20 most popular spring recipes for 2025

Spring is finally here, and there’s no better way to welcome the blossoming season than with our most popular spring recipes.

Instead of rich, slow-cooked meals, the warmer weather calls for quick, easy spring dinner recipes such as Hellenika’s chicken souvlaki and fresh spring salads using seasonal vegetables. Vibrant dishes such as Dan Hong’s towering crisp eggplant and Vietnamese chilli and lime caramel pork belly are also on high rotation during spring.

But really, it’s cakes and other baked delights that are most popular when spring has sprung, using the bounty of fresh spring produce the season brings. From our untraditional (but mighty tasty) Portuguese tarts dripping in burnt honey to Flour and Stone’s lemon dream cake to our ever-popular recipe for a ricotta and polenta cake, these spring-ready desserts and sweet treats are the perfect finale to any spring dinner party or picnic.

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How to make Portuguese tarts recipe with burnt honey, step-by-step guide for Portuguese tarts

How to make Portuguese tarts with burnt honey

Crisp pastry, sunshine-yellow custard and a caramelised top make Portuguese tarts a global hit.

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Flour and Stone’s lemon dream cake

Recipe for lemon dream cake by Nadine Ingram from Sydney bakery Flour & Stone.

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Hellenika’s chicken souvlaki

You’ve never had chicken souvlaki this good. This recipe, courtesy of Brisbane’s Hellenika, is sure to become your new go-to.

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With a kiss of nutmeg.

Ricotta-polenta cake with lemon-rosemary syrup

Enjoy a slice of this fragrant, versatile cake at any time of day. And you can make the whole thing in just over an hour.

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Black Star Pastry’s strawberry and watermelon cake

The iconic cake from Black Star Pastry with layers of dacquoise, watermelon and rose-scented cream.

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Tony Tan’s guide to making sweet and sour pork

It’s sweet and sour but not as we know it. Tony Tan reveals the true brilliance of this much-loved Cantonese classic.

Dan Hong’s crisp eggplant with fish-fragrant sauce

Fish-fragrant sauce doesn’t actually have any fish in it, but its sweet, sour and spicy elements are traditionally used to cook Sichuan fish dishes and give this dish its name.

Malaysian-style spicy roast chicken (Ayam percik)

A traditional Malaysian chicken recipe swimming in spicy gravy.

Tony Tan’s char kway teow

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Eggplant parmigiana

There’s a little labour involved in frying the eggplant slices before layering them, but the result is worth it.

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Vietnamese chilli and lime caramel pork stir-fry

A winning midweek meal to have on rotation.

Pumpkin ravioli with sage brown butter

A combination that’s a classic for good reason.

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A twist on Hainanese chicken and rice, this version is quick and easy to prepare.

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The famous signature chocolate Manjari cake by Nadine Ingram from Sydney bakery Flour & Stone.

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Roasted cauliflower adds extra depth of flavour to this hefty salad.

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Cordelia is a leading food and travel journalist, with close to a decade of experience across digital and print media. After cutting her teeth at lifestyle brands such as Broadsheet, Concrete Playground and Urban List, Cordelia has landed a gig at the food and lifestyle magazine of her dreams, Gourmet Traveller. With a Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Creative Writing and Screen Studies) at the University of Technology, Sydney and years of hospitality work under her belt, she demonstrates her writing chops by covering her favourite restaurants, bars and travel destinations. As a digital specialist, she darts from writing to strategy to social media execution with ease, all while having a good time wining, dining and jetsetting. She also has a brew made in her honour — Yulli’s Brews’ Dolly Aldrin sour beer (deduce her character as you will).

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