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Helen Goh

Helen Goh

Columnist

Helen Goh is a chef and regular Good Weekend columnist.

Helen Goh’s roasted spiced nuts with lime leaf and chilli.
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Roasted spiced nuts with lime leaf and chilli

This sweet, savoury, spicy, rich and crunchy nut mix is a perfect party snack or homemade gift.

  • < 30 mins
  • Helen Goh
Good Weekend Christmas menu 2024.

Season’s feastings: The Good Weekend Christmas menu

Prepare a festive celebration for the ages with this mouth-watering spread. Just add champagne!

The roasted sweet potatoes are equally good served warm or cold
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Roasted sweet potato with chilli and maple

These caramelised sweet potato wedges are lovely alongside baked ham or fish.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Baked salmon with a pine nut, herb and chilli crust, served with dill and caper sauce.

Baked salmon with pine nut, herb and chilli crust

This whole side of salmon is an easy and elegant way to feed a crowd.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh

Apple and dried cranberry crumble bars

This slice is equally good as a snack with coffee and tea, or for dessert plated up with vanilla ice-cream.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
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The sweetness and spice are beautifully balanced by the soft, thick crêpes.
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Coconut-stuffed pani pol pancakes

These Sri Lankan pancakes are stuffed with a sweet and spiced coconut mixture.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh’s lemon, orange and almond cake.

Lemon, orange and almond cake

A simple but rich cake, fine-textured and full of bright citrus flavours.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Helen Goh’s tomato, cheese and onion tart.

Tomato, cheese and onion tart

Before summer ripens the fruit, here’s a tart that makes use of the tinned variety.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Strawberry, coconut and lime sandwich cake.

Strawberry, coconut and lime sandwich cake

Bursting with bright flavours, this is the perfect cake to celebrate spring.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh

Sunday bake: Helen Goh’s double rhubarb, white chocolate and almond loaf cake

An unassuming cake full of rich texture and bursting with “little pockets of flavour”.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh