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Tastebud tempters (+ recipes)

Get in the mood to party with these small but perfectly formed treats.

Pancetta-wrapped prawns with caper aioli and lemon

Winter vegetable fritters with mascarpone and fried sage

Sesame crusted chilli and mint fish cakes with melon salsa

Let them eat cakes (+recipes)

These classic cakes can be cooked in mini cake tins so you can have one all to yourself.

Chocolate plum ganache cakes

Coconut cakes with grilled pineapple and vanilla cardamom syrup

Madeira cakes with cream cheese icing and toffee pears

Roasted fish, spinach and coconut sauce with taro

Brisket with sweet chilli, soy and ginger

Monkfish with silverbeet, coconut and kumara

Roasted pumpkin, garlic, lemongrass and chickpeas

Use your noodle (+ recipes)

In cold weather, ribbons of hokkien, udon or vermicelli are the ticket to warmth and comfort.

Udon noodles, prawns, fried tofu and watercress

Vermicelli with pork belly, gai larn, cashews and chilli

Hokkien noodles with beef, coconut laksa sauce and coriander

Crazy for cocoa (+recipes)

There are few things quite as indulgently wonderful as chocolate. As a sweet treat it can't be beaten.

Chocolate croissant bread and butter pudding