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50+ traditional Christmas recipes with all the trimmings (and none of the twists)

Relive the Christmas classics. No twists, no tweaks – just more than 50 time-honoured festive recipes, including all the trimmings.

50 recipes
Matt Moran's Christmas starter: Oysters with chardonnay dressing.
EASY

Matt Moran’s Christmas oysters with chardonnay dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Matt Moran
There really couldn't be an easier oyster recipe than this.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s riesling-spiked oysters

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Danielle Alvarez's smoked salmon rillettes.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez’s smoked salmon rillettes

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Adam Liaw Masterclass recipe: Prawn cocktail.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s prawn cocktail with simple seafood sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Prawns with green mustard mayonnaise.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s prawns with green mustard mayonnaise

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Serve the prawns on a platter for guests to help themselves to.
EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s poached king prawns with creme fraiche

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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Forget an extravaganza. Serve up something homemade and heartfelt.

Adam Liaw’s seafood boil with champagne, lobster and prawns

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Citrus-cured, Sichuan-crusted ocean trout.

Citrus-cured ocean trout with sesame mayonnaise

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Barbecued salmon scattered with festive "tapenade".

RecipeTin Eats’ Christmas barbecue salmon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Baked salmon with a pine nut, herb and chilli crust, served with dill and caper sauce.

Helen Goh’s baked salmon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Adam Liaw's classic roast chicken.

Adam Liaw’s classic roast chicken with buttered vegetables

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Jill Dupleix's turkey roll with chorizo, kale and lemon.

Jill Dupleix’s turkey roll with chorizo, kale and lemon

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
RecipeTin Eats’ Christmas glazed turkey breast.

Nagi’s traditional brined and glazed Christmas turkey breast

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre
Jill Dupleix's dry-brined turkey with herb and lemon stuffing and Vegemite gravy.

Jill Dupleix’s dry-brined turkey with orange and fennel

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
The drought has had an impact on livestock feed prices, which will have a knock-on effect on the price of ham and pork.

Alison Roman’s maple butter turkey with roasted garlic

  • 2 hrs +
  • Alison Roman
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Neil Perry's roast turkey with stuffing.

Neil Perry’s roast turkey with stuffing

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
RecipeTin Eats’ go-to glazed ham.

RecipeTin Eats’ signature maple-glazed Christmas ham

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre
Andrew McConnell makes this ham every year.

Andrew McConnell’s spiced maple and amaro glazed ham

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Andrew McConnell
Danielle Alvarez’s mustard and sherry vinegar-glazed ham.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez’s mustard and sherry vinegar-glazed ham

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Cracking crackling pork roast.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Cracking crackling pork roast

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
Porchetta.

Adam Liaw’s porchetta with perfect crackling

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Roast crackling pork with mustard gravy and summer fruit chutney.

Adam Liaw’s roast crackling pork with mustard gravy and summer fruit chutney

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Andrew McConnell's duck fat potatoes.
EASY

Andrew McDonnell’s duck fat roast potatoes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Andrew McConnell
Roasted scalloped potatoes.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s roasted scalloped potatoes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Cultured mashed potatoes with chicken gravy.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s cultured mashed potatoes with chicken gravy

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
The roasted sweet potatoes are equally good served warm or cold
EASY

Helen Goh’s sweet potato wedges

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Green salad with cool yoghurt dressing.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s green salad with cool yoghurt dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Crushed green peas.

Neil Perry’s crushed green peas

  • Neil Perry
Green beans with toasted almonds and spiced preserved lemon dressing.
EASY

Katrina Meynink’s green bean salad with toasted almonds

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Chestntuts, speck and brussels sprouts.

Neil Perry’s chestnuts, speck and brussel sprouts

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Carrots are sweeter with char (and feta).
EASY

Adam Liaw’s honey-roasted carrots with feta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Brown butter and citrus roasted carrots on a bed of labna.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez’s brown butter and citrus roasted carrots

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Roast pumpkin with macadamia and chilli.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s roast pumpkin with macadamia and chilli

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Forever pumpkin.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s forever pumpkin

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Pumpkin puree
EASY

Neil Perry’s pumpkin puree

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
RecipeTin Eats’ new favourite Christmas pumpkin salad.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ favourite Christmas pumpkin salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre