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Christmas

If you’re hosting Christmas this year, there’s a lot to consider – food, drinks, decorations and even take-home gifts. It takes a lot of planning.

The Test Kitchen has been developing new Christmas recipes since August. We hope they bring joy, colour and deliciousness to your festive table.

Christmas recipes

an antipasto recipe for "cheese cake"

Antipasto “cheesecake” recipe

This savoury showstopper isn’t really a recipe but inspiration to have fun styling an antipasto platter, using a wheel of brie or camembert as a base.

The Test Kitchen’s recipes have been part of Christmas celebrations in Australia for generations. Here are some of our most popular recipes for the festive season.

Start planning for your Christmas feast using these popular recipe collections as inspiration.

Christmas baking

From puddings to biscuits to cakes, including gluten free options.

Christmas how-tos

All the tips, tricks and hacks to make your Christmas a little bit more colourful, a little bit more beautiful and a little bit more magical.

Calypso pavlova with mango curd.

How to make pavlova: top tips

There’s some science and rules to follow when making pavlova that will have you turning out picture perfect desserts, time after time.

DIY Christmas projects

Feeling crafty this year? Budget a bit tight for gifts? We’ve got plenty of DIY Christmas projects to try out year to give as edible gifts.

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