Recipes

Made with sweet dried fruits, fragrant spices, a generous dash of booze and a token surprise or two - the Christmas pudding is the perfect finale to any festive family meal.

Made for the Christmas main event.

A near-perfect summertime pasta.

Need a Christmas dessert to impress? Look here.

For dessert with drama.

Why settle for just one dressing when you can have two?

A satisfying vegetarian main, or a very able sidekick.

Sink your spoon into this.

Three cheeses (count them), soft baked cauliflower and crisp breadcrumbs. Now that's a side dish.

That's breakfast – and lunch – sorted.

Flavour and freshness with every bite.

This is one one impressive - and delicious - dessert.

When very fresh prawns mingle with garlicky saffron butter, only good things happen.

A smooth, earthy meze, balanced with sharp pickles, salty feta and herbaceous dill.

How to improve on fresh prawns with avocado? Adding a smoky, spicy tomato dressing to the mix.

We've hacked the recipe for fast summertime refreshment.

A filled-pasta wonder from the Melbourne enoteca.

Talk about a showstopper cake.

This recipe from Melbourne restaurant Kazuki's is a delicate and flavourful take on beef tataki.

Fast, fresh and flavoursome – this one's the whole package.

For easy summer entertaining, with minimal fuss.

Chicken, boring? Things look up with the addition of harissa, the North African spice paste.

Fire up the grill and keep the good times rolling.

There's lots to love about a Dutch baby pancake.

Now that's a salad.

A crackling top, a silky custard middle. You can't go wrong with this French classic.

Two favourite desserts combine in this peach and pavlova trifle.

The type of pasta dish we'd happily eat year-round.

That's a good-looking salad.

The best bit? There's no need to turn on the oven.

The fast and easy roast chook you need for the week.

Whether its creation was a happy accident or divine design, this thoroughly English dessert is heaven in a bowl.

The staple bowl of noodles from the Sydney ramen house.

Chicken, rice, chilli sauce – the works.

From the Margaret chefs comes this vegetarian take on tagine, packed with spring vegetables.

How to achieve that bright, tangy custard and fine, crisp base? Pastry chef Catherine Adams has the answers.

Sometimes all that's missing is a simple side dish. Creamed spinach is about as simple as it gets (and it goes with just about anything).

This three-tiered berry and pistachio pavlova is a real showstopper.

Sweet and laced with spice, this Middle Eastern filo favourite is also an alleged aphrodisiac.

These little golf-ball sized sweets are a popular dessert in just about every South Asian cuisine.

Enjoy a slice of this fragrant, versatile cake at any time of day. And you can make the whole thing in just over an hour.

How to feed a crowd.

Forget the supermarket-grade stuff. This dip by chef and restaurateur Jonathan Barthelmess is the real deal.

If we ever needed an excuse to have corn chips for dinner, this is it.

Chocolate and kirsch are the stars of this knockout classic German dessert gâteau, with a light, airy sponge the key to success. Catherine Adams shows how it's done.

A multi-dimensional stir-fry that sings with spice and fragrance.

Lemongrass, chilli and scud chillies, and a whole steamed snapper. Nothing better.

A simple fried rice that punches above its weight, thanks to the addition of salted mackerel.

Your new favourite way to eat chicken wings.

Thai-style roasted pumpkin with curry sauce, from the Chat Thai mother-and-daughter duo.

Australian Gourmet Traveller cooking technique masterclass on boning a chicken.