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Karen Martini's chicken karaage with sweet chilli sauce and shiso.

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Cracking New Year's recipes

Celebrate the New Year in style with these easy and elegant recipe ideas.

100 recipes
Karen Martini's Japanese-style fried chicken.

Chicken karaage with sweet chilli sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Adam Liaw's grilled scallops with herb butter.
EASY

Adam Liaw's roasted scallops with tarragon butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's cauliflower fritters.
EASY

Cauliflower fritters recipe with feta, mint and dill

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
X marks the spot on these cheese puffs.

Gruyere cheese gougeres with anchovy crosses

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
These buckwheat blinis are the perfect vehicle for a caviar party with all the trimmings (sour cream, chopped chives, boiled egg and onion, pictured).
EASY

Buckwheat blinis

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Supersized sandwich: Two-metre banh mi.
EASY

Two-metre banh mi

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Seafood sandwich with spicy cocktail sauce.
EASY

Seafood sandwich with spicy cocktail sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw's rockmelon and mango agua fresca.
EASY

Adam Liaw's rockmelon and mango agua fresca

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Watermelon and strawberry salad, pictured with my iced tea.
EASY

Watermelon and strawberry salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Gilda skewers with optional potato chips.
EASY

Gildas (tapas on toothpicks)

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Kingfish crudo dressed with ginger, citrus, chilli and coriander oil.
EASY

Kingfish crudo with ginger-citrus dressing and quick coriander oil

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Murray cod with herb butter, served with a simple green salad and fries.

Murray cod with herb butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Anchovy toasts (served with gildas, right).
EASY

Anchovies and tomato-capsicum relish on rye toast

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Split prawns with 'nduja butter.

Grilled split prawns with 'nduja butter

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
A portable version of pasta alla Norma.
EASY

Picnic pasta alla Norma

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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Chicken and corn baguettes, wrapped and packed for a picnic.
EASY

Barbecue chicken baguette

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Chorizo cheese puffs.

Chorizo cheese puffs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Tacos al pastor are served in double tortillas with finely chopped onion and coriander, freshly squeezed lime juice and spicy salsa.

Three party-perfect Mexican recipes for feeding a (small) crowd

  • Rosa Cienfuegos
Avocado and edamame dip with tortilla chips.
EASY

Edamame and avocado dip

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Tacos for breakfast? It's a thing now.

Four fresh recipes from California to brighten your summer

  • Vivian Lui
Spicy lamb skewers with cucumber yoghurt and cherry tomatoes.
EASY

Neil Perry's spicy lamb skewers with cucumber yoghurt

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry makes Korean lettuce wraps with barbecued king prawns.

Bo ssam-style barbecued king prawns

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Chill out this summer with some fun and fruity drinks.

Four refreshing punch recipes to celebrate summer

  • Shaun Byrne and Nick Tesar
DIY stations or batching your drinks are easy ways to make delicious cocktails for a crowd.

How to host a cocktail party like a pro (plus three classic cocktail recipes)

  • Adrienne Stillman
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Red wine cordial.
EASY

Adam Liaw's red wine cordial

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Danielle Alvarez's smoked salmon rillettes.
EASY

Smoked salmon rillettes

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Corn blinis with salmon rilletes.
EASY

Corn blinis

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Helen Goh's ham and pecorino crescents.
EASY

Helen Goh's ham and cheese crescent pastries

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Anchovy montadito aka sourdough soldiers with anchovies.

Bar Lourinha's party starters

  • Matt McConnell
Let your guests DIY with this Swedish-inspired party platter.
EASY

Adam Liaw's prawn party

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Bounty and abundance: A healthy party platter from Little Magic Feast.

How to make the perfect grazing board

  • Megan Johnston
Bao buns and pre-cooked duck are now widely available in supermarkets.

Four finger-food recipes for (small) group gatherings

  • Emmylou MacCarthy
Peaches and cream puffs.

Peaches and cream choux pastry puffs

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw's easy guacamole.
EASY

Easy guacamole

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw's cauliflower nachos.

Cauliflower nachos

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw's cherry chinotto cordial.
EASY

Adam Liaw's cherry chinotto cordial

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw

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