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. 😂
LOOKING TO DO A MEDIUM SIZE PORK LOIN ROAST TO TAKE ON XMAS DAY, CAN I COOK DAY BEFORE AND REHEAT AND STILL HAVE CRISPY CRACKLE??THANKS..
What’s a great recipe for a xmas trifle please 🙏
Hi Ingrid, Just sharing my experience. I have made Nagi’s Christmas Trifle recipe on many occasions and highly recommend it, It’s a next level trifle that everyone I have served it to has loved. I made my own custard and the cranberry jelly is divine!
https://fast-enhancement.today/christmas-trifle/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Help! im going to make your profiterole recipe but i want to fill them with thick home made custard. Can you give me any tips to get the custard really creamy and thick? Also how long will it keep in the fridge beforehand? Merry christmas
Hi! I just wanted to say how much I love your recipes—everything I’ve tried has turned out beautifully, and I’m always so excited to see what you share next. Thank you both for all the time and effort you put into creating such wonderful content!
I’m hoping to make your pavlova bombs for dessert this week and was wondering if strawberries could be used instead of raspberries, or if there’s another fruit you’d recommend. Thanks so much!
I have been invited to a Xmas dinner where most people are gluten free or Coeliac. Can you please recommend a snack food that I can take
Hi Nagi and JB, I’ve tried a few different knife sharpening tools with mediocre results so I am wondering what is you preferred knife sharpening tool?
Hi Naji/JB. Merry Xmas. I bought a Steggles turkey roll as we only have a few of us this year. Now I’m worried? Why? Will it be dry etc & can u suggest a good basting option or rub – & I will serve warm with a recommended sauce & baked potatoes (special request) – we all bring usually cold seafood, cherry pistachio duck etc but have I goofed? I don’t want to muck this up! Cheers Annie 🎄
Seasons Greetings! How far ahead can I make your Mango Cheesecake? Can it be frozen and then defrosted and topped on the day it’s needed?
Hi Nagi, JB & dozer, I’ve been given a couple of lobster tails, what is something easy I can do with them? I was thinking something with garlic butter.
Thanks for your great recipes 🎄🎄
Hi Nagi & JB,
Just Decided to do maple glazed ham for Xmas (last minute ish I know) – What’s your supermarket ham recommendation for 2025?
Just in case Nagi doesn’t get back to you, choice just published the verdict and Coles was the winner. 🙂 https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/meat-fish-and-eggs/meat/buying-guides/christmas-hams
Thank you Natasha for the reply, its in my cart now 🙂
I make your pavlova recipe every Christmas and it’s always delicious, but there is always a hollow space that collapses once fruit and cream are added for serving. Is that normal for home-made pavlova’s or is there anything I need to do to make it more “solid”? Thanks so much!
We are having an Asian theme for Christmas eve, bites, sushi etc and I have do a vegan dish. I was thinking along the lines of carrots done like chicken wings?
Hi Nagi and JB thanks for your help a few years ago Nagi published a timeline for doing the roast Turkey and sides I think silly me I didn’t save it can you advise where I can find it been looking and no success thanks for everything you do. Cheers Kathy
My husband wants lasagna for Christmas. That’s fine, but what do I serve with it? (I have food intolerances and can’t eat lettuce, so no green salad)
Thank you
Great idea Nagi and JB. I’m making several of your Basque cheesecakes for a wedding just after Christmas. I’ll make these the day before the event. I’m after other ideas for make-ahead event desserts that could be made, say 4 or 5 days ahead. Or better, that could be frozen and transported. Any thoughts?
Thank you so much for all you do. I really appreciate it all. You are my ‘go to’ recipe person. All the very best for Christmas and 2026.
No questions just best wishes to you all have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year and a huge thank you for all the recipes you and JB have given ,making us to our families and friends great cooks 😂
Could you please recommend what brand of ham you would buy to glaze? I bought a Coles ham last year but I think the 🐖 might have been on a diet because it lacked that delicious layer of fat that gives it flavour 😫 thanks team!
Btw, Nagi nailed the wink 😜 Merry Christmas to you all!! 😊🍷
PS. Thank you so much for an amazing year of fantastic recipes. Looking forward to 2026 🥰
Love, love love all your recipes, and am a huge Dozer fan! Thank you for all you do….
My dilemma is to come up with a total make ahead Christmas breakfast casserole that doesn’t take an hour in the oven in the morning. Can there be something taking 15/20 minutes in the oven? When my guests get up they aren’t keen on an hour+ wait. I usually wind up with scrambled eggs, toast, cereal ect. Appreciate any ideas you can send my way.😊 Wishing all you and yours a very Merry Christmas from 🇨🇦
I’m cooking for 20-30 people for our street ministry for homeless . I want to make something like comfort food that’s filling that I can cook at my kitchen . Like chicken dumplings that I can make on the crockpot.