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**EMBARGOED FOR GOOD FOOD MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 6, 2019 ISSUE*** Andrew McConnell Christmas recipes. Spiced maple and amaro glazed ham and duck fat roast potatoes. Photography by William Meppem (photographer on contract, no restrictions)

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50+ traditional Christmas recipes with all of the trimmings (and none of the twists)

No twists, no tweaks - just more than 50 comforting Christmas recipes with all the trimmings.

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The Blue Ducks' turkey with all the trimmings, plus golden duck fat potatoes.

Three Blue Ducks' turkey with duck fat potatoes

  • 2 hrs +
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Andrew McConnell makes this ham every year.

Spiced maple and amaro glazed ham

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Andrew McConnell
Neil Perry's roast turkey.

Neil Perry's roast turkey with ricotta stuffing

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Jill Dupleix's dry-brined turkey with herb and lemon stuffing and Vegemite gravy.

Jill Dupleix's dry-brined turkey with fennel

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
Ben Milgate and Elvis Abrahanowicz's Christmas centrepiece: Porchetta, served with chimichurri (top).

Christmas recipe: Porteno's Christmas porchetta

  • 2 hrs +
  • Ben Milgate and Elvis Abrahanowicz
Duck-fat potatoes.
EASY

Duck-fat roast potatoes with garlic and rosemary recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
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Cultured mashed potatoes with chicken gravy.
EASY

Cultured mashed potatoes with chicken gravy recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Brown butter and citrus roasted carrots on a bed of labna.
EASY

Brown butter and citrus roasted carrots

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Carrots are sweeter with char (and feta).
EASY

Adam Liaw's honey-roasted carrots with feta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's roast turkey.
EASY

Green beans and hazelnuts with burnt butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Andrew McConnell's glazed Christmas ham.

Andrew McConnell's glazed Christmas ham

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Andrew McConnell
Frank Camorra's gravlax.
EASY

Frank Camorra's salmon gravlax

  • < 30 mins
  • Frank Camorra
Beans with creamy anchovy, chilli and lemon
EASY

Green beans with creamy anchovy, chilli and lemon

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
What’s more Aussie than prawns on the barbie.
EASY

Adam Liaw's buried prawns with salt and herbs

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Roast pumpkin with macadamia and chilli.
EASY

Roast pumpkin with macadamia and chilli

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Baked ham with Guinness, mustard and marmalade glaze.

Karen Martini's baked ham with spiced Guinness

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Crushed green peas.

Neil Perry's very posh crushed green peas

  • Neil Perry
Punch
EASY

Stone and citrus jug punch

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
A lot of shops will sell a great range of glacé fruits that you might not be able to find at any other time of the year.
EASY

Brown sugar shortbread with glace fruits

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Strawberry, sauternes and mascarpone trifle.
EASY

Neil Perry's strawberry trifle

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Maggie Beer's Christmas cake.

Maggie Beer's traditional Christmas cake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Maggie Beer
Plum pudding trifle

Dan Lepard's plum pudding trifle

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Dan Lepard
Plum pudding ice-cream with caramel sauce and hazelnut praline.
EASY

Plum pudding ice-cream with caramel sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Surefire pavlova with white chocolate cream and strawberries.
EASY

Pavlova with strawberries and white choc cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Adam Liaw's clove-studded, summer fruit glazed ham.

Christmas ham with summer fruit glaze

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Roast crackling pork with mustard gravy and summer fruit chutney.

Roast crackling pork with mustard gravy and summer fruit chutney

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Christmas trifle.

Christmas trifle

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
The brown sugar in the dry brine helps to create this deep golden colour.

Alison Roman's maple butter turkey with roasted garlic

  • 2 hrs +
  • Alison Roman
Andrew McConnell's duck fat potatoes.
EASY

Duck fat roast potatoes

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Andrew McConnell
Guy Grossi's porchetta - save leftovers for sandwiches.

Guy Grossi's porchetta

  • 2 hrs +
  • Guy Grossi
Chestntuts, speck and brussels sprouts.

Chestnuts, speck and brussel sprouts

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Sauteed brussels sprouts with browned butter.
EASY

Sauteed brussels sprouts with browned butter

  • < 30 mins
Honey-glazed carrots

Honey-glazed carrots

  • < 30 mins
  • Jeremy and Jane Strode
Mulled wine.
EASY

Mulled wine

  • < 30 mins
Boeuf en croute with horseradish cream and pickled mushrooms.

Boeuf en croute

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Fail-safe brandy butter

Fail-safe brandy butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/recipes/traditional-christmas-with-all-the-trimmings-20181207-h18vok.html