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Christmas pudding roulade.

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Traditional v with-a-twist

Thinking about mixing it up this Christmas? Here are some side-by-side ideas to inspire.

28 recipes
Plum pudding trifle

Plum pudding trifle

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Dan Lepard
Botanical gin trifle with lemon curd and meringue.

...or a botanical gin and tonic trifle

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Fruit mince pies 11th September 2012 Photo: Steven Siewert Styling Berni Smithies

Traditional mince pies

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jeremy and Jane Strode
If you like mince pies, you'll love this share-friendly spiced slice.
EASY

...or a modern mince pie slab

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Neil Perry's roast turkey with stuffing.

Neil Perry's roast turkey with stuffing and all the trimmings

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Jill Dupleix's turkey roll with chorizo, kale and lemon.

...or Jill Dupleix's turkey roll with chorizo, kale and lemon

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
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Andrew McConnell's glazed Christmas ham.

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

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Andrew McConnell
Adam Liaw's glazed ham with a tropical twist.
EASY

...or Adam Liaw's tropical fruit glazed Christmas ham

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Jill Dupleix's ultimate pavlova.

Mixed berry pavlova

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
Rachel Khoo's coconut, lime and mango pavlova roulade for Christmas.

...or turn it into a meringue roulade with mango

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Rachel Khoo
Guy Grossi's porchetta - save leftovers for sandwiches.

Guy Grossi's traditional Italian porchetta

  • 2 hrs +
  • Guy Grossi
Star anise roasted pork belly with spicy Sriracha mayo.

...or roasted pork belly with Sriracha mayonnaise

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
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Steamed christmas pudding

  • 2 hrs +
Plum pudding ice-cream with caramel sauce and hazelnut praline.
EASY

...or plum pudding ice-cream with caramel sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Maggie Beer's Christmas cake.

Maggie Beer's traditional Christmas cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Maggie Beer
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Keep everyone happy with a wedge of cake.

...or this vegan, gluten-free Christmas cake (with avocado!)

  • 2 hrs +
  • Dan Lepard
Paneforte bianco natale with white chocolate, pistachios, almonds and cherries.

Panforte with pistachios, almonds and cherries

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
A Christmassy spin on roulade.

...or Christmas roulade with pudding, nougat, cherries and white chocolate

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
White Christmas

White Christmas slice

  • < 30 mins
  • Lynne Mullins
White Xmas parfait

...becomes a white Christmas parfait

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Dan Lepard
Frank Camorra's gravlax.
EASY

Scandi classic salmon gravlax

  • < 30 mins
  • Frank Camorra
Citrus-cured, Sichuan-crusted ocean trout.

...or Sichuan-crusted, citrus-cured ocean trout

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Neil Perry's cassata.

Italian cassata with sponge, marzipan and ricotta

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Rum and raisin cassata.
EASY

...or a frozen rum and raisin cassata

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
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EASY

Creamy, dreamy potato gratin

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Arrange the sweet potato slices vertically for maximum crunch.
EASY

...or maple and chipotle sweet potato gratin

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Sticky mulled wine roasted beef.

Sticky mulled wine roasted beef

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
The Blue Ducks' tomahawk steak with chimichurri.
EASY

...or tomahawk steak with chimichurri

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
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