Y’know, there really aren’t too many opps during the year for showing off your baked ham moves so Christmas is open season on hamming. The Big Day is not the same without a massive, sticky haunch of smoky, succulent pig to haul to the table – and figuring out what the heck to do with the endless leftovers…

Pavlova. Did we invent it or did they? We must be the only people on the face of the earth who don’t really give a toss, national pride be damned. We’re more into how good pav tastes, how simple it actually is to make, and how economical it can be too, if you don’t go nuts on exxie garnishes…