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Essential sauces, dressings and gravies to fancy up your Christmas feast

From Adam Liaw’s creamy seafood sauce to RecipeTin Eats’ Christmas barbecue sauce, these tasty accompaniments will dress up your festive spread.

53 recipes
Marie Rose sauce is a classic accompaniment to seafood.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s classic seafood sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Green goddess dressing drizzled over lettuce with bonus bacon bits.

Jill Dupleix’s green goddess dressing (and dip)

  • Jill Dupleix
A cheeky gift for the hot one in your life.
EASY

Santa’s XXX-hot sauce recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Have an ice-filled Esky on standby on Christmas Day to help store leftovers safely.

Danielle Alvrez’s turkey gravy

  • Danielle Alvarez
Peach mango barbecue sauce.
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Adam Liaw’s peach mango barbecue sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Prawn cocktail, but make it a platter.
EASY

Rose harissa and tomato cocktail sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Cultured mashed potatoes with chicken gravy.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s chicken gravy recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Roasted tomato salsa (for moussacos).
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Adam Liaw’s roasted tomato salsa

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chicago-style giardiniera pickles.

Chicago hot giardiniera

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
The Blue Ducks' blackened capsicum salsa recipe.
EASY

Three Blue Ducks’ blackened capsicum salsa recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Three Blue Ducks' chimichurri recipe for Spectrum.
EASY

Three Blue Ducks’ chimichurri sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Don't blitz too much - it's not a green smoothie!
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ pesto

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Briefly steaming the charred broccoli helps retain its green colour.
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Charred broccoli pesto

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Jill Dupleix's dry-brined turkey with umami-rich Vegemite gravy and stuffing.
EASY

Jill Dupleix’s Vegemite gravy

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Why not swap glazed ham for pulled pork?
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ Christmas barbecue sauce

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
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Pumpkin puree
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Neil Perry’s pumpkin puree

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
A simple salad with creamy green goddess dressing.
EASY

Neil Perry’s green goddess dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Adam Liaw's Christmas red and green hot sauces.
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Adam Liaw’s quick green jalapeno, peach and coriander hot sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Spice roasted chicken and chimichurri.

Katrina Meynink’s chimichurri sauce

  • Katrina Meynink
Adam Liaw's Christmas red and green hot sauces.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s fermented red chilli-cherry hot sauce

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Lamb cutlets with green yoghurt sauce.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s green yoghurt recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Salisbury steaks with mushroom and onion gravy.

Adam Liaw’s mushroom and onion gravy recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Serve this creamy, coconutty chicken curry with mint chutney, rice and roti.

Karen Martini’s mint chutney

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Cold roast beef carpaccio with tuna mayonnaise.

Adam Liaw’s tuna mayonnaise

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
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Charred herb salsa.
EASY

Three Blue Ducks’ charred herb salsa

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LeBrooy
This garlic aioli is a perfect addition to a contemporary rendition of a Provencal 'aioli garni'.
EASY

Jill Dupleix’s garlic aioli recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Good green salad with fried-onion vinaigrette.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s fried-onion vinaigrette

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Barbecue prawns with two brilliant sauces.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ barbecue prawns with chimichurri and Marie Rose sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
A simple leaf salad is the perfect partner to just about anything: a bit of salmon cooked in a pan for five minutes, a steak, roast chook or a cheese platter.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s parsley vinaigrette

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Beef tagliata with tonnato sauce.
EASY

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s tonnato sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Lettuce with very versatile buttermilk dressing.
EASY

Katrina Meynink’s very useful dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Prawns with sauce gribiche.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s sauce gribiche

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Smoky tomato sauce.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s smoky chilli tomato sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Danielle Alvarez’s grilled sausages with chickpea mash and chimichurri.

Danielle Alvarez’s chimichurri

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Grilled, marinated chicken wth salmoriglio. Styling by Hannah Meppem, food preparation by Breesa Swann.
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Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s salmoriglio

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
A great little pickle to give as a gift or pack for a picnic.
EASY

Dan Lepard’s easy piccalilli recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard

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