Christmas ploughman’s platter

Ingredients

• Pickled carrots
• 2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1 tablespoon peppercorns
• 1 pinch chilli flakes
• 2 bayleaves
• 8 baby carrots, scrubbed and cut in half lengthways
• 1 small red onion, sliced
• 2 large slices prosciutto
• 2 large skinless turkey breasts (around 400g each)
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
• 1 small loaf ciabatta, cut into 5mm-thick slices
• mini dinner rolls, warmed in oven
• 1 1 pottle pâté of your choice (this recipe used chicken liver and cognac)
• 500 gram sliced Champagne ham
• 1 pottle cranberry jam
• 300 gram good-quality aged cheddar, sliced (this recipe used Kapiti waxed cheddar)
• 6 large pickled gherkins, cut in half lengthways
• 1/2 cup wholegrain mustard
• 4 boiled eggs, peeled and halved
• picked watercress
• dried cranberries