QT Auckland's Christmas Feast
Serves 4 - 6 people | Click & Collect from QT Auckland
Curated by Culinary Creative Director, Sean Connolly and Esther’s Executive Chef, James Laired, bring QT home for Christmas. Delight your nearest and dearest with dishes from this breezy banquet, like Esther’s famous Puff bread with taramasalata and salmon caviar, award-winning baked saganaki cheese with honey and chilli, Wairarapa crayfish and Te Matuku oysters, slow-roasted Coastal Spring lamb shoulder, and sweet treats such as a classic Kiwi pavlova trifle.
This QT-curated feast features the finest local ingredients and come with instructions for a dash of heating and a pinch of plating. Serve, kick back and bask in all the glory with this seasonal spread of festive proportions.
Order by 22 December for pick up on 24 December
Toasting + Munching
- Flatbread, taramasalata, salmon caviar, chives
- Prosciutto san Daniele, pickles, house olives
- Dusty apron sourdough, our hummus, crispy chickpeas, chilli oil
- Baked saganaki, Greek kefalograviera cheese, honey, chilli
- Village salad, Curious Cropper heirloom tomatoes, baby cukes, sundried olives, barrel aged feta
On ice
- Te Matuku oysters, lemon
- Poached Mooloolaba king prawns, paprika spiked Marie Rose, lemon
- Aoraki Hot Smoked Salmon, herbed cream. Bread & butter pickles
- Steamed Wairarapa crayfish, cognac horseradish mary rose, baby gem,
From Santa’s oven
- Esther’s roasted free range chicken crown Saltimbocca, prosciutto, sage, chicken jus
- Honey glazed ham, orange, chilli, fennel & Dijon mustard
- Coastal Spring lamb shoulder, roast garlic, anchovy, Moroccan olives
The trimmings
- Duck fat agria potatoes, rosemary
- Roasted butternut pumpkin, labneh, pomegranate, mint
- Cauliflower steak, pomegranate, pistachio
What’s For Dessert?
- Pavlova trifle, vanilla meringue, double cream, blueberries, mango, almonds, lime
- Grandma’s Christmas pudding, brandy custard, sour cherries
- Otago cherries, candy canes & chocolates
- Spiced fruit mince pies
The night after Christmas
- Boxes of classic parlour lane salted caramel popcorn for the family movie
- Box of Maltesers