Best breakfast recipes

It's time to take comfort in eggs, crumbles and pancakes for a lazy start to the weekend. Here are our best-ever brekkie recipes.

William Meppem

After a long week, lazy weekend mornings are the stuff of dreams. Cruise into the weekend with a home-cooked breakfast, from a comforting bowl of tapioca porridge with brown sugar bananas to satisfying Jamón and Manchego baked eggs to indulgent rhubarb and mascarpone French toast, there’s something for everyone in this collection of start-of-the-day star recipes.

Crêpes with honeyed oranges

Crêpes with honeyed oranges

Crab omelette

Crab omelette

Hangover rolls

Hangover rolls

Waffles with chocolate and Pedro Ximénez sauce

Waffles with chocolate and Pedro Ximénez sauce

Buttered mushrooms

Buttered mushrooms

Oeufs Benedictine with smoked cod brandade

Oeufs Benedictine with smoked cod brandade

Pork and fennel sausages with apple relish

Pork and fennel sausages with apple relish

Rhubarb and mascarpone French toast

Rhubarb and mascarpone French toast

Leek pikelets with smoked rainbow trout and soft-boiled egg

Leek pikelets with smoked rainbow trout and soft-boiled egg

Tapioca porridge with brown sugar bananas

Tapioca porridge with brown sugar bananas

Honey-baked pear breakfast crumble

Honey-baked pear breakfast crumble

Jamón and Manchego baked eggs

Jamón and Manchego baked eggs

Smoked pork ribs with white beans and rainbow chard

Smoked pork ribs with white beans and rainbow chard

Apple and cedro brioche

Apple and cedro brioche

Prosciutto and mozzarella sfogliatina

Prosciutto and mozzarella sfogliatina

Breakfast risotto with poached rhubarb

Breakfast risotto with poached rhubarb

Breakfast pies with tomato chilli jam and crisp speck

Breakfast pies with tomato chilli jam and crisp speck

Bubble and squeak with poached eggs

Bubble and squeak with poached eggs

Capsicums with scrambled eggs (Piperrada)

Capsicums with scrambled eggs (Piperrada)

Poached egg with cornbread, corn and bacon hash and green tomato relish

Poached egg with cornbread, corn and bacon hash and green tomato relish

Pancakes with maple-syrup pears and spiced ricotta

Pancakes with maple-syrup pears and spiced ricotta

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