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Crushed potato gem cups are a perfect vessel for caviar and creme fraiche.

Five delicious dishes you never knew you could make in a muffin tin

From tater tot and caviar cups to apple pie, these relaxed riffs offer maximum crisp and crunch in every self-contained cup.

  • Katrina Meynink
Viveik's crunchy masala vadai served with coconut and makrut lime sauce are the perfect party snack.

How to make The Age Good Food Guide Young Chef of the Year’s go-to entertaining snack

“It’s a great tease for what’s to come.” Dutch Rules chef Viveik Vinoharan reaches for this crunchy, golden masala vadai recipe to whip up something quick and easy for guests.

  • Viveik Vinoharan
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We found the ultimate proseccos for a spritz (including one from Aldi for $12)

And if you like pet nat, try the bottle-fermented cousin of regular prosecco, which has bolder aromas and a deeper flavour, as if the volume has been turned up.

  • Mike Bennie
Gildas and anchovy toasts.

Katrina Meynink’s all-time greatest party snack recipes (and hacks)

The party starts here. From mortadella olives with dirty martini dip to gunpowder potato gems, these are Katrina Meynink’s best snacks. Prepare to be wowed.

Add a flourish to your festive cocktail, either nutmeg or cinnamon.

We asked Good Food’s Bar of the Year for a summer-friendly alternative to eggnog

Forget the heavy eggnog. For an Australian Christmas, trade the fireside milk punch for this refreshing “eggnot” from Silver’s Motel. Festive, but far lighter.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Michael Chiem
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The Christmas punch recipe, at Silver’s Motel in Enmore.
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Good Food’s Bar of the Year shares how to make Christmas punch that’s actually good

Michael Chiem, from Sydney’s Silver’s Motel and PS40, suggests making this sweet, sour and spicy punch ahead so you can get drinks in hands quickly. Plus, he has a clever tip for keeping it icy cold.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Michael Chiem
If you don’t like spice, they’re delicious with the garlic parsley.
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Baked scallops with garlic-parsley butter and ’nduja

Baked in an oven or grilled on a hot barbecue, this is the perfect party starter.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Crispy, savoury, and gone in seconds, Tuna Pringles are the perfect party snack.
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Tuna Pringles

Crisp potato chips with a zippy tuna tartare is the perfect snacks-with-drinks pairing.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Dirty martini dip and mortadella olives.
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Dirty martini dip and mortadella olives

These salty, meaty, creamy bombs of pure deliciousness will disappear instantly.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Dirty martini dip and mortadella olives.

This dirty martini dip with mortadella-stuffed olives is your new go-to Christmas snack

The holy trinity of flavour combines in these high-impact appetisers built around brilliant shortcuts, no cooking required.

  • Katrina Meynink