Christmas - Steam & Bake

Best Ever Gingerbread Cookies

Cakes and Baking, Christmas and Thanksgiving, Dessert

I’ve baked tens of thousands of cookies using this recipe – it’s easily the best gingerbread I know of. It’s spicy, chewy and sturdy enough to decorate in any way you like.

Panforte di Siena (Siena Cake) with Ginger, Apricots and Macadamias

Cakes and Baking, Chocolate, Christmas and Thanksgiving, Dessert

Panforte is a stunning, luxurious gift, and this ginger, apricot and macadamia version is as special as they come. It always tops the list for my most-requested Christmas baking.

a cast iron pan of sausage and herb stuffing

Sausage and Herb Stuffing (conventional and steam oven versions)

Christmas and Thanksgiving, Combination Steam, Meat, Sides

You’ll never stuff a bird again once you discover pan-baked stuffing. Cooked in a combi steam or conventional oven, it’s crispy-topped and so good I could skip the turkey altogether.

A white oval platter with a roasted turkey resting on a bed of rosemary sprigs

How to Roast Turkey in a Steam Oven (recipe and tips)

Christmas and Thanksgiving, Combination Steam, How To, Just Steam, Mains, Meat, Resources + Info, Roasting, Steam Oven Sous Vide

Steaming and then roasting a turkey using your combi steam oven is the best way to get perfect, juicy turkey with golden skin, and it cuts down the usual cooking time by about a third.

A speckled blue bowl with a rice salad with cranberries, pistachios, feta and fresh herbs and a salad server

Steam Oven Christmas Rice Salad

Appetizers, Christmas and Thanksgiving, Just Steam, Mains, Rice and Pasta, Salads, Sides, Vegetarian

This very Christmassy steam oven salad recipe has been on high rotation at our place through December. Made with steamed brown rice and studded with pistachios, cranberries, herbs and feta cheese, it’s equally at home as a side dish to barbecued meats as it is a stand-alone lunch.

The first Steam and Bake Combi Steam Cookbook is here!

Resources + Info, Start Here

Announcing the launch of my first digital cookbook, Combi Steam Cooking at Christmas: Festive Recipes Using Your Combination Steam Oven. The book is available for purchase and instant download right now via the Steam and Bake website.

vibrant, glossy green beans and almonds in a steel baking dish

Steam Oven Green Beans with Almonds and Balsamic Dressing

Appetizers, Christmas and Thanksgiving, Easter, Just Steam, Salads, Sides, Vegetarian

The simplest last-minute addition to your Christmas table in the form of bright green beans, deeply toasted almonds and a sharp vinegar dressing.

A white platter with cutout edges on a striped cloth with a whole roast duck, rosemary sprigs and cherries

Christmas Roast Duck in the combi steam oven

Chicken, Christmas and Thanksgiving, Combination Steam, Mains, Meat, Roasting

Crispy-skinned, fatty and glorious, this is the bird I want on my Christmas table (also, bonus detail about roasting your potatoes!).

Cauliflower salad on a white scalloped edge plate with cutlery beside it

Combi Steam Cauliflower Salad with Dates and Yoghurt Dressing

Appetizers, Christmas and Thanksgiving, Combination Steam, Mains, Salads, Sides, Vegetarian

My new favourite cauliflower recipe, and the dish I’ll be taking to every Christmas party this year.

a Christmas pudding garnished with fruit on a white cake stand surrounded by citrus and decorations

Christmas Pudding in a Steam Oven

Cakes and Baking, Christmas and Thanksgiving, Dessert, Just Steam

Steaming a Christmas pudding. In a steam oven. It’s so simple you’ll feel bad for everyone you know who has to go to battle with a giant pot of boiling water to get the job done.