Our guide to the best-ever roast turkey, plus all the trimmings
Serving cherished guests a festive feast feels more approachable when you take the guesswork out of the meal’s main event.
Top chefs share their best Christmas mains for a memorable feast
Brace for impact.
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Christmas turkey recipes for your festive feast
If not during Christmas, then when?
Fleet’s whisky-and-honey-glazed ham
A must for the Christmas table.
Roast stuffed turkey roll with Meyer lemon mayonnaise
Stuffed, sealed, delivered.
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White Christmas with sour cherries, almonds and Grand Marnier
A grown-up version of a classic White Christmas recipe.
Easy boiled Christmas pudding
Made with sweet dried fruits, fragrant spices, a generous dash of booze and a token surprise or two, the Christmas pudding is the perfect finale to any festive meal.
The best Christmas roasts (that aren’t ham or turkey)
Why not try a special roast beef, pork or chicken this Christmas?
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Eton mess
Whether the Eton mess was created by a happy accident or divine design, this thoroughly English dessert is heaven in a bowl.
50 of the best recipes for Christmas leftovers
Otherwise known as delicious ways to minimise post-Christmas food waste.
Yule log (bûche de Noël)
Roll up this fresh take on a traditional Yule log, with fresh raspberries and pistachios.
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The Swarovski-studded Christmas crackers everyone is snapping up this holiday
Nothing reveals one's true irksome colours quite like a bon bon.
75 vegetarian Christmas recipes for a memorable meat-free feast
Vegetarian starters, mains and sides that will make your Christmas feast soar.
Gourmet Traveller’s guide to Christmas gifts that look expensive but cost under $100
Gifts that look chic, but won't break your bank account.
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Our favourite Christmas recipes for mains, sides, drinks and desserts
All the Christmas food ideas you need for a multi-course feast.
Christmas desserts to end your festive feasting on a high
Be it a traditional pudding, a layered trifle or a pavlova adorned with summer fruit, there's only one rule: make it unforgettable.
Best Christmas hams in Australia to buy in 2025
Pre-order these pronto, these seasonal pork centrepieces run out fast.
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How to master an easy glazed ham this Christmas
Brush up on the essentials to make your Christmas glazed ham easier
12 Christmas pudding recipes we dream about all year
It's time to start making that Christmas pudding!
20 Christmas ham recipes for a festive feast
Discover the Christmas ham recipe they'll be talking about all year.
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Stay sane with these make-ahead Christmas recipes
A merry Christmas is a stress-free Christmas with these make-ahead recipes.
AP Bakery’s buckwheat ginger biscuits for Christmas
A quick and easy Christmas ginger biscuit recipe for festive feasting.
6 white Christmas decorations to evoke a winter wonderland in summer
From Waterford crystal to Georg Jensen silver.
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Bay leaf and lemon myrtle roast turkey
Level up your Christmas table centrepiece with this Australian-inspired roast turkey recipe.
Vincotto berry and amaretto cream trifles
Supersize me: For an impressive festive dessert, simply assemble in a large trifle dish and dress with extra summer berries.
Makrut lime, lemongrass and cider glazed ham
Apple and pork is a match made in heaven. And this cider glazed ham proves it.
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GT’s picks of décor for curating a luxe Christmas Day tablescape
A Yuletide edit for the epicurean.
7 luxe Christmas decorations to deck the halls with glitz and glam
Give 'em the ol' razzle dazzle.
Christmas gifts of the baked and edible kind
The best presents are the ones you can eat.
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The perfect recipe for duck-fat roast potatoes
The crunch, the colour, the fluffy inside – these potatoes have got it all.
Christmas shortcuts: how to outsource your festive stress
Skip the last-minute panic this Christmas with finish-at-home feasts, DIY trifles and Christmas Day lunches at top Australian restaurants.
Spiced roast duck with peaches and oranges
Made for the Christmas main event.
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Spiced plum, cherry and coffee trifle with cardamom crumb
Need a Christmas dessert to impress? Look here.
Cherry and gingerbread bombe Alaska
For dessert with drama.
How to make crème anglaise
Your one-way ticket to silky smooth results.
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Jaclyn Koludrovic’s gluten-free lemon verbena, white chocolate and fig tart
A contemporary trio of flavours in a dietary-friendly tart.
How to put together an impressive seafood platter
It’s big. It’s bold. It’s an occasion in itself – the classic plateau de fruits de mer is a thing of joy. Here's what's needed to do it justice.
Christmas Spritz
Summer cherries and Lambrusco combine in a Spritz that screams Christmas in Australia.
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How to build a gingerbread house
Baker? Builder? This Christmas, you can be both.
“Really, any excuse to have the family together, and we’ll take it”: how chefs do Christmas a little differently
Hanukkah and Christmas family feasts, a three-part extravaganza on the big day by a veteran Melbourne chef, and a party for women who have survived domestic violence. This is what Christmas looks like for these players in the food and hospitality world.
Speculaas (spiced Christmas cookies)
These are some grown-up treats that Santa won't mind chasing with a glass of ice-cold milk – and neither will you.
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Seafood platter with chervil butter and a trio of sauces
The quintessential festive crowd-pleaser.
David Moyle’s sparkling shiraz and vanilla ice-cream spider
We love the ruby colour of this dessert cocktail, as well as its make-ahead potential. It has easy entertaining written all over it.
Whole glazed ham with roasted figs
For fans of ham of the sticky glazed kind.
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Lauren Eldridge’s eggnog custard tarts
Portuguese tarts meet bourbon-spiked eggnog in this Christmas-ready treat.
Eggnog ice-pops with milk crumb
The traditional Christmas treat receives a very Australian makeover.
How to make fruit mince tarts
Pâtissière extraordinaire Lorraine Godsmark of Sydney pâtisserie Lorraine's reveals the secrets to her highly sought-after Christmas tarts.
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Lauren Eldridge’s Christmas fruit pudding frozen nougatine
A cool spin on the traditional yuletide pud.
Jaclyn Koludrovic’s gluten-free fruit mince crostata
The pastry chef's dietary-inclusive take on a Christmas treat.
A brief history of eggnog, plus a recipe
This fluffy white libation looks innocent enough, but it can pack a hearty festive punch.
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Flour and Stone’s guide to making the perfect pavlova
Pavlovas seem simple enough, but they reward care and patience. Baking extraordinaire Nadine Ingram whisks us through the essentials.
Mike McEnearney’s grilled prawn, watermelon and tomato salad
Summer's greatest hits, all in one bowl.
Lauren Eldridge’s no-churn passionfruit ice-cream with lime sherbet and blackberries
The ice-cream is delicious on its own, but transforms into something else when paired with that sherbet.
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Lauren Eldridge’s brunkager (spiced Danish gingerbread biscuits)
Make a double batch of these biscuits. They'll disappear in a snap.
Frozen bûche de Noël
This hazelnut-semifreddo version of the classic Yule log is here to save your Australian Christmas.
Christmas ham glazes from Australia’s best chefs
If a ham is the ruler of the Christmas table, a well-made glaze is its crown. Here some of our leading culinary lights share their favourite formulas. It's brush hour.
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Sydney’s Sonoma and Icebergs to release a limited-edition panettone in time for Christmas
With macadamias, milk chocolate and Davidson’s plum, this is the sort of panettone that Nonna would recognise, but would never cook.
Prawn cocktail tower
And that’s a wrap – the perfect self-serve summer dish.
What wines should you pair with your Christmas menu?
Robin Tedder of Glenguin Estate gives the lowdown on which drops are the best match for your festive menu, from the prawns straight through to the ham and dessert.
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Mike McEnearney’s fig salad with roast onions, walnuts and radicchio
A purple-hued salad that celebrates the best of fig season.
Spice-roasted duck with figs
Duck is the ideal main attraction for a smaller Christmas gathering, particularly when spiced and paired with lush summer figs.
Roast ocean trout with cucumber and preserved lemon salad
Excellent served warm or cold, so you could cook the trout a day ahead and just whip up the salad before serving.
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Brined barbecued turkey with spices and a piri piri sauce
A lidded barbecue is the answer to everyone’s prayers in the heat of summer, and brining the turkey ensures a deliciously tender result.
Lauren Eldridge’s apricot, honey, coffee and macadamia trifle
The Berowra Waters Inn pastry chef is known for her original take on desserts, and this trifle is her latest Christmas-ready offering.
Lauren Eldridge’s brown-sugar pavlova with mango, hibiscus, hazelnut and coconut cream
It's everything you could want in a pav.
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The best Christmas hams for 2019
What makes a perfect Christmas ham? We asked a panel of experts to blind-taste test nine different versions, and the results are in.
Roasted pork with the best crackling and roasted nectarines
However hot it is outside, this roast pork is worth the oven time.
Spinach and ricotta rotolo
This vibrant dish will thrill more than just the vegetarians at your Christmas table.
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Hugh Wennerbom’s frozen nougat
A no-churn frozen confection that's as easy to make as it is delicious to eat.
Bookmark these nougat recipes for Christmas
Soft and chewy or firm and crunchy – the choice is yours.
Fleet’s seafood platter with Marie Rose sauce
Add a squeeze of lemon and you're set.
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Flour & Stone’s stollen with sour cherries
This recipe makes two loaves of the spiced German fruit bread - keep one for Christmas Day, and give the other as a gift.
How to make trifle
Catherine Adams breaks down the trifle step-by-step, sharing how to create a winning trinity of sponge, fruit and creaminess.
Fleet’s cured mackerel with tomatoes and sourdough bread
Curing fish is easier than you think.
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Amy Hamilton’s crab with fried-shallot butter and green peppercorns
Fact: fried-shallot butter makes everything taste better.
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Victor Liong’s char siu-glazed leg ham
Lee Ho Fook chef Victor Liong's ham glaze delivers all the flavours of char siu pork you know and love with a side of Christmas cheer.
Peach and ginger roast turkey
Roast turkey just got more interesting. Here, we've basted it with an Asian-inspired sticky peach glaze then roasted it to a beautifully rich finish.
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Indian-spiced marinated turkey with two chutneys
The marinade and chutneys all benefit from being prepared ahead, giving the spicy flavours time to get to know each other - serve the turkey with a bed of rice and yoghurt so you can bring down the heat.
Amontillado sherry and raspberry trifle
The trifle you know and love, though we've used amontillado sherry for greater depth of flavour.
Lorraine Godsmark’s peachy panettone with cassata ice-cream
Lorraine Godsmark recipe for peachy panettone with cassata ice-cream for Gourmet Institute.
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Summer trifle with coconut cream and berry jelly
Packed with fruit and berries, so it's almost (almost) good for you.
Ronda’s Christmas pudding by Jeremy Strode
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Ronda’s Christmas pudding by Jeremy Strode.
Raspberry and peach butterscotch pudding
A summery Australian version of the Christmas classic.
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Cider-brined smoked turkey with cranberry barbecue sauce
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for cider-brined smoked turkey with cranberry barbecue sauce.
Traditional Christmas pudding with Pedro Ximénez and brown sugar and fig ice-cream
Recipe for traditional Christmas pudding with Pedro Ximénez and brown sugar and fig ice-cream.
Double plum pudding with brown sugar hard sauce
Christmas recipe for double plum pudding with brown sugar hard sauce.
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Nougat and chocolate semifreddo
Need a Christmas dessert that combines the traditional and the modern? This one ticks the boxes.
Red-roasted free-range turkey with Turkish pepperoni
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for red roasted free-range turkey with Turkish pepperoni.
Orange-glazed ham with potato and parsley salad
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for orange-glazed ham with potato and parsley salad.
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Tony Tan’s pineapple and rum glazed Christmas ham with tomato sambal
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Tony Tan's pineapple and rum glazed Christmas ham with tomato sambal
Justin North’s glazed ham in a bag
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for glazed ham in a bag by Justin North.
Guy Grossi’s honey-glazed ham
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for honey-glazed ham by Guy Grossi.
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Guy Grossi’s turkey saltimbocca with cranberries
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for turkey saltimbocca with cranberries by Guy Grossi.
Baked ham with pineapple and star anise glaze
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for baked ham with pineapple and star anise glaze.
Whole barbecued turkey with buffalo ricotta and blistered grapes
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for whole barbecued turkey with buffalo ricotta and blistered grapes.
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Gaz (pistachio-sour cherry nougat)
Nougat isn't difficult to make, but a little organisation pays dividends.
Golden ale and honey-glazed easy-carve ham
Australian Gourmet Traveller Christmas recipe for golden ale and honey-glazed easy-carve ham.
Christmas pudding semifreddo
If there's a better way to use up leftover Christmas pudding, we've yet to find it.
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Rich Christmas pudding with muscat custard
A traditional pudding, rich with dark fruit and spiked with muscat.
Roast turkey with freekah and pancetta stuffing
Australian Gourmet Traveller Christmas recipe for roast turkey with freekah and pancetta stuffing.
