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20 recipe ideas to help you host a digital dinner party

So you can't share a meal with your mates in real life? Do it online. Here are some recipe ideas to inspire you to host your very own #DistanceDinner.

19 recipes
Frank Camorra recipes for Spectrum Food and Good Food. Photographed by Marina Oliphant, March 29, 2013. The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media.
EASY

Start with easy marinated olives

  • < 30 mins
  • Frank Camorra
Spiced tamari almonds, macadamias and sesame seeds.
EASY

Or get creative with a spiced tamari nut mix

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Spanish sausage rolls filled with chorizo and egg.
EASY

Adam Liaw's chorizo and egg sausage rolls will get the party started

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's piri-piri chicken
EASY

Neil Perry's piri-piri chicken is a simple main

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Barbecued prawns and asparagus with lemon pepper mayonnaise.
EASY

Or make it fancy with Adam Liaw's barbecued prawns

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Grilled steak with sweet and sour peperonata.
EASY

Grilled sirloin steak with peperonata keeps it classy

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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Sticky baby back ribs.

Or go for comfort with Curtis Stone's sticky, saucy barbecue ribs

  • 2 hrs +
  • Curtis Stone
Andrew McConnell's duck fat potatoes.
EASY

Start your sides with duck fat roast potatoes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Andrew McConnell
Brown butter and citrus roasted carrots on a bed of labna.
EASY

Brown butter and citrus roasted carrots

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Green and gold: Grilled, marinated zucchini topped with bottagra.
EASY

Grilled and marinated zucchini are a healthy side

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Tomato trio salad.

Three tomato salad with sunflower seed puree and whipped feta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
This crostata recipe works with various fruity fillings.

Andrew McConnell's blood plum crostata makes a great dessert centrepiece

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Just a handful of ingredients and a few hours in the fridge.

Alison Roman's crunchy chocolate-almond tart requires no oven time

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Alison Roman
Milk and honey panna cotta with fresh peaches.
EASY

Or try Adam Liaw's milk and honey panna cotta

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Feel free to use any fruit in this dessert. Pouring cream to serve, however, is non-negotiable.

Or keep it simple with Helen Goh's apple and blackberry slump

  • Helen Goh
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Don't forget a Quarantini!

  • Myffy Rigby
Adam Liaw's Campari frose punch for Christmas cocktails.
EASY

Or try Adam Liaw's Campari frosé punch

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Fred Siggins' plum blossom cobbler champagne cocktail.
EASY

Here's how to make plum blossom cobbler

  • < 30 mins
  • Fred Siggins
Make your first act during isolation an Act of Wine.

Or get your drink delivered with Australia's best cocktail, wine and beer deliveries

  • Myffy Rigby

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