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Treat yourself with these weekend brunch recipes

Cereal is out, waffle stacks are in.
Cheesy polenta waffles with fried egg and ham

Cheesy polenta waffles with fried egg and ham

Ben Dearnley

Treat yourself. A good weekend brunch is a pat on the back for a week well-done. Cereal is out; but waffles, crêpes and pancakes of the sweet and savoury kind are in. See also: shakshuka, egg and bacon congee, Tony Tan’s roti canai (best used for scooping up a spiced dhal) and Japan’s tamago gohan. And if you want to make your crumpets, bagels and Danish pastries for scratch, we’ve got you covered for a brunch that can’t be beat.

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Wholemeal waffles with baked beans, chorizo and egg

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Southern-style biscuits with sawmill gravy recipe
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Photo: Dean Wilmot

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Japanese egg and rice bowls (tamago gohan)
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Japanese egg and rice bowls (tamago gohan)

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Photo: William Meppem

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Photo: William Meppem

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Photo: William Meppem

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Photo: William Meppem

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Photo: William Meppem

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Photo: Chris Court

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Photo: William Meppem

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Photo: Chris Court

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Photo: Will Horner

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Photo: William Meppem

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Photo: Ben Hansen

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

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Photo: Dean Wilmot

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Bacon and egg pudding with salted maple

Photo: William Meppem

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Pikelets with pear jam
Photo: William Meppem

Pikelets with pear jam

Photo: Chris Court

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Liège-style waffles with rhubarb-vanilla jam recipe
Photo: Chris Court

Liège-style waffles with rhubarb-vanilla jam

Naïm's green shakshuka recipe
Photo: Rob Shaw

Naïm’s green shakshuka

Egg and bacon congee
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Egg and bacon congee

Photo: Chris Court

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Photo: Chris Court

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Egg hoppers with green sambol and coconut gravy

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Double eggs and soldiers

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Photo: Chris Chen

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Photo: Andrew Finlayson

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Photo: Rob Shaw

Cornersmith’s buttermilk waffles with rhubarb and rose compote

Apple and prune brioche tart
Photo: William Meppem

Apple and prune brioche tart

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Photo: Rob Shaw

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Photo: William Meppem

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Dutch baby with lemon butter and clotted cream recipe
Photo: Chris Court

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Cheesy polenta waffles with fried egg and ham
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Cheesy polenta waffles with fried egg and ham

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