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Pure gold: 20 perfect roast potato recipes for your Christmas table

Everyone knows the best bit of your Christmas meal is the crisp golden roast potatoes winking at you from under the gravy. Here are some of the best.

• Christmas

The secret to perfect sweet potato wedges

These caramelised sweet potato wedges are lovely alongside baked ham or fish.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Helen Goh

• One-tray wonder

Chicken, sweet potato and manchego pie

This big-flavoured chicken pie has a sneaky layer of cheese under the crunchy pastry topping and best of all, it comes together in less than 60 minutes.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Jessica Brook

• Vegetarian

Sweet potato, spinach and chickpea party pies

These bite-sized vegetarian canapes can be made vegan, too.

• 1-2 hrs
• Helen Goh

• One-pot

Slow-cooked beef and sweet potato coconut curry

This is the kind of “yes, I have those ingredients” curry that has an engrossing, soothing power.

• 2 hrs +
• Katrina Meynink

• Barbecue

Steak and sweet potato salad

A great steak can be the perfect centrepiece to a delicious and healthy meal, but serving a choice cut of meat with rich sauces and greasy chips can easily push you into dangerous territory. If you just can't have steak without potatoes, skip the oily fries and butter-laden jacket potatoes and try this warm sweet potato salad instead.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Adam Liaw

• One-pot

Potato and pumpkin tian

This golden tian – layers of baked vegetables – is perfect for the cooler months when tomatoes and eggplants aren't in season, but pumpkin and potatoes are in abundance.

• 1-2 hrs
• Vanessa Gordon

• Quick & easy

Garlic and herb steak with salt and vinegar Hassleback sweet potatoes

Elevate steak and chips to a new level with this juicy T-bone with jazzy Hasselback sweet potato alternative.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Jessica Brook

• Banquet

Helen Goh's jian dui (crispy sesame balls)

Offered all year round on yum cha trolleys as a dessert, these gorgeously crisp and chewy sesame balls really come into their own during Chinese New Year, when their golden spheres represent luck and unity. The way the dough slowly expands in the hot oil as it cooks is considered a metaphor for growth and prosperity. A word of caution on that last point: the balls need to enlarge gradually on an evenly low heat otherwise there's a danger they might burst. Gong Xi Fa Cai!

• 1-2 hrs
• Helen Goh

• Banquet

Sweet potato chaat with coconut, mint and lime sambal

If you can't find tamarind chutney for this recipe, use about 2 teaspoons of tamarind extract and double the amount of brown sugar to achieve a balance of tart and sweet.

• 30 mins - 1 hr
• Katrina Meynink