Going live effective immediately – and open right through to Christmas Eve, JB and I are on duty to answer your Christmas cooking questions. ✨Welcome to our Christmas Cooking Hotline!!✨
JB and I are on call!
I’m so excited to be doing this! I’ve had the idea of a Christmas cooking hotline bubbling away in my mind for years, but I always hesitated because I worried it would be too much to handle on my own.
But now that JB is part of the face of RecipeTin and it’s not just me, there’s two of us here to answer your questions. So for the first time ever, we’re opening up a hotline for Christmas cooking questions, bringing together home-cook practicality and actual proper chef experience (JB!), which means more ideas and better problem-solving for you!
So drop your question in the comments section below and we will answer as many as we can (we need to sleep, and we have some other work things to finish!). Ask anything you want, like:
Can I make this ahead, freeze it, or reheat it?
What can I substitute if I can’t find an ingredient?
How do I scale recipes up or down?
Help, something’s going wrong – how do I fix it?
Menu planning, timing, or oven logistics chaos 😅
Even though our last day of work is this Friday, JB has generously agreed to continue helping me with questions right through to Christmas Eve. Thank you JB, you’re the best.
And now…. the Christmas Cooking Hotline is now officially open. So drop your questions below and we’ll jump in to help wherever we can, because Christmas cooking is much more fun with backup! 🎄 – Nagi x
PS Few out-takes from today’s little Christmas shooting session. We know how to cook better than taking selfies. Promise. 😅
PPS Who nailed The Wink? 😉
Life of Dozer
My favourite Dozer Christmas outfit.
Though to be honest, Santa spends most of his time like this:
Which I’m sure is Santa after a few too many Christmas wines. This has absolutely nothing to do with his ride – or the stable hand who saddled up his ride. 😂
I need to roast potatoes, carrots and pumpkin, cook peas and beans for 22 people christmas day. How much can I prepare ahead?
Steam potatoes carrots pumpkin blanche beans and then chill or freeze it all once cooled down.
Roast from frozen on the day/heat beans from frozen. Cook peas fresh.
I would love to have a bright and colourful christmassy salad to go with you Christmas salmon recipe (except I’m using rainbow trout from Lake Taupo NZ)!!
How many side dishes should I have for 13 people
Having two proteins
How far in advance can I make the glaze for my ham?
Hi Nagi and JB, I’m having trouble finding any Pauls double thick custard for my trifle. Would you be able to suggest an alternative with the same thickness please.
Merry Christmas to you all.
This year I am doing a small ham, a whole boned stuffed turkey and a rack of pork…I’m unsure of the cooking order! Can you help?
do you have a thin pizza abse recipe that doesn’t need to say three days to prove
I’m planning on making the mini cheesecakes for Xmas but with biscoff as the base and for the cream a whipped cream with citrus curd and one with raspberry puree, should I add gelatin to stabilise them and have the creams last for a few days (leftovers).
How much gelatin for approx 450ml cream for each flavour?
Thank you for everything you two do! ❤️
Aww. Thanks you 3. 🧡💙🐾
I have a question
We usually do a cold shrimp and mango appetizer to start. We thought we would add dungeness crab this year. We thought we would cook the cran one day before…take out the meat. To eat the next day.. Do you think the meat will be safe to eat?
Merry Christmas 🎅
Joyeux Noel
From rainy Vancouver ☔
Hi Nagi and the team
I am cooking a gammon ham (English style for the first time and cooking in water onions etc) any tips…….
I would like to prepare your butternut pumpkin roll on the 24th, can you please advise the reheat time and oven temp please for Christmas Day?
Can’t wait to make it, thank you all so much for all your delicious recipes, I love making your meals for the family
Xxx
Hi – thanks for all you do – I am making your Gazpacho recipe in a large shot glass as a startrer – usually served with bread on the side but as some guests are gluten intolerant what else to serve along side ?
Merry Christmas guys. Any suggestions for a Christmas breakfast recipes ? Anything make or prepare ahead would be amazing as it’s hectic on Christmas morning. Sweet and savoury would be amazing as well.
Thank you in advance
Hi Nagi
I’m making chocolate eclairs. How long before can I make the Choux and can I glaze in advance and maybe take stabilized cream in a piping bag to do on site. What timing would you recommend.
Love your recipes
Hi guys, I would like to make a blackberry crostata from scratch for Christmas, but is it possible to make the dough the day before and keep it in the fridge until it’s time to assemble and bake. Or can I make the entire crostata the day before and refrigerate until I bake it the next morning? Thank you! 🙂
What is the best way to cook a boneless leg of lamb to get a crispy fat top and also good juice for gravy? 6 lbs. thanks!
Hi Nagi, I am planning on making your Blueberry cheesecake for our Boxing Day Christmas. Would it be ok to make the cheesecake Christmas Eve day. I was thinking of making the blueberry topping but keeping it in a container to put on the top Boxing Day. Do you think this would be ok?
Thanks and a very Merry Christmas to you all
You two are so funny. It cheers everyone up so much.
Please could you tell me which chicken meal is the best…I don’t mean roast chicken. Many thanks.🤓
Hi Nagi and JB,
PLEASE HELP! I live in central Qld and cannot get a side of salmon. Really wanted to do your Christmas whole fish recipe. Ideas for suitable substitutes? I can readily get snapper, coral trout, barramundi…
TROUT!! Even if you have to do multiple smaller fillets (actually, it’s easier to serve!) – N x
I have cooked the Rump Cap Roast twice and haven’t managed to achieve a crackly fat cap as you have despite putting it under the grill for 3-4 minutes at maximum temperature. The roast however, was deliciously medium rare. Help!