Make-ahead favourites
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Make-ahead favourites

Recipes with useful resting, chilling or advance-prep steps.

Make-ahead favourites

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Whitebait Fritters Starter
Starter20 mins

Whitebait Fritters

This New Zealand starter brings together tiny whole whitebait bound with just enough egg to form a delicate, crisp-edge…

Lolly Cake Dessert
Dessert20 mins

Lolly Cake

A no-bake malt-biscuit log packed with colourful fruit-flavoured confectionery and rolled in coconut define this New Ze…

Palta Reina Starter
Starter20 mins

Palta Reina

Avocado halves filled with a cool chicken, tuna or seafood salad.

Maine Lobster Roll Main
Main25 mins

Maine Lobster Roll

Sweet Maine lobster lightly dressed and packed into a buttered, toasted split-top roll.

Crayfish Cocktail Starter
Starter25 mins

Crayfish Cocktail

This New Zealand starter brings together sweet New Zealand rock lobster served chilled with crisp salad and a tangy coc…

Ceviche Chileno Starter
Starter25 mins

Ceviche Chileno

Fresh fish cured with citrus, onion and coriander in a restrained Chilean style.

Tteokbokki Starter
Starter28 mins

Tteokbokki

Tteokbokki is chewy Korean rice cakes simmered in a glossy gochujang sauce with fish cake, spring onion and boiled egg.…

Panzanella Starter
Starter30 mins

Panzanella

Tuscany and central Italy. Its appeal lies in transformation: firm day-old bread absorbs tomato juices, vinegar and oli…

New Zealand Sausage Sizzle Main
Main30 mins

New Zealand Sausage Sizzle

New Zealand Sausage Sizzle is a New Zealand main course built around grilled sausage in soft white bread with onions, t…

Patbingsu Dessert
Dessert30 mins

Patbingsu

Patbingsu is Korean shaved ice topped with sweet red beans, condensed milk, fruit and chewy rice cake pieces. This vers…

Mince on Toast Main
Main35 mins

Mince on Toast

This New Zealand main course brings together savoury minced beef in thick gravy spooned over crisp toast.

Afghan Biscuits Dessert
Dessert35 mins

Afghan Biscuits

This New Zealand dessert brings together crisp cocoa and cornflake biscuits topped with chocolate icing and a walnut.