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Gourministeriet Favourites – My First Cookbook
Discover delicious and inspiring Easter recipes for 2026.
From traditional dishes to modern twists
– find everything for your Easter table at Gourministeriet.
The spring sun is shining and Easter is just around the corner – the perfect time to gather family and friends around a table filled with colourful, appetising dishes. Let Gourministeriet be your culinary muse this Easter, and let’s explore together a world of flavours that will delight even the most discerning palates.
From succulent legs of lamb to delicate Easter tarts, and from crisp asparagus to creamy egg salads, I have gathered a collection of recipes that honour tradition while offering new and exciting flavour combinations. Whether you love the classic Easter table or are looking for inspiration to liven up the traditional dishes, Gourministeriet has the perfect recipes for an unforgettable Easter celebration.
Dive into a world of Easter inspiration and let’s create magical moments around the dining table together. Happy Easter! 🌸
Tuna salad with cottage cheese – easy, healthy and high in protein This tuna salad with cottage cheese is something of a weekday hero. It’s quick to throw together, tastes wonderful – mild and creamy – and it’s genuinely filling.The
A classic Danish prawn salad (rejesalat) is one of the best things you can put on the lunch table – creamy, fresh and full of flavour. With just a handful of ingredients you get a simple but genuinely delicious prawn
This lovely dish is made up of crisp iceberg lettuce, cucumber, tuna, egg and prawns – all served in a dish with the most delicious red dressing.Tuna, egg and prawn salad, – so simple and so good. It is ideal
A flavourful salmon salad made with hot-smoked salmon – a quick and easy meal whether it is for lunch, a starter or dinner. Serve it on Danish rye bread (rugbrød), savoury waffles, in a sandwich or similar.Hot-smoked salmon salad, or
A classic Danish ham salad – perfect for a cold buffet, on a slice of Danish rye bread (rugbrød) or in a sandwich.It takes just 5 minutes to make, and it tastes wonderful.This ham salad is also known as fuglekvidder
Homemade tuna salad – an easy, creamy tuna salad that comes together in no time.Making your own tuna salad couldn’t be simpler: it’s a sandwich spread that’s a hit with all ages, and homemade simply tastes best.Serve your tuna salad
Egg salad – a classic, creamy topping for Danish rye bread (rugbrød) and sandwiches. Egg salad is a true classic that never goes out of fashion. It is creamy, full of flavour and very easy to make – and it
Classic wienersalat (Danish sausage and potato salad) with frankfurters and potatoes, – a welcome addition to the cold table (det kolde bord, the Danish buffet of cold dishes), or simply on a slice of Danish rye bread (rugbrød) for lunch.Ever
Danish chicken salad (hønsesalat) with mushrooms, asparagus and bacon – classic, creamy and full of flavour. This classic chicken salad is a real favourite – creamy, rich and packed with flavour.It is made with juicy chicken, fried mushrooms, asparagus and
Easter cheesecake in lemon shells – an easy and beautiful lemon dessert. These little Easter cheesecakes in lemon shells are among the prettiest things I have made in a long while. They are both very simple and genuinely quick to put together – and with their sunny yellow colour they look wonderful on the Easter table. The cheesecake itself is made without gelatine and with only a few ingredients, which makes it especially easy to
Treat yourself to this Easter ice cream, which brings together the best of Easter in a single dessert. It is creamy and sweet with a fresh tang that strikes the perfect balance between sharp and sweet.It is made without an ice cream maker, so anyone can make it. The base is quickly whipped up from cream and condensed milk, then you add crushed mini Easter eggs, soft Easter marshmallows and a twist of lemon juice and zest that really
Lemon cheesecake with white chocolate, passion fruit jelly and a hint of liquorice.This cheesecake tastes quite wonderful. The biscuit base is made with a little liquorice, the cream cheese filling with lemon and white chocolate – topped with a thin layer of passion fruit jelly.A fresh cheesecake with a pleasant “bite” from the liquorice – and a cake you can serve all year round. Ideal as an Easter cheesecake This lemon cheesecake is the perfect
Lemon cheesecake with vanilla, on a biscuit base with almonds, marzipan and dark chocolate. Sweet, tangy and just right as this year’s Easter cake.This Easter cheesecake tastes wonderful: lemon, marzipan and chocolate are a perfect match, and the beautiful yellow colour makes it ideal as an Easter cake.Easter cheesecake or not, you can easily decorate this lemon cheesecake to suit the season. When I serve it as an Easter cheesecake, I decorate it with fresh
When the Easter table calls, it is the small details that truly make the meal shine. In my kitchen, Gourministeriet, I have a particular fondness for delicious accompaniments that can transform any Easter spread into a culinary experience out of the ordinary.
Imagine the deep, rich flavour of rævesauce (Danish sweet mustard and dill sauce) elegantly accompanying your main course, or crisp fried onions adding texture and a gentle sweetness that complements every bite. Pickled mustard seeds that pop in the mouth with their piquant notes, and delicate pickled red onions that bring a fresh, sharp contrast to the more robust Easter dishes.
These little additions help create an Easter feast that will be remembered long after the last eggs have been found. So let’s dive into the wonderful world of accompaniments and give the Easter table the extra lift it deserves!
Crisp deep-fried plaice fillets – homemade breaded fish fillets simply taste best.It is so easy to make them yourself, and the result is genuinely far better than many of the ones you can buy in the supermarket.The bags of fish fillets in the shops usually contain fish so thin that
Danish roast pork (flæskesteg) cooked in the air fryer – very easy, minimal washing up and perfectly cooked roast pork every time. Juicy roast pork with crisp crackling, cooked in the air fryer – it really doesn’t get any easier.I have cooked quite a few of these roasts in my
Slow-roasting a leg of lamb is a wonderful way to cook it. The meat stays juicy and becomes beautifully tender, with plenty of flavour.This slow-roasted leg of lamb is brushed with a marinade of olive oil, fresh herbs, garlic and lemon, which gives the meat a lovely depth of flavour.The
Recipe for classic Danish meatballs (frikadeller) – juicy and full of flavour, just like grandma made them. Classic meatballs – juicy, full of flavour and fried golden in the pan. A really simple recipe for proper old-fashioned meatballs, the way I think they should taste. It’s the kind of recipe
