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’m making the mango cheesecake (as i write!), does anyone know what is 300mls of cream in grams? All my measuring cups are in use!
In Perth forecast for 42 Christmas Day and I need to make mini pavs for Boxing Day. Think I need to make on a less humid day and freeze. Would this work.
There is a great cooking converter for Android called “cooking unit converter”
250mls cream = 254grams
Hi Nagi and JB
Planning to do your beetroot cured salmon but can only get salmon with skin removed. Is this ok and do I need to change the recipe?
Thanks
Hi there! Massive RTE fan! I am planning on making your Potatoes au Gratin for Christmas Eve. Can it be made up to a day ahead? Thanks heaps x
I bought a double smoked ham and was wondering if there are any alterations I need to make to the recipe for glazed ham?
Hi team…I’m making your trifle this year with cranberry juice, but have the 100% unsweetened juice. Do I dilute with water, or use the juice as is? (Obviously, I will be sweetening to taste…)
Hi guys, I’m making a French themed Christmas feast this year and making the potato Anna’s but I only have a French cast iron pan. Will that work?
Hi. I’m going to prepare your shank ham recipe for Christmas dinner. (Your recipes are never wrong.) Is there any song you recommend while I skin the ham? ‘Cause, yuck.
Thank you.
Hi Nagi, I love all your recipes – thankyou!
I made the shortbread today – cookie size and one tray spread while the other remained in shape. I swapped out a 1/4 cup flour for rice flour and added 2 tbls of rice flour extra for the cookies. I popped them in the fridge for 30 mins before baking.
Curious to know why one tray spread? I need to make another batch so your advice will be gratefully received – thanks Nagi!
Love all the work you do!
For slow roast pork shoulder recipe- what do you think about lowering temp to 150’ and leave unattended for 3 hours to let me go to morning church! And then return home to do high temp crisp?
Love your website and recipes!
For the slow roast pork shoulder- what do you think of lowering temp to 150’c unattended for 3 hours to allow me to go to Sunday morning church! And then return home to crisp top??
Merry Christmas! I would like to make Carnitas (Mexican Slow Cooker Pulled Pork), but am very allergic to oranges. What can I substitute for the orange juice?
Hello Nagi…we’re travelling a bit over an hour to a family function of 35 including 9 children and have been assigned to do sweets.
What do u suggest? Mini pavs to be decorated on site is running thru our minds. Be glad of any ideas. I think its going to be hot and it’s a park/beach venue. That means no fridge only eskies?
Thanks also for all your recipes this year. Love them.
Merry Christmas to you all, thanks for all your recipes during the year.
I hope you all have a great time over Christmas and the New Year.
I have a fruit cake recipes that says I need an 18cm cake tin and to cook it for 3 hours but I want to put half the mixture into the 18cm tin and the other half into a 15cm tin but I don’t know how long to cook them for.
I know the 18 cm cake will be flatter but that’s ok.
Thanks and kind regards
Lea.
Hi Nagi and JB,
Thanks for doing this. I’d like to know if I could substitute sliced tinned peaches for the strawberries in the Christmas trifle? One of my kids doesn’t like strawberries but they all love peaches! I assume I’d have to make sure they were well drained and wiped?
Thank you.
Glenda Meir
I’m making your amazing Pav (again!). I’d like to make it into a wreath instead. Should I adjust the cooking time?
How to use the roast turkey recipe to cook a turkey buffet? What adjustments need to be made?
Can you recommend a method for pre-preparing your Christmas trifle (with cranberry jelly) for transporting and assembly on Christmas morning?
Hi Nagi &JB re: Maple glazed ham – I did this last year however I’m only feeding 4 this year. Any tips on cooking time for a piece of boneless leg ham 1.5kg ?
Can you do the slow cooker turkey with a boneless breast that the butcher has rolled & netted ?
YOU Nagi, you definitely nailed The Wink!! My 18yo daughter and I unanimously voted for u. Sorry JB, you looked good too but there can only be one winner today 😂❤️🎄🎅🏼🧑🎄🎵❤️🎄🤶 Merry Christmas to the whole team!!