised shoulder of lamb with aioli

2 hours +

Contains:

Andrew McConnell's anchovy, onion and olive tart.

MEDIUM

Pissaladiere (anchovy, onion and olive tart)

2 hours +

Contains:

Neil Perry's Middle Eastern chicken casserole.

EASY

Middle Eastern chicken with green olives

30 mins - 1 hour

Contains:

Barbecue sirloin wraps.

EASY

Barbecue sirloin wraps with Sriracha

< 30 mins

Contains:

Braised chicken with lemon, oregano and olives.

MEDIUM

Braised chicken with lemon, oregano and olives

30 mins - 1 hour

Contains:

A delightful dessert.

EASY

Chocolate, raspberry and Turkish delight self-saucing pudding

30 mins - 1 hour

Contains:

Share-friendly reuben sandwich drizzled with Russian mayo.

EASY

Reuben pull-apart loaf

< 30 mins

Contains:

Guy Grossi's porchetta - save leftovers for sandwiches.

MEDIUM

Guy Grossi's porchetta

2 hours +

Contains:

Giant baked crepe drizzled with chocolate sauce.

EASY

Tear and share crepe with chocolate sauce

< 30 mins

Contains:

Sticky pomegranate molasses helps to caramelise the onion, leek and fennel.

MEDIUM

Caramelised onion, eschallot, leek and fennel tart with goat's curd

1-2 hours

Contains:

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