christmas recipes
A collection of recipes selected by The Saturday Paper team
side dish December 21, 2019
Christmas doesn’t have to be about turkey, ham and roast pork. One of the things I have learnt living in a vegetarian household for the past three years is that Christmas is about celebration, and that the meat-free dishes need to be as festive...
dessert February 3, 2018
I thought this was a bit of a folly at first. Pavlova is Australian royalty, sitting there perfectly crisp, crowned with fruit. Why would you interfere? Why would you flatten and roll it? I presume this recipe came from a time when...
dinner December 23, 2017
Roast turkey with mustard mayonnaise, bacon and sage
I ask myself: Why has it come to this point? Why is it that once a year, people are expected to cook a turkey, hoping that this meat they avoid the rest of the time will not be dry when they go to serve the extended family. It is...
dinner December 19, 2020
This year has left me longing to live a quieter, simpler life. One where I tread more gently upon the earth. So for Christmas, I’m looking for an old-fashioned favourite. This variation of a roasted pork loin fits the bill nicely. First,...
dessert November 18, 2017
Something sad has happened to some foods. They have suffered damnation for their ordinariness. Yet when cooked beautifully, they bring a warm smile to people’s faces and an oft-repeated request for “the recipe”, as if I have performed some feat...
baking November 16, 2019
Mince pies and Fergus Henderson’s Eccles cakes
A little more than a month ago, on the other side of the world, the inimitable St. JOHN restaurant celebrated its 25th anniversary. There are few restaurants that have had their logo copied more or their influence reach further than London’s St....
dessert November 30, 2019
Panettone, I’m sorry, but you just don’t ring my jingle bells. I know you arrive in beautiful packaging, with your gorgeous proportions, but, frankly, you always come across as a bit dry for my taste. Italians the world over may wince at...
dinner October 19, 2019
It’s time to start thinking about the “entertaining” season. As the year starts to wind up, there are parties, Christmas, New Year’s celebrations and holidays in the not-too-distant future. For some home cooks, feeding people en masse can be...
drinks December 11, 2021
I love a cocktail. I love the glasses, I love the ritual of making them, I love aperitivo hour and I love nothing more than sitting at a bar drinking them while eating snacks. My go-to is a dirty martini, the murkier the better, although if there...
dinner December 19, 2015
Glazed Christmas ham and pickled cherries
I think of cherries as a festive fruit – because of when they’re in season and what they cost. They’re also a fruit that works well with meat: duck or ham, in particular. For this recipe, I use a sweet variety of cherry but I pickle it in...
baking November 20, 2021
I have been making shortbread as a Christmas gift for many years now. I have no recollection of where this particular recipe came from, but I have always enjoyed the fact it is not too sweet and has a lovely firm crunch to the biscuit. On many...
