Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

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  • White gazpacho with blue swimmer crab

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Soups; Quick / easy; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer; Spanish
    • Ingredients: flaked almonds; white bread; almond milk; verjuice; sultana grapes; lemons; cooked blue swimmer crabs
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  • Blue swimmer crab omelette

    Blue swimmer crab omelette

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Egg dishes; Breakfast / brunch; Lunch; Suppers; Christmas; Cooking for 1 or 2; Summer
    • Ingredients: eggs; cooked blue swimmer crabs; crème fraîche; verjuice; white peppercorns
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  • Crab cakes

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Fried doughs; Lunch; Main course; Christmas; Summer
    • Ingredients: golden shallots; crème fraîche; cooked blue swimmer crabs; chives; lemons; white peppercorns; panko breadcrumbs
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  • Crab and avocado salad

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Salads; Lunch; Main course; Christmas; Summer
    • Ingredients: avocados; lemons; cooked blue swimmer crabs; black peppercorns; baby cos lettuce; witlof; red witlof
    • Accompaniments: Mustard bread rolls
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  • Pasta with crab and roasted smoked tomatoes

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Pasta, doughs & sauces; Lunch; Main course; Christmas; Cooking for 1 or 2; Summer
    • Ingredients: cooked blue swimmer crabs; lemons; black peppercorns; pasta shells; avocados; coriander leaves; wood chips; rosemary; fresh bay leaves; sage; baby truss tomatoes; garlic
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  • Blue swimmer crab sandwiches with mustard bread and tomato saffron jam

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Bread & rolls, savory; Jams, jellies & preserves; Sandwiches & burgers; Sauces for fish; Lunch; Snacks; Christmas; Summer
    • Ingredients: cooked blue swimmer crabs; peppery greens; burghul; active dry yeast; caster sugar; wholegrain mustard; maple syrup; strong wholemeal flour; strong white flour; egg yolks; grapeseed oil; saffron; onions; verjuice; canned tomatoes; white peppercorns; crab mustard
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  • Mustard bread rolls

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Bread & rolls, savory; Side dish; Christmas; Summer
    • Ingredients: burghul; active dry yeast; caster sugar; wholegrain mustard; maple syrup; strong wholemeal flour; strong white flour
    • Accompaniments: Crab and avocado salad
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  • Crab-mustard mayonnaise

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Sauces for fish; Side dish; Christmas; Summer
    • Ingredients: egg yolks; grapeseed oil; white peppercorns; crab mustard
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  • Tomato and saffron jam

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Jams, jellies & preserves; Chutneys, pickles & relishes; Side dish; Christmas; Summer; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: caster sugar; saffron; onions; verjuice; canned tomatoes
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  • Whiting sashimi with capers, chervil and lime

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Appetizers / starters; Christmas; Summer
    • Ingredients: salted baby capers; whiting fillets; chervil; limes
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  • Garfish with fennel and orange salad

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Salads; Appetizers / starters; Lunch; Main course; Christmas; Summer
    • Ingredients: semolina; black peppercorns; garfish; olive oil; lemons; baby fennel; verjuice; oranges; white peppercorns
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  • Tommy Ruffs with currant vinaigrette

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Dressings & marinades; Appetizers / starters; Lunch; Main course; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer
    • Ingredients: dried currants; verjuice; black peppercorns; butter; olive oil; Tommy ruff; red onions; lemons; oregano
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  • Beer-battered mulloway with avocado, tomato and red onion salad

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Salads; Lunch; Main course; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer
    • Ingredients: mulloway; sourdough bread; lemons; self-raising flour; light beer; avocados; baby tomatoes; red onions; black peppercorns; micro mint
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  • Pavlova with lady finger banana and passionfruit topping

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Cakes, large; Dessert; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer; Australian; New Zealand
    • Ingredients: egg whites; caster sugar; verjuice; thickened cream; crème fraîche; lady finger bananas; passionfruit pulp
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  • Cucumber and verjuice jelly with oysters

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Mousses, trifles, custards & creams; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer
    • Ingredients: verjuice; dill; gold gelatine leaves; telegraph cucumbers; caster sugar; oysters
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  • Bocconcini balls with dukkah

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer; Italian; Middle Eastern
    • Ingredients: baby bocconcini mozzarella cheese; dukkah; caperberries
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  • Persian feta-stuffed zucchini flowers

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Stuffing; Fried doughs; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer
    • Ingredients: zucchini flowers; Persian feta cheese; canned anchovies in oil; olive oil; semolina; lemons
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  • Soft-boiled eggs on toast with caper, raisin and basil salsa

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Egg dishes; Dips, spreads & salsas; Sauces, general; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: eggs; sourdough baguette bread; raisins; salted baby capers; lemons; basil; vino cotto
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  • Olive-oil, olive and orange brioche

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Bread & rolls, savory; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer
    • Ingredients: active dry yeast; caster sugar; oranges; olive oil; strong white flour; eggs; Kalamata olives; lemons; oregano
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  • Chicken schnitters

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Sandwiches & burgers; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Snacks; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer
    • Ingredients: chicken thigh fillets; fennel; verjuice; preserved lemons; Kalamata olives; wholemeal pitta bread; parsley; Persian feta cheese; black peppercorns
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  • Chicken, prune and lemon tarts with pine-nut mayonnaise

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Pies, tarts & pastries; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer
    • Ingredients: sour cream; chicken breasts; black peppercorns; lemons; prunes; mint; dry-roasted pine nuts; pine nuts; egg yolks; verjuice; olive oil; butter; plain flour
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  • Lamb kibbeh

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer; Lebanese
    • Ingredients: green olives; burghul; lamb fillets; ground cinnamon; ground allspice; spring onions; sweet smoked paprika; preserved lemons; mint; black peppercorns; witlof; lemons
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  • Lemon-glazed chicken wings

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Dressings & marinades; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer
    • Ingredients: honey; lemon thyme; rosemary; lemons; vino cotto; chicken wings
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  • Chestnut and chocolate pots with pineapple

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

    • Categories: Mousses, trifles, custards & creams; Dessert; Christmas; Entertaining & parties; Summer
    • Ingredients: unsweetened chestnut purée; pouring cream; verjuice; Cognac; marmalade; pineapple; dark chocolate
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  • Eggplant salad

    Eggplant salad

    from Maggie's Christmas Maggie's Christmas by Maggie Beer

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  • Pasta with crab and roasted smoked tomatoes

    • foodgloriousfood on May 21, 2021

      My smoked tomatoes didn’t have a smoky flavor at all. As you just put a small slit in the skin before smoking them I wonder if a smoky flavor is even achievable in the 20mins Maggie suggests. I tried doing them for 35 mins and still nothing. I would like to try smoking tomatoes again with a lot more wood chips. I ended up adding a smoked cherrywood salt instead of plain salt to the dish to get some smokiness into it.The dish itself is pleasant and fresh and light but needed more oomph. I ended up whisking some extra lemon juice and a good olive oil and tossing that through. Maybe some Merquen (smoked chili flakes) would be good too. Maggie said use large shells but I would suggest medium sized shells. My large shells were far too large and cumbersome to eat. I don’t know if I would make this again, although if I succeed at smoked tomatoes maybe I would give it another whirl.

  • Caponata

    • Melanie on July 22, 2016

      I enjoyed this as a side dish although would reduce the vinegar slightly next time.

  • Baked chicken thighs with preserved lemon and rosemary

    • Melanie on July 22, 2016

      We really liked this chicken - simple to prepare but packed with flavour. Served with the caponata and buttered steamed corn.

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  • ISBN 10 1921383488
  • ISBN 13 9781921383489
  • Linked ISBNs
  • Published Sep 25 2013
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 208
  • Language English
  • Countries Australia
  • Publisher Penguin Books Australia
  • Imprint Lantern

Publishers Text

Christmas is Maggie Beer's favourite time of year, a time for everything she loves – for hugs from the grandchildren, for giving, and for creating special memories. But most of all, it is a time for family and friends to gather around a table groaning with delicious food.

With her hallmark generosity and warmth, Maggie invites you to join her Christmas celebrations in South Australia's beautiful Barossa Valley. From roasting the perfect turkey and transforming leftovers into fabulous meals, to turning ripe summer fruits into luscious desserts and creating a glamorous formal dinner to welcome in the New Year in style, Maggie shares her most cherished recipes. With plenty of advice for stress-free entertaining, Maggie shows you how to celebrate this special time of year with panache and joy.

'I have never lost the excitement of Christmas and all it entails. From by earliest memories, it's always been about celebrating the season and the pleasures of a bountiful table with family and friends. In sharing the recipes and rituals that make this such a special time of year for me, I hope to inspire you to create your own traditions.'

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