Pot luck recipes

Don’t get stuck bringing a plate of store-bought lamington fingers to your upcoming neighbourhood drinks or office Christmas party. Take inspiration from our collection of 21 recipes that travel well and taste even better.

Citrus-cured kingfish with lemon labne

Barbecued turkey with corn and jicama salad

Dill seed and lemon brioche with smoked trout and crème fraîche

Verbena-scented bread and butter pudding, peaches, raspberries

Speculaas

Ginger and cherry cake

Ham and chicken terrine

Gingerbread stars with buttermilk icing

Watermelon salad with fried shallots

Ham tamales

Kipfler potatoes roasted in goose fat

Ronda’s Christmas pudding

Sour-cherry and roasted-almond white Christmas

Fruit mince tarts

Pide rolls with roast lamb and beetroot

Fratelli Paradiso’s Florentines

Pfeffernüsse

Scallops with pancetta

Burnt butter fruit mince tartlets

Panettone

Miso-cured beef with sesame rice and pickled ginger

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