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An easy chicken salad with loads of flavour.
EASY

Coconut and coriander chicken with corn and cucumber salad

An easy Thai-style chicken and coconut curry that only takes 30 minutes to make.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
This is the right kind of vanilla slice, says its creator Katrina Meynink.

Vanilla slice with caramelised pastry and passionfruit

Katrina Meynink’s version of the Aussie bakery classic is a thing of beauty.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Use the soft rolls to mop up all the juices from the spicy minced lamb.
EASY

Keema pav

A speedy version of the popular Indian street food, perfect for midweek dinner.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
A zingy tomato-dressed salad is the ideal accompaniment to roast lamb.
EASY

Roast lamb with radish, caper and mint salad and tomato dressing

Can you get roast lamb on the table in less than an hour? You bet.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Emelia Jackson’s chocolate mousse.

Emelia Jackson’s light, airy chocolate mousse is the sweetest way to see in 2025

This make-ahead retro dessert, an irresistible combination of dark chocolate custard and whipped cream, is making a comeback on restaurant menus.

  • < 30 mins
  • Emelia Jackson
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Katrina Meynink’s two-tone jelly and panna cotta.

Raspberry, moscato and elderflower jelly with yoghurt and white chocolate panna cotta

On our hot Christmas days, this light and refreshing pudding is the kind of dessert we all need.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Marie Rose sauce is a classic accompaniment to seafood.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s classic seafood sauce

Made in less than five minutes using ingredients you may already have on hand, Marie Rose sauce has many uses beyond dressing a prawn cocktail.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw Masterclass recipe: Prawn cocktail.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s retro-licious prawn cocktail (plus the simple seafood sauce that makes it sing)

The original, and still the best version of this classic starter, starring plump shellfish, crunchy lettuce and tangy Marie Rose sauce.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spiced roast chicken with cucumber and yoghurt salad.
EASY

Hawaij (Yemeni spice mix) roast chicken with cucumber salad

A fragrant spice mix from Yemen is the base of the marinade for this roast chicken.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Danielle Alvarez’s blueberry pancakes with whipped demerara butter.
EASY

Blueberry pancakes with ‘irresistible’ whipped demerara butter

Dotted with berries, these light and fluffy pancakes are the stuff of weekend dreams.

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/topic/nut-free-la4