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Barbecued chicken breast with romesco

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79 recipes
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Chicken, capsicum and basil tray bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
BLAT in salad form.
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Iceberg wedge salad with creamy avocado dressing, bacon and tomato croutons recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Kylie Kwong's poached lobster.

How to poach a lobster or crayfish

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Kylie Kwong
Kylie Kwong's Chinese-style coleslaw.
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Chinese-style coleslaw recipe with Asian herbs

  • < 30 mins
  • Kylie Kwong
If it's too hot, sub in tinned lentils for this summery duck salad.
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Crisp-skinned duck, lentil, broccoli and walnut salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Freeze some watermelon and whiz it into creamy ice-cream.
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Creamy watermelon ice-cream slice recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
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Prawn cocktail with a tarty twist.

Prawn cocktail pie recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw's Aussie steak tartare with Vegemite toast.
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Seared steak tartare with Vegemite toast recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Three Blue Ducks' heirloom tomato gazpacho soup recipe.
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Heirloom tomato gazpacho recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Grilled haloumi and salsa verde.
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Haloumi with salsa verde

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
The Blue Ducks' tomahawk steak with chimichurri.
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Tomahawk steak with chimichurri

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
The Blue Ducks' pavlova topped with colourful summer fruit.
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Pavlova with summer fruit, chantilly cream and basil oil

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Barbecued chicken with Spanish romesco sauce.

Barbecued chicken breast with romesco recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's seared tuna salad is colourful and nutritious.
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Seared tuna salad recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
A simple breakfast crumble can be a godsend when trying to serve a pack of hungry house guests first thing in the morning.
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Breakfast crumble with cherries and yoghurt

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Barbecued asparagus with nutty tarator.
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Barbecued asparagus with tarator sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Chilled spiced tomato and spanner crab.
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Chilled spiced tomato and spanner crab

  • < 30 mins
  • Matt McConnell
Run out of ideas for using your steamer? Try this healthy steamed blue eye with aioli.
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Steamed blue eye with aioli

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Adam Liaw's summery sorbet.
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Roasted peach sorbet recipe

  • Adam Liaw
Burrata with basil and capsicum salad.

Burrata with capsicum salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Andrew McConnell's roasted cherries with Christmas spices.

Mascarpone cream, roast cherries and candied almonds

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Finish these lamb ribs on the barbie.
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Barbecued lamb ribs with northern spices recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
There really couldn't be an easier oyster recipe than this.
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Easy riesling-spiked oysters

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Camarones borrachos.

Camarones borrachos recipe (drunken prawns with mezcal tomato sauce)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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Charred corn salad with habanero dressing.
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Mexican-style barbecued corn salad recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Let your guests construct their own calamari and mango tostadas.
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Raw calamari tostadas with mango and salsa chiltomate recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Mini pork and pineapple tacos.

Tacos al pastor recipe (adobo-marinated pork and pineapple tacos)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's caramel flan with peaches.

Mexican-style caramel flan with peaches recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Rice pudding gets a tropical refresh.
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Mango and passionfruit rice pudding recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Coconut rice with quick pickled vegetables and prawn skewers.
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Coconut rice with quick pickled veg and prawn skewers recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Rachel Khoo
The Blue Ducks' barbecued spatchcock.
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Butterflied and barbecued spatchcock with tangelo, chilli and fresh oregano recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Adam Liaw's tropical pav screams summer.

Coconut and lychee pavlova with mango sauce recipe

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Chilli crab is spicy, sweet, sour and deliciously messy.
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Chilli crab with coconut rice and sambal

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
The Blue Ducks' dramatic black pasta dish is flavour-packed.
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Squid ink pasta with swordfish recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
This couscous absorbs both the stock and the roasting juices from the tomato to yield a dish that's strongly savoury and slightly sweet.
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Roasted cherry tomato and cashew cous cous

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adan Liaw and Adam Liaw
Goodbye poke, hello tuna and eggplant salad.

Raw tuna, capsicum and eggplant salad recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry

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