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40 last-minute Christmas recipes

No turkey? No worries. Pull together a quick, easy Christmas feast using easy-to-get ingredients and some quick smart assembly.

38 recipes
Prawns with green mustard mayonnaise.
EASY

Adam Liaw's prawns with green mustard mayonnaise

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Shortcut Sunday roast lamb.
EASY

Shortcut Sunday roast lamb

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Crispy smashed potatoes with maximum crunch factor.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Crispy smashed roast potatoes

  • RecipeTin Eats
Ice-cream-stuffed panettone.
EASY

Ice-cream-stuffed panettone

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Cracking crackling pork roast.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Cracking crackling pork roast

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
Barbecue prawns with two brilliant sauces.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Barbecue prawns with chimichurri and Marie Rose sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
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Charred corn kernels coated in creamy, cheesy dressing.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Charred corn salad with creamy parmesan dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Why not swap glazed ham for pulled pork?
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Pulled pork with Christmas barbecue sauce

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
Paprika-dusted corn ribs with garlic butter.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Corn ribs with garlic butter

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Barbecued glazed chicken for Christmas.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Maple Christmas glazed chicken

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Sticky Christmas glazed chicken.

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Sticky Christmas glazed chicken

  • RecipeTin Eats
Prawn cocktail, but make it a platter.
EASY

Prawn cocktail plonk plate

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Serve the prawns on a platter for guests to help themselves to.
EASY

Poached king prawns with creme fraiche

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Potato and pickle salad.
EASY

Potato and pickle salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
King prawn asparagus and avocado salad

Neil Perry's Christmas king prawn salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
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Matt Moran's Christmas starter: Oysters with chardonnay dressing.
EASY

Oysters recipe: Christmas oysters with chardonnay dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Matt Moran
Glazed Christmas ham.
EASY

Soy and citrus glazed baked ham

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velilk and Caroline Velik
Bloody Mary prawn cocktail
EASY

Bloody mary prawn cocktail

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Seafood platter.

Seafood platter

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jeremy and Jane Strode
Plum pudding ice-cream with caramel sauce and hazelnut praline.
EASY

Plum pudding ice-cream with caramel sauce and hazelnut praline

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Serve the chicken with salsa (top right), crispy potatoes and a simple 'slaw.

Barbecued chicken with salsa verde

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Grilled corn puree to serve alongside turkey.
EASY

Grilled corn puree with parmesan and basil

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Raspberry and prosecco jelly for Danielle Alvarez's trifle.
EASY

Raspberry and prosecco jelly recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Mango and passionfruit Viennetta-inspired ice-cream cake.

Cheat's Christmas Viennetta

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
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Large field mushrooms remain extra juicy when baked in a parcel.
EASY

Foil-baked field mushrooms with garlic, butter and thyme

  • < 30 mins
  • Andrew McConnell
Bechamel sauce.
EASY

Quick light bechamel sauce recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
This has to be the easiest cauliflower cheese recipe.
EASY

Roasted cauliflower and parmesan cheese recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Whole roasted cauliflower with lemon and mustard dressing.
EASY

Whole roasted cauliflower with lemon and mustard

  • 1-2 hrs
Adam Liaw's classic roast chicken.

Classic roast chicken with buttered vegetables recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Barbecued seafood with gochujang butter sauce.

Barbecued seafood with gochujang butter sauce

  • < 30 mins
Roast chicken stuffed with spring vegies.

Roast chicken stuffed with spring vegies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Cucumber salad.

Cucumber salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Lynne Mullins
Salmon and creamed spinach en croute.
EASY

Salmon and creamed spinach en croute

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Burrata with basil and capsicum salad.

Burrata cheese with capsicum salad recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
This dish uses the important Spanish technique of slowly cooking a sofrito – a simple mix of onion, garlic and capsicum.
EASY

Marinated kipfler potato salad recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Stracciatella and grilled asparagus with romesco sauce at Union Dining.
EASY

Stracciatella with grilled asparagus and romesco sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nicky Riemer

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