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Neil Perry recipe: Baked Eggs with spicy sausage and labna.

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40 cafe favourites to cook from the comfort of home

Cafes may be closed right now, but you can still re-create some of your favourite dishes at home.

40 recipes
Spiced bread and caramel banana.

Spiced bread with caramel banana

  • 1-2 hrs
One-pot wonder: Baked eggs with chorizo sausage and cooling labna.

Baked eggs with spicy sausage and labna

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Top tip: 'Invest in a good grinder instead of any other thing. A beautiful cup doesn't give you the right taste, but a good grinder will.'

How to up your quarantine coffee game

  • Gemima Cody
Ricotta pancakes with strawberries.
EASY

Ricotta pancakes with strawberries

  • < 30 mins
Lightly torched cupcakes.

Raspberry meringue cupcakes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
How to make poached eggs, three ways.

Eggs Benedict, Florentine and Andersen

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Bean, bacon and egg breakfast bun.
EASY

Bean and bacon breakfast roll recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Banana bread
EASY

Banana bread with salted caramel

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Chocolate and coconut banana bread.
EASY

Chocolate and coconut banana bread

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Banana bread with chai spiced creme fraiche.
EASY

Three Blue Ducks' banana bread recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Pumpkin and zucchini muffins.

Pumpkin and zucchini muffins

  • < 30 mins
  • Christopher The
Corn fritters with jalapeno butter.
EASY

Corn fritters with jalapeno butter and heirloom tomato salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Dan Lepard's triple ginger banana muffins.
EASY

Triple ginger banana muffins

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Food. Stephanie Alexander's beetroot and chocolate muffins. Styling by Bhavani Konings. Food preparation by Andrew De Sousa. SHD SUNDAY LIFE Picture by VANESSA LEVIS SLIFE120325
EASY

Beetroot and chocolate muffins

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Stephanie Alexander
Slice thickly and serve with yoghurt, fresh banana and maple syrup.
EASY

Black sesame banana bread

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
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Choc-banana muffins.
EASY

Banana and chocolate muffins

  • < 30 mins
  • Luke Mangan
EASY

Healthy breakfast muffins recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Bianca Slade
These financiers use olive oil instead of the traditional beurre noisette.

Cherry, lemon and olive oil financiers

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
The FAT: Feta, avocado and tomato on toast.
EASY

The FAT: Smashed avocado and feta on toast recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Avocado toast with roast tomatatoes and herb salad.
EASY

Three Blue Ducks' classic avocado on toast recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Shannon Martinez's corn and spring onion congee.
EASY

Corn and shiitake congee

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Shannon Martinez
Ultimate BLT
EASY

Ultimate BLT

  • < 30 mins
  • Kristy Komadina
Chicken katsu meets banh mi.
EASY

Chicken katsu rolls

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Carbo-loading: Fried rice-filled jaffles.
EASY

Nasi goreng jaffles

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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It's all about the cheese pull: Loaded caprese toasted sandwiches.

Loaded caprese toasties with pesto, onion jam and serrano ham

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Ma po tofu jaffles with mayonnaise and chilli.

Ma po tofu jaffles

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
This spanakopita is a little time-consuming, but it is ultra satisfying.

Spanakopita

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Sour milk 'American' pancakes.
EASY

American pancakes

  • < 30 mins
Mimosa

Mimosa

  • < 30 mins
  • Universal and East Sydney
Heuvos rancheros

Huevos rancheros

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Ham, chorizo and egg bake.
EASY

Ham, chorizo and egg bake

  • < 30 mins
Pea and Haloumi Fritters
EASY

Pea and Haloumi Fritters

  • < 30 mins
  • Kristy Komadina
Green shakshuka with hummus and Turkish bread.

Green shakshuka with hummus

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Son-in-law egg meets scotch egg.

Son-in-scotch eggs with nuoc cham

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Dutch baby with bananas and berries.
EASY

Dutch baby (pancake) with bananas and berries

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Buttered crumpets with grapefruit and cardamom marmalade (recipe below).

Dan Lepard's crumpet recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Dan Lepard