King Charles and the rest of the royal family members are set to feast like literal royalty this Sunday.
As the Windsors prepare to gather at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle for their traditional Easter Sunday service, what happens after church is just as sacred: the Easter lunch.
According to former royal chef Darren McGrady, who once cooked for the late Queen Elizabeth, Easter lunch is one of the biggest meals of the year for the royals — second only to Christmas.
Here's what’s on the royal menu: “We’d go straight into the main course,” McGrady revealed to OK! Magazine. “A traditional roast lamb with seasonal vegetables.”
Each plate also comes with a compound salad served in a traditional kidney dish, usually a mix of lettuce, cucumber with mint, or grated carrot with coriander.
The second course is a showstopper on its own, featuring locally sourced cheese from Windsor Dairy and if you're lucky, a taste of the highly-coveted Windsor peaches.
“The most incredible sweet white Windsor peaches grew on the estate,” McGrady added. “We’d have to lock them away in the kitchens because everyone wanted to taste them.”
And the dessert, instead of a showy pudding, the royals opt for gourmet Easter eggs, usually from luxury chocolatier Charbonnel et Walker.
The royal family reportedly wraps up the celebrations with an Easter egg hunt, a long-standing tradition that adds a playful note to the otherwise refined affair.
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