Festive Entertaining Guide by Good Food & Wine Show

Festive Entertaining Guide

Contents Take your next Christmas gathering to the next level with our Festive Entertaining Guide. From setting the perfect table, to matching your BBQ meats with wine, find it all and more in our Festive Entertaining Guide!

Festive Entertaining Starters

Setting the Perfect Table

Summer Starters

Aperitivo Cocktails

Cheese & Wine Pairing

Festive Entertaining Mains

Miguel’s Christmas Ham

Show-stopping Seafood Platters

BBQ Wine Pairing

Festive Picnics

Festive Entertaining Starters from Perfect Starter Platters to Styling your Table

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Grilled asparagus, grissini, Prosciutto di Parma, toasted hazelnuts & balsamic dressing

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Grilled asparagus, grissini, Prosciutto di Parma, toasted hazelnuts & Balsamic dressing

Bruschetta with whipped ricotta, saba, honey & crispy Prosciutto di Parma

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Bruschetta with whipped ricotta, saba, honey & crispy Prosciutto di Parma

Simple Summer G&T Cocktail 1. Add 1/4 London Dry Gin to a glass full of ice 2. Add 3/4 Sweet Rhubarb & Raspberry Tonic water 3. Garnish with fresh raspberries

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Hendrick’s Gin Cucumber Lemonade

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Lunar & Tonic

Midsummer Spritz

Hot Spiced Apple

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4 Hendrick’s Cocktails With infusions of cucumber & rose, Hendrick’s Gin is the perfect Summer spirit. From spritz to spiced apple these cocktail recipes are a twist on your classic G&T.

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Cheese & Wine Pairing Guide With great wine comes great share plate potential, and you can’t go wrong with a classic cheese board or platter. Not only do cheese and deli meats pair incredibly well with wine, but a stunning spread can be crafted in minutes to satisfy a room full of hungry revellers.

When matching wine with cheese, the possibilities are endless. Here are a few tips and tricks to create a quick and easy cheese board – plus some great wine pairings – to lift your hosting game to the next level!

Easy Chees Board e Tips

Make an Amazing Cheese Board The rule of threes! When making a cheese board, you’ll need three contrasting cheeses, three types of meat and three types of cracker, to create a deliciously balanced spread. Consider condiments like mustards, compote or aioli; or dips like hummus and tzatziki to

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complement your meats and cheeses. Fill the gaps of your board with slices of fruits like pear and apple, and add a scattering of nuts. Garnishes like artichokes, cornichons, pickles and olives are ideal accompaniments – experiment with what’s possible!

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Festive Entertaining Mains from Christmas Ham to showstopping seafood platters

Mt Barker Chicken Ethically raised, free range chooks from Mt Barker, WA. Try these delicious chicken recipes and Buy West, Eat Best!

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Whole Roast Chicken with Bacon, Craisin & Macadamia Stuffing

Mango & Coconut Chicken Thighs on the BBQ

This recipe is a Christmas showstopper. Not only is it simple but it’ll fill your home with mouth-watering aromas as it roasts.

Developed in-house by their expert chef, Mt Barker Chicken’s premium free range thighs with fruity Caribbean marinade, delicious cooked on the BBQ.

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HONEY GLAZED CHRISTMAS HAM by Miguel Maestre

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‘I really recommend using a good quality, free-range ham for this recipe. Freerange hams have a higher fat content, more moisture and better flavour. If price is an issue, go for quality over quantity. When it comes to the glaze, you need to give it a lot of love and keep glazing the ham constantly as it cooks to achieve that really shiny look.’

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MIGUEL MAESTRE

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Show-stopping Seafood Platters with Wine Selectors Create a seafood sensation at your next merry meeting with this guide to creating the perfect seafood platter by Wine Selectors – all perfectly matched with great Australian wines, of course, in celebration of this country’s abundant natural flavours!

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Seafood Wine Pairing

Pair rock lobster with rich, full-bodied whites like Chardonnay, or Roussanne.

Pair prawns with Sparkling, Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, or Rosé.

Pair rich fish like salmon with a lighterbodied red like Pinot Noir or Nero d’Avola.

Pair oysters with Sparkling Whites.

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BBQ Wine Pairing Guide with Wine Selectors Wine Selectors shows you how to take your next backyard get-together to gastronomic heights with their delicious barbeque and wine pairing guide. Enjoy beautiful recipes for meats, poultry and seafood, along with grilled vegetables and spectacular salads – all with suggested wine pairings.

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Greek-Style Pork Cutlets with Skordolia, Fennel & Broad Bean Salad

Grilled Grass-Fed Beef Sirloin with Spring Onions & Miso Butter

This Greek dish is full of intense flavours. To ensure there is no clash of flavours opt for a light bodied white wine with high acidity like Riesling.

Shiraz is a great pairing with beef. Its fruit power and tannin backbone help to match the richness of the beef. Buy your 6-pack here

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Grilled Lemongrass Chicken

Barbequed Leg of Lamb with a Rosemary Rub

Grilling the chicken adds extra flavour intensity to this dish, so you’re best to opt for a full bodied white like a Chardonnay.

Cabernet Sauvignon and lamb are made for one another. The tannins in the wine help to offset the fatty nature of the lamb.

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Prosciutto Wrapped Prawns with a Rocket Aioli

Greek-Style Barbequed Vegetables With Haloumi & Thyme Crumb

Pinot Gris is adored for its bold fruit flavours. These flavours help to elevate the natural sweetness of the prawns while offering a contrast to the salty notes of the prosciutto.

Barbequing adds extra flavour to vegetables. Help complement these smoky and intense flavours by pairing with fruit driven red wines Buy like Malbec. your 6-pack here

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Festive Picnics

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