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Have a very merry RecipeTin Eats Christmas and a happy New Year with these 40 fab recipes

We’ve loaded up a sackful of festive menus and stacks of showstopping desserts and drinks from Nagi Maehashi aka RecipeTin Eats for you to mix and match this silly season.

40 recipes
RecipeTin Eats’ Christmas glazed turkey breast.

Nagi’s traditional menu featuring: Brined and glazed Christmas turkey breast

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre
RecipeTin Eats’ go-to glazed ham.

... Maple-glazed Christmas ham

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre
RecipeTin Eats’ new favourite Christmas pumpkin salad.
EASY

... her favourite Christmas pumpkin salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre
RecipeTin Eats’ triumphant Christmas trifle.

... and a Classic Christmas trifle

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre
Pavlova-topped vanilla layer cake.

Nagi’s towering six-layer Christmas pavlova vanilla cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
Barbecued salmon scattered with festive "tapenade".

Nagi’s barbecue menu featuring: Christmas barbecue salmon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
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Barbecued glazed chicken for Christmas.

... Maple-glazed chicken

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Barbecue prawns with two brilliant sauces.
EASY

... Barbecue prawns with chimichurri and Marie Rose sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Summer in a bowl: Peach salad.
EASY

... Peach salad with candied almonds

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Paprika-dusted corn ribs with garlic butter.

...and corn ribs with garlic butter

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
This crostini is a great way to make prawns go further for an entree.
EASY

The $20 per head menu featuring: Prawn crostini with parmesan-pea puree

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Cracking crackling pork roast.

... Cracking crackling pork roast

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
Sticky Christmas glazed chicken.

... Sticky Christmas glazed chicken

  • RecipeTin Eats
Smushed potato salad with honey mustard dressing.
EASY

... ‘Smushed’ potato salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Charred corn kernels coated in creamy, cheesy dressing.
EASY

... and Charred corn salad with creamy parmesan dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
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This stacked pavlova Christmas tree makes a grand table centrepiece.

Nagi’s showstopping Pavlova Christmas tree

  • RecipeTin Eats
Beetroot cured salmon served with horseradish cream, rye bread and cucumber ribbons.

Nagi’s make-ahead menu featuring: Beetroot-cured salmon with horseradish cream

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
Why not swap glazed ham for pulled pork?
EASY

... Pulled pork with Christmas barbecue sauce

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
The components for this Christmas salad can be prepped ahead and tossed together on the big day.
EASY

... Festive pomegranate salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Mango and berry trifle with cranberry jelly.

... and Mango and berry trifle

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
Spicy salmon mini tacos.
EASY

Nagi’s festive canapes: Spicy salmon mini tacos

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Parmesan baskets with crispy prosciutto and goat’s cheese.

... Parmesan baskets with whipped goat’s cheese

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Polenta cubes topped with mushroom duxelle.

... Crispy polenta cubes with mushroom duxelle

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
Mini food is for selfish people (like me), says Nagi Maehashi.

... don’t forget the spuds: individual potato Dauphinoise

  • RecipeTin Eats
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Greek-style roast potatoes with lemon and oregano.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Greek lemon roast potatoes

  • RecipeTin Eats
Crispy smashed potatoes with maximum crunch factor.

...the crispiest (and easiest) smashed roast potatoes

  • RecipeTin Eats
RecipeTin Eats’ prawn cocktail lettuce cups (and spicy margaritas).

... and Prawn cocktail lettuce cups

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
RecipeTin Eats’ prawn cocktail salad
EASY

... or why not a whole prawn cocktail salad?

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Decorate these chocolate-covered strawberries to your heart's content.
EASY

... serve chocolate-covered strawberries after dessert

  • 1-2 hrs
  • RecipeTin Eats
RecipeTin Eats’ Vietnamese chicken wings.
EASY

For New Year’s parties: chicken wings (plus go-to Asian slaw)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
RecipeTin Eats’ spicy margarita.
EASY

... cheers the New Year with spicy margaritas

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Edamame with spicy garlic sauce.
EASY

...spicy edamame make a great beer snack

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Beef tataki with crispy potato.

...a simple but sophisticated beef tataki

  • 1-2 hrs
  • RecipeTin Eats
RecipeTin Eats’ spring fling asparagus quiche.

... ask someone to bring this feed-a-crowd asparagus quiche

  • 1-2 hrs
  • RecipeTin Eats
Pantry pizza: Pissaladiere.

...an easy but impressive Pissaladiere (French pizza)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • RecipeTin Eats
RecipeTin Eats’ grapefruit and rosemary spritz.
EASY

... get the party started with grapefruit and rosemary spritzer

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats