A round of applause, people! It's that time of year where the Academy honours the best films of 2017 and we thought we'd honour our award-wining recipes, too. Okay, we don't have Jimmy Kimmel hosting this accolade and technically our version of the Academy is the Food HQ team, but we think we're worthy enough to recognise some delicious hitters.
We'd like to thank our recipe authors, our local grocers and our Food audience for giving life to these recipes and you'll definitely want to whip up a batch (or two) of the below to go alongside your red carpet and ceremony banter.
Tükenmez is a homemade version of a sherbet - think kombucha, but fermented with chickpeas instead of a scoby. Best part? You can keep it going for months! Fill those pitchers, people!
Source: Bree Hutchins
Who would have imagined that a cake made with legumes could ever be this light and tasty? Congratulations kidney beans for putting on a stellar performance.
Chocolate cake Source: Chris Middleton
Unravel the layers of this character and you'll be in awe of its modern interpretation.Topped with a smoky eggplant cream and baked ricotta, each eggplant is hollowed-out before being filled with tender slow-braised lamb. 
Whole eggplant and lamb moussaka Source: China Squirrel
A cross between marshmallow and bread, with the flavour of custard - this tea cake is stealing the show. The trick is to get the lining of the baking paper right, otherwise, your cake will end up a disfigured specimen in the water bubbling beneath - thank you, bamboo steamer!
Source: Poh & Co.
The simplicity and deliciousness of rice stuffed leaves are taken to a new level with this recipe. Rice, tomato and herbs all shine through thanks to the silverbeet, which brings this sensational performance altogether.
Silverbeet rolls (mahshi selek) Source: Sharyn Cairns
It's a wrap! After a little careful preparation to get all the elements right, you place your lettuce leaf flat and fill with vermicelli, spring onion oil, cucumber, pork belly and then prawn. Spoon over the pickled carrot and fresh mint before - there's method in this production and the skewer keeps it all nice and tight.
Pork and king prawn lettuce wrap Source: China Squirrel
Filled with lentils, quinoa and spices galore, You'll forget about the meat versions of the classic Aussie snag roll pretty fast.
Vegetarian 'sausage' rolls Source: Shane Delia's Recipe For Life
Expect three layers of lovely in this outstanding pie. With a buttery pastry, butterscotch filling and fluffy meringue, this popular recipe first appeared in a popular recipe calendar published by the Country Women's Association (CWA) of NSW in the early 1930s.
Source: Benito Martin
Where there's pastry, there's drama and where there's chocolate, there's romance. At their best warm from the oven, these pain au chocolat use a cheat’s pastry of sorts and the light sprinkling of sea salt flakes adds a surprising yet pleasant contrast to the sweetness of the chocolate centre.
Cher this one's for you. If you want to show how you love someone so, then it's in this kiss - this cupcake kiss!
In his Kiss cupcakes Source: The Scran Line
This is one easy and cheesy masterpiece and it all begins with a serrated knife. Score your loaf lengthwise and then crosswise before rubbing in your herby pesto. Your garlic bread feature just got taken up a notch.
Split cheesy garlic bread, Kelsey's Homemade Source: Kelsey Nixon
The Hello Kitty cupcake is a sweet mix of fruity and floral notes. It may look like your average (read: super cute) cupcake, but this dessert carries a few surprising flavour punches. Think lychee syrup, rose water and freeze-dried raspberries.
Hello Kitty cupcake Source: Jen Lo
Thanks to Matthew Evan's doco-series, What's The Catch? you can go forth and tackle sustainable seafood. Squid and calamari are abundant and this battered feature highlights sustainable produce, fresh ingredients and maximum flavour all-in-one.
What a snap! A brandy snap, that is. Your friends will be green-eyed over this green-tea monster that not only visually striking to the eye but will draw in quite the audience.
Brandy snap matcha madness Source: Chris Middleton
Channelling those Tim Tam vibes, check out these incredibly moreish (and unbelievably adorable) biscuits that are a match-a made in heaven.
Channeling the Tim Tam is this matcha and red bean version. Source: Vickie Liu
These little-layered cakes are the sweetest hats you'll find. Made up of custard cream and a chocolate topping they are covered in shredded coconut for a little texture. They are best served chilled and if you aren't much for a dessert fork, then eating these with your hands like a cupcake is absolutely acceptable!
There is a real skill involved in getting the right consistency with filo. Traditionally, this recipe uses a plasti to roll your sheets out, which is very similar to a rolling pin, except it’s long and thin, and resembles a curtain rod. If you want super-thin sheets, use a pasta machine to help out - this is quite the production line, but the end result is satisfying.
Source: Peter Georgakopoulos
Looks impressive but this is really a one-bowl mix done in a food processor. This cake falls into that category of “less is more” and with an almost fluorescent saffron syrup, it is one that will definitely impress.
Orange and pistachio bundt cake with saffron syrup Source: Alan Benson
Bake it so, this is an intergalactic Star Trekkin' eat. The Wrath of Khan has been deliciously edited into these super-sweet candy studded cookies - to put it simply, they're outta this world!
Star Trek cookies Source: China Squirrel
Sichuan peppercorn fans (and newbies, too) will find every mouthful of this slightly mouth-numbing, not too fiery popcorn incredibly more-ish. When the kernel meets hot oil it's a sizzling and popping bonanza.
Source: Amanda McLauchlan
This pick-me-up dessert is ideal for entertaining. Laced with coffee and liqueur, the magic begins when you beat your eggs, sugar and mascarpone - what a mixture!
Easy tiramisu Source: Benito Martin
This Wagon Wheel absolutely koala-fies for teatime shenanigans. Two black sesame biscuits, sandwiching a vanilla marshmallow and a layer of yuzu jam, all covered in black sesame white chocolate... sign us up!
Black sesame and yuzu wagon wheel biscuits Source: Vickie Liu
Whether you prefer to barbecue, roast or steam them, watch your muscles pop (open)! Finish them off with a sauce of garlic, lemon, parsley and olive oil.
Source: Alan Benson
This is a super-quick and very easy version of the classic spicy Beijing noodles. Matthew Evans' has reduced the pork and increased the vegetables as part of his doco-series For The Love of Meat.
Want more from SBS Food bite-sized? Check out what we're eating right here.
Spicy pork noodles. Source: Alan Benson
It's Oscars time again and is set to air in Australia on Monday, March 5 (Sunday, March 4, Los Angeles time). But before then you can binge on SBS Movie's Oscar contender collection via On Demand now.
