38 footy food recipes: meat pies, sausage rolls and more

No matter if you’re a fan of the Sherrin, Steeden or the beautiful game of football, you’ll need a serious game plan for your finals-watching snacks. Our line-up is full of winners, including big-game players like fried chicken and coleslaw rolls, lamb and harissa sausage rolls and party pies, plus ice-cream sandwiches and hazelnut slices for a brilliant finish.

Pulled chicken and black bean nachos

Pulled chicken and black bean nachos

Party pies with homemade tomato sauce

Party pies with homemade tomato sauce

Raes on Wategos’ king prawn sangas

Raes on Wategos’ king prawn sangas

Smoky eggplant dip with charred bread

Smoky eggplant dip with charred bread

Pulled pork buns with classic slaw

Pulled pork buns with classic slaw

Bird's eye view of a feast, with flatbread in the top-right corner, an open jar of pickled chillies, a green bowl holding fried, oval-shaped falafel, and a white bowl holding a bowl of green herbs. — Photo: Chris Chen

Falafel with yoghurt-tahini sauce

Falafel with yoghurt-tahini sauce

Fried chicken wings with blue-cheese sauce

Fried chicken wings with blue-cheese sauce

Beef, bacon and mushroom pies

Beef, bacon and mushroom pies

Cheeseburgers with spicy coleslaw

Cheeseburgers with spicy coleslaw

Tony Tan’s golden rules to making chicken satay

Tony Tan’s golden rules to making chicken satay

Dan Hong’s Korean fried chicken burger

Dan Hong’s Korean fried chicken burger

Stromboli

Stromboli

Avocado, edamame and lemon dip

Avocado, edamame and lemon dip

Red lentil fritters with green yoghurt

Red lentil fritters with green yoghurt

Pea and ricotta frittelle

Pea and ricotta frittelle

Barbecued prawns with honey, sesame and lemon

Barbecued prawns with honey, sesame and lemon

San Telmo’s beef and chorizo empanadas with chimichurri

San Telmo’s beef and chorizo empanadas with chimichurri

Jacqui Challinor’s cannellini bean dip with cumin burnt butter

Jacqui Challinor’s cannellini bean dip with cumin burnt butter

Crunchy slaw with peanut-lime dressing

Crunchy slaw with peanut-lime dressing

Goat’s cheese and potato salad

Goat’s cheese and potato salad

E’cco’s zucchini salad with pecorino, currants, sunflower seeds and lemon

E’cco’s zucchini salad with pecorino, currants, sunflower seeds and lemon

Chicken, radish and bean salad with tarragon dressing

Chicken, radish and bean salad with tarragon dressing

Sausage rolls

Sausage rolls

Chicken cotoletta panini

Chicken cotoletta panini

Fish burgers

Fish burgers

Korean fried chicken

Korean fried chicken

Japanese egg sandwiches

Japanese egg sandwiches

Hot buttered lobster rolls

Hot buttered lobster rolls

Beef rendang pies

Beef rendang pies

Triple-cheese pie

Triple-cheese pie

Thomas Corner’s Bangalow pork sausage rolls with caramelised apple and thyme

Thomas Corner’s Bangalow pork sausage rolls with caramelised apple and thyme

Hazelnut and chocolate swirl nougat

Hazelnut and chocolate swirl nougat

Passionfruit vanilla Slice

Passionfruit vanilla slice

Blueberry and coconut ice-cream sandwiches

Blueberry and coconut ice-cream sandwiches

Salted-caramel macadamia ice-cream sandwiches

Salted-caramel macadamia ice-cream sandwiches

Ham steaks with fried egg and chilli tamarind sauce — Photo: Alicia Taylor

Prawn and sesame toasts

Prawn and sesame toasts

Fried chicken and coleslaw rolls

Fried chicken and coleslaw rolls

How to make sausage rolls

How to make sausage rolls

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