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This pavlova is creamy, merry and bright, thanks to pops of finger lime.

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From potato salad to pavlova: Catch up on every new Christmas recipe for 2025

We’ve been rolling out our contributors’ festive recipes, from Emelia Jackson’s cheese straws to Adam Liaw’s Italian-style pork roast with perfect crackling.

23 recipes
Porchetta.

Adam Liaw’s porchetta with perfect crackling

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Traditional Christmas cake.

Helen Goh’s ultimate make-ahead Christmas cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Rum and ginger glazed ham.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s rum and ginger glazed ham

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Helen Goh’s strawberry and finger lime pavlova with coconut mascarpone.

Helen Goh’s strawberry and finger-lime pavlova with coconut mascarpone cream

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Jewelled potato salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s jewelled potato salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Cheese straws twisted with chilli crisp.

Emelia Jackson’s cheese straws with chilli crisp

  • 2 hrs +
  • Emelia Jackson
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Ottolenghi’s humble golden spuds will shine alongside any meal.
EASY

Yotam Ottolenghi’s go-to golden roast potato recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Yotam Ottolenghi
Dirty martini dip and mortadella olives.
EASY

Katrina Meynink’s dirty martini dip and mortadella-stuffed olives

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Limoncello tiramisu.
EASY

Emelia Jackson’s limoncello tiramisu

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Emelia Jackson
Serve with a little preserved lemon and toasted pistachios.
EASY

Helen Goh’s zucchini and green bean salad with preserved lemon and pistachios

  • < 30 mins
  • Helen Goh
If you don’t like spice, they’re delicious with the garlic parsley.
EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s baked scallops with garlic-parsley butter and ’nduja

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Prosciutto, black grapes with barely-a-dressing dressing is the most moreish snack in all the lands.
EASY

Katrina Meynink’s prosciutto with black grapes and barely-a-dressing dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s roast pork belly with a peach, mint and coriander salsa.
EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s slow-roasted pork belly with peach salad

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
A perfect accompaniment to seafood or meats.

Danielle Alvarez’s roasted potato salad with pickled fennel, rocket and creamy salsa verde

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Christmas joys.
EASY

Honey joy to the world: These festive treats are child’s play during the school holidays

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Use fresh broad beans, which are plentiful in spring, or frozen ones at any other time of year.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez’s broad bean, squid and chorizo crostini

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Helen Goh’s mango mascarpone sponge cake.

Helen Goh’s mango mascarpone sponge cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Crispy, savoury, and gone in seconds, Tuna Pringles are the perfect party snack.
EASY

Katrina Meynink’s tuna Pringles

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s pistachio amaretti.
EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s pistachio amaretti

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
A Christmassy dinner for two.

Rick Stein’s camembert and spinach filo pastry with beetroot and pomegranate salpicon

  • Rick Stein
Serve with the easiest dill tartare sauce.

Danielle Alvarez’s prawn- and scallop-stuffed Murray cod with dill tartare sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
A Christmassy dinner for two.

Rick Stein’s camembert and spinach filo pastry with beetroot and pomegranate salpicon

  • Rick Stein
Christmas cubanos.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Christmas cubanos with leftover ham

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw