115 sunday roast recipes

Grandma's pot roast cooks a chuck roast with carrots, potatoes, and onions in one dish until everything turns fork-tender. A classic Sunday-supper beef dinner with built-in gravy from the savory pan juices.

Roast pork and sauerkraut braises a pork loin low and slow in apple juice with sauerkraut, caraway, and onions, served with a warm applesauce-apricot sauce. Old-world Eastern European Sunday dinner.

Classic pot roast braises beef low and slow with potatoes and onions, then finishes with a tangy sour cream pan gravy made from the drippings. A Sunday-supper one-pot dinner.

Grecian chicken and potatoes baked in a lemon-oregano-garlic marinade, with sliced red potatoes roasted over onions in buttery lemon broth. Classic taverna-style Sunday dinner.

A simple herb and garlic roasted leg of lamb: garlic slivers tucked into the meat, rubbed with olive oil and a Mediterranean herb blend, then roasted to medium-rare. The classic Easter or Sunday-dinner main.

Pot roast of your choice is a flexible Dutch oven method for fork-tender chuck roast. Browned hard, braised low with aromatics, and finished with a skimmed pan sauce you can thicken to gravy. Classic Sunday supper.

Italian veal roast stuffed with pancetta, porcini, rosemary, and bay, then braised in white wine and vermouth with toasted almonds. Rustic Northern Italian Sunday dinner.

Mom's shepherd's pie: leftover lamb cubed and simmered with onion, red pepper, rosemary, and parsley under a mashed potato crust. The classic Sunday-roast reinvention.

Classic Greek-style roast chicken stuffed with rice, basted with butter and white wine, and served with pan juices and lemon wedges. Sunday dinner, Mediterranean-style.

A paprika-rubbed whole roasted chicken stuffed with garlic, orange peel, bay leaves, and rosemary, finished with a reduced pan sauce. Sunday dinner at its finest.

Roast Long Island duck stuffed with tart apples, raisins, and orange zest. Crispy-skinned, classic Sunday-supper duck served with Burgundy wine jelly on the side.

Herb-rubbed pork loin roast with tart apples, red onion, and brown sugar, finished with a reduced apple juice and maple syrup pan gravy. A fall Sunday dinner classic.

Slow-roasted boneless pork loin basted in a sweet-tart cherry glaze with warm spices and toasted almonds. A stunning centerpiece for Sunday dinner or holiday feasts.

Dutch oven pot roast braised with wine, tomato sauce, onions, and celery, with carrots and potatoes added for the last hour. A classic one-pot Sunday dinner.

Rolled and stuffed lamb shoulder with breadcrumbs, bacon, orange zest, and fresh herbs, roasted and glazed with honey and orange juice for a sweet-savory Sunday centerpiece.

Roasted Cornish hens brushed with olive oil, parsley, and thyme, served with pan-gravy mushrooms, glazed carrots, and Brussels sprouts. A rustic Sunday dinner plate, scaled small.