39 recipes for your January 26 public holiday

Come the January 26 public holiday, these are the classic Australian recipes we’ll be cooking up. Nothing tops a steak sandwich for lunch, the rich comfort of a good meat pie, or prawns straight off the barbecue. And for dessert, we’re all about the pavlova and vanilla slice.

Prawn sandwich with kimchi mayo

Prawn sandwich with kimchi mayo

Mango, coconut and lemongrass popsicles — Photo: Chris Chen

Mango, coconut and lemongrass ice blocks

Mango, coconut and lemongrass ice blocks

Burgers with pickled beetroot

Burgers with pickled beetroot

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Date, gingerbread and yoghurt naked layer cake with burnt orange caramel

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Mango and lemon verbena trifle with verjuice jelly and salted lime meringue

Panettone and mango trifle with lemon verbena and verjuice jelly

Blue swimmer crab cocktail with avocado cream

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Marinated heirloom tomato and stracciatella

Marinated heirloom tomatoes and stracciatella

Best avocado recipes - recipe for avocado and fingerlime with kingfish ceviche

Best avocado recipes that go beyond avo toast

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Gluten-free passionfruit and almond cake with honey-roasted pineapple by Frida's Field

Gluten-free cakes so good you won’t even know the difference

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Very cherry recipes

Miso chicken and green beans with sesame

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A large plate of figs with burrata, garnished with pomegranate arils and fennel sprigs

Best fig recipes to celebrate the season

Barbecued prawn and corn rolls with smashed avocado

Barbecued prawn and corn rolls with smashed avocado

Gluten- and dairy-free raspberry, vanilla and chocolate lamingtons

Gluten- and dairy-free raspberry, vanilla and chocolate lamingtons

Barbecued prawns with honey, sesame and lemon

Barbecued prawns with honey, sesame and lemon

Crumbed lamb cutlets with wilted spinach

Crumbed lamb cutlets with wilted spinach

Barbecued butterflied lamb leg with saltbush rub

Barbecued butterflied lamb leg with saltbush rub

Prawn and avocado with lime

Prawn and avocado with lime

Liberté’s garlic prawns with chilli and Thai basil

Liberté’s garlic prawns with chilli and Thai basil

Six twisted buns, dusted with icing sugar, on a black background. — Photo: Ben Dearnley

Sweet cinnamon buns

Sweet cinnamon buns

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22 impossibly smooth panna cotta recipes

18 new Christmas recipes for your festive feast

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Panettone and mango trifle with lemon verbena and verjuice jelly

Blue swimmer crab cocktail with avocado cream

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Marinated heirloom tomatoes and stracciatella

Best avocado recipes that go beyond avo toast

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Gluten-free cakes so good you won’t even know the difference

Very cherry recipes

23 green bean recipes you’ll want to cook right away

Best fig recipes to celebrate the season

Vanilla slice

Vanilla slice

Ryan Gosling, the candy bar (aka an inverted Polly Waffle)

Ryan Gosling, the candy bar (aka an inverted Polly Waffle)

Bangalow pork sausage rolls with caramelised apple and thyme

Bangalow pork sausage rolls with caramelised apple and thyme

Lamb and roast carrot sausage rolls

Lamb and roast carrot sausage rolls

Passionfruit and mango pavlova

Passionfruit and mango pavlova

Wizz Fizz frozen yoghurt cake

Wizz Fizz frozen yoghurt cake

Fairy-bread cake

Fairy-bread cake

Apple Anzac pie

Apple Anzac pie

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22 impossibly smooth panna cotta recipes

18 new Christmas recipes for your festive feast

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Panettone and mango trifle with lemon verbena and verjuice jelly

Blue swimmer crab cocktail with avocado cream

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Marinated heirloom tomatoes and stracciatella

Best avocado recipes that go beyond avo toast

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Gluten-free cakes so good you won’t even know the difference

Very cherry recipes

23 green bean recipes you’ll want to cook right away

Best fig recipes to celebrate the season

How to make a meat pie — Photo: Alicia Taylor

Bourke Street Bakery’s guide to making the perfect meat pie

Bourke Street Bakery’s guide to making the perfect meat pie

Sausage rolls

Sausage rolls

Lamingtons

Lamingtons

Passionfruit vanilla slice

Passionfruit vanilla slice

Anzac biscuits

Anzac biscuits

Barbecued prawns with brown butter and tamari

Barbecued prawns with brown butter and tamari

Chocolate-cream doughnuts — Photo: Chris Chen

Chocolate-cream Tim Tam doughnuts

Chocolate-cream Tim Tam doughnuts

Steak sandwich

Steak sandwich

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22 impossibly smooth panna cotta recipes

18 new Christmas recipes for your festive feast

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Panettone and mango trifle with lemon verbena and verjuice jelly

Blue swimmer crab cocktail with avocado cream

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Marinated heirloom tomatoes and stracciatella

Best avocado recipes that go beyond avo toast

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Gluten-free cakes so good you won’t even know the difference

Very cherry recipes

23 green bean recipes you’ll want to cook right away

Best fig recipes to celebrate the season

Beef, mushroom and red wine pie

Beef, mushroom and red wine pie

Party pies with homemade tomato sauce

Party pies with homemade tomato sauce

Barbecued Greek lamb chops with minty soft feta

Barbecued Greek lamb chops with minty soft feta

Barbecued prawns with pico de gallo

Barbecued prawns with pico de gallo

Burger with the lot

Burger with the lot

Pork, veal and fennel sausage rolls

Pork, veal and fennel sausage rolls

Chocolate lamington cake

Ro-Vos (Iced VoVo)

Ro-Vos (Iced VoVo)

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22 impossibly smooth panna cotta recipes

18 new Christmas recipes for your festive feast

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Panettone and mango trifle with lemon verbena and verjuice jelly

Blue swimmer crab cocktail with avocado cream

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Marinated heirloom tomatoes and stracciatella

Best avocado recipes that go beyond avo toast

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Gluten-free cakes so good you won’t even know the difference

Very cherry recipes

23 green bean recipes you’ll want to cook right away

Best fig recipes to celebrate the season

Grilled scallops in the shell

Grilled scallops in the shell

Cherry Ripe pavlova

Cherry Ripe pavlova

Rockmelon, lime and poppy-seed prawn cocktails

Rockmelon, lime and poppy-seed prawn cocktails

Christine Manfield’s splice

Christine Manfield’s splice

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Prawn sandwich with kimchi mayo

Mango, coconut and lemongrass ice blocks

Burgers with pickled beetroot

Barbecued prawn and corn rolls with smashed avocado

Gluten- and dairy-free raspberry, vanilla and chocolate lamingtons

Barbecued prawns with honey, sesame and lemon

Crumbed lamb cutlets with wilted spinach

Barbecued butterflied lamb leg with saltbush rub

Prawn and avocado with lime

Liberté’s garlic prawns with chilli and Thai basil

Sweet cinnamon buns

Vanilla slice

Ryan Gosling, the candy bar (aka an inverted Polly Waffle)

Bangalow pork sausage rolls with caramelised apple and thyme

Lamb and roast carrot sausage rolls

Passionfruit and mango pavlova

Wizz Fizz frozen yoghurt cake

Fairy-bread cake

Apple Anzac pie

Bourke Street Bakery’s guide to making the perfect meat pie

Sausage rolls

Lamingtons

Passionfruit vanilla slice

Anzac biscuits

Barbecued prawns with brown butter and tamari

Chocolate-cream Tim Tam doughnuts

Steak sandwich

Beef, mushroom and red wine pie

Party pies with homemade tomato sauce

Barbecued Greek lamb chops with minty soft feta

Barbecued prawns with pico de gallo

Burger with the lot

Pork, veal and fennel sausage rolls

Chocolate lamington cake

Ro-Vos (Iced VoVo)

Grilled scallops in the shell

Cherry Ripe pavlova

Rockmelon, lime and poppy-seed prawn cocktails

Christine Manfield’s splice

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