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. 😂
How soon is too soon to buy fruit and veg for salads? We are travelling interstate for Christmas and don’t want to risk having to shop on Christmas Eve and ingredients not being available.
Depends on the fruit and veg but I personally would be happy doing the fruit and veg at least 3 days before if not 4 🙂 – N x
I desperately need a recipe for a pizza base which approximates the traditional wheat flour one , but does not contain rice flour, wheat flour, or potato flour, nor buckwheat, All commercial gluten-free flour mixes contain at least one of these, unfortunately my daughter is allergic to all those.
I have tried various cornflour and tapioca plus xanthan gum combos, but it’s all just a gooey mess.
The Brazilian cheese balls ( basically a choux pastry using tapioca flour not wheaten flour are wonderful but i can’t get them to translate into a flat pastry base suitable for pizza.
Can you help please?
I’m sorry Gael, I don’t have an answer for this, I have never made a really great gluten free pizza base. Sorry! 🙁 – N x
You really are a saint Nagi, but you should just have a rest and relax! As well as JB. Nearly 700 questions already … overwhelming!
Hi Nagi, How do you prepare roast vegetables in advance. Would I be able to prepare them Christmas Eve for Christmas Day? Thank you for all your hard work.
Oh gosh JB and I roast them the day before all the time! Give them a quick 10 minute blast in a hot oven to reheat then serve! – N x
Pav Bomb Qs – how far in advance can I put filling in bombs? Could I double the recipe?
As close as possible to serving! The fillings soften the meringue shell and if you do it too far in advance the bottom will literally dissolve. You can fill then assemble on individual serving plates and they can stay like that for 10 minutes or so, because you don’t be handling the balls again so actually it doesn’t matter if the base breaks a bit 🙂 Yes you can double or triple the recipe! – N x
I have made a fruit cake which isn’t as moist as the one I made a few days ago… is it ok to pour some alcohol over the top/bottom to moisten it up… I don’t know where I went wrong?
Or serve it with custard, that works a treat.
I had that issue last year. I used a fork and pricked many small holes in the cake and the put some brandy or sherry over it daily for a couple of days. It worked beautifully. Good luck.
Merry Christmas
You both are good at all thing you do Merry Merry Christmas may the New Year be blessed with new venture health love joy and prosperity
Wondering if I should cook boneless shoulder or boneless leg of pork for Christmas day? What do you recommend?
Hi Nagi! Love your work and videos! Just wondering if you ever use MSG in your asian dishes and if so what are your thoughts on this making a meal more tastier? Regards Pete
Is there a way to make your mango cheesecake early? What would be the best advice for having it keep?
Do you have an easy foolproof recipe for florentines. I’ve attempted many but none with great success. They either spread too thin in the cooking process or are too chunky.
Hi RTE
Merry Christmas
I want a lamb dish for Christmas that looks festive – maybe with pomegranate or mint – if possible make ahead
Hi Nagi and JB, I’m making shortbread biscuits with gluten free flour do I need to do anything different to the ingredients or the method.
Can I make cauliflower cheese ahead of time , if so when? And can I freeze. Thanks for your inspiring recipes, and merry Christmas 🎄🎄🐶🐶🎄🎄🐶🐶
My wife just agreed to us doing the seafood for Boxing Day with Family. We are in a cost of living crisis! I am thinking peeled prawn cocktails, smoked canned muscles on jatz, and maybe some smoked salmon? Thoughts. Does that sound too cheap?
Hiya Nagi and JB – thanks for doing this, I certainly need help, your Christmas trifle, the shortcut was to use Paul’s double thick vanilla custard 900g which is out of stock everywhere. I’m going g to be time short – just wondering if you can suggest another brand? Thanks in advance
My fish shop says the sides of salmon are already pin boned. Having never done one myself, would it be easy to check?
Hi Nagi and JB 🙂
Any tips for fresh-tasting dinner rolls to accompany Christmas lunch?
Unfortunately I won’t have enough oven space to bake them fresh on the day, and I don’t think any bakeries near me will be open on Christmas Day.
Thanks,
Lauren
Hi Nagi I’m making 2 of your delicious pavlovas for Christmas lunch because one just isn’t enough! I’m wondering how to store them once they’ve cooled if I make them 2 days before? Thank you
Hi JB
I made the Tarte Anna (to practice ahead of the holidays) but it stuck to the bottom of the cast iron pan even though I have put clarified butter and let it sit after taking it out of the oven. Can I put baking paper at the bottom of the pan next time? Merci beaucoup
What is your favourite turkey stuffing?
Merry Christmas to you all and especially dear sweet Dozer.