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Dinner party

Cordon bleu salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s cordon bleu salad

This salad takes staples like ham, cheese and bread and combines them with a roast chook to produce the flavours of a French classic – chicken cordon bleu.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken in crazy water.
EASY

Neil Perry’s chicken in crazy water (acqua pazza)

This technique, developed by Neopolitan fishermen as a way to cook delicate white fish, is also awesome for chicken.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Salad is a low-carb way to enjoy the ever-popular California roll.
EASY

Rosheen Kaul’s California roll salad

All the flavours of one of the sushi roll greats in a fresh, textural salad bowl.

  • < 30 mins
  • Rosheen Kaul
Indian fruit custard.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Indian fruit custard

This popular Indian dessert is usually made with powdered custard. I’m not a huge fan, so here’s a version that starts with a crème anglaise.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken korma.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken korma

Korma comes from the Urdu word for “braised”, and most modern varieties include a rich gravy of browned onions, yoghurt and nuts.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
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Eggplant caviar on bruschetta.
EASY

Eggplant caviar on bruschetta

Big-flavoured, meat-free and cheap to make, this works as a dip served with crunchy toast or as a sauce alongside grilled or roasted ingredients.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s prawn pasta is bursting with flavour thanks to juicy cherry tomatoes.
EASY

Cherry tomatoes make this simple pasta recipe pop. Prawns make it feel fancy

This easy prawn pasta is bursting with flavour thanks to juicy cherry tomatoes, while fresh chilli makes for a fiery sauce.

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Dial up the umami in this warm lamb salad by roasting broccolini with chilli, anchovy and lemon butter.
EASY

Warm lamb salad with roasted broccolini and anchovy lemon chilli butter

Roasting broccolini with a flavoured butter dials up the umami flavours in this simple but punchy warm lamb salad.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
The Builders Arms fish pie is a year-round favourite.

Try this fish pie recipe and you’ll see why it’s a menu fixture at this famous Melbourne pub

Comforting but not too heavy, this creamy fish pie is a year-round favourite. So don’t be shy – bust through the golden pastry cap and dive right in.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Andrew McConnell
Egg and potato salad.
EASY

A cracking new Easter egg recipe from Adam Liaw (with not a dot of chocolate in sight)

Dry-roasting the potatoes for this simple but flavoursome salad intensifies the taste, rather than watering it down by boiling.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw

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