The obvious roast choices for your Christmas feast are the ham and turkey. But sometimes it pays to switch it up a little. A roast side of trout makes for an impressive centrepiece for the Christmas spread, and to keep things luxe, a roast duck or goose will be sure to please guests. Roast pork, lamb and chicken? We have these Christmas-ready recipes, too, plus roast beef recipes galore. Time to carve it up.
Not ready to take the plunge just yet? We still have Christmas ham and Christmas turkey recipes at your disposal.

Christmas roast chicken with bread sauce
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Roast pork rack with lemon myrtle and cranberry stuffing

Christmas roast lamb rump with pomegranate and eggplant

Slow-cooked ocean trout with peas, and Meyer lemon and fennel salsa

Christmas roast ocean trout with cucumber and preserved lemon salad

Christmas roast pork belly with fennel, radicchio and figs

Christmas roast goose with prunes, port and walnuts

Spiced Christmas roast duck with peaches and oranges

Roasted mustard-glazed duck with peach, fennel and almond salad

Andrew McConnell’s Christmas roasted duck breast with spiced quince, anise crumb and mead sauce

Christmas roast duck with cherries and roast kipfler potatoes

Nonna’s rice-stuffed chicken by Matteo Tine

Roast chicken with preserved lemon and herbs

Roast lamb leg with pan gravy by Leonardo’s Pizza Palace

Roast rolled lamb loin with anchovies and rosemary

Eight-hour lamb shoulder with Israeli couscous and labne

Slow-roasted lamb rack with white beans and black garlic aïoli

Roasted pork with the best crackling and roasted nectarines

Slow-roasted pork shoulder with fennel
