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Adam Liaw's glazed Christmas ham with bush herbs.

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20 Christmas in July recipes (and not a turkey in sight)

Create a festive, special feel for a mid-year feast for friends or family.

20 recipes
Sticky mulled wine roasted beef.

Sticky mulled wine roasted beef

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Duck-fat potatoes.
EASY

Duck-fat roast potatoes with garlic and rosemary recipe

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

Honey-roasted carrots with feta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Andrew McConnell's glazed Christmas ham.

Christmas ham glazed with stout, brown sugar, orange and cloves

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Andrew McConnell
Strawberry, sauternes and mascarpone trifle.
EASY

Strawberry trifle recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Gingerbread biscuits.

Festive gingerbread biscuits

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Caroline Velik
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Cultured mashed potatoes with chicken gravy.
EASY

Cultured mashed potatoes with chicken gravy recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Crushed green peas.

Crushed green peas

  • Neil Perry
Plum pudding ice-cream with caramel sauce and hazelnut praline.
EASY

Plum pudding ice-cream with caramel sauce and hazelnut praline

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
If you like mince pies, you'll love this share-friendly spiced slice.
EASY

Christmas mince pie slice

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's garlic butter roast chicken

Garlic butter roast chicken

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Spice roast pumpkin with garlic yoghurt and almonds
EASY

Roast pumpkin recipe with garlic yoghurt, almonds and spice

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Christmas centrepiece: Whole-roasted spice-rubbed cauliflower sitting on romesco.

Slow-roasted spiced cauliflower with romesco

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Corn blinis with salmon rilletes.
EASY

Corn blinis

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Hellenic Republic's popular Cypriot grain salad is packed with protein-packed lentils.
EASY

Hellenic Republic’s Cypriot grain salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Travis McAuley
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Belly porchetta with fennel, sage and chilli.
EASY

Pork belly easy porchetta recipe with fennel, sage and chilli

  • Adam Liaw
Chestntuts, speck and brussels sprouts.

Chestnuts, speck and brussel sprouts

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Chocolate and cherry semifreddo with pistachio praline.

Pistachio semifreddo with chocolate and cherries

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
A Christmassy spin on roulade.

Christmas roulade with pudding, nougat, cherries and white chocolate

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Mulled wine.
EASY

Mulled wine

  • < 30 mins