Great 'Use of Xmas Leftovers' Hunt

Sunnyday

I`ve put equal amounts of turkey and ham into the food processor with lots of room temperature butter and some seasoning.

Give it a whizz until its a smooth consistency ( add more butter until you get a texture that you like) then divide into ramekins, cover and freeze.

Potted turkey and ham to use throughout the coming months and it is delicious, i do the same with brisket for potted beef with onion and liver and bacon cooked in the slow cooker. Absolutely gorgeous.

SD

Slinky

Some of our turkey was curried, the rest I made Jamie Oliver's Turkey & Sweet Leek pie yesterday. It was yummie.

Kitchenbunny

This year I mixed about half and half leftover Christmas Pudding with vanilla ice cream and put it back in the freezer. Now, Christmas Pudding ice cream is a definite favourite!

Kitchenbunny xx

gymtime

Ham, Leek & Potato Pie - serves 4-6 (or eat & freeze unused for another day)
Ingredients: 2 tbsp butter; 1 large onion finely chopped; 3 leeks finely sliced; 2 large potatoes cut into small cubes; 2 tbsp flour; 300ml chicken or ham stock (I used turkey stock in the freezer from last year!); 100ml pot creme fraiche (or use leftover dble cream - or mixture of both); 2 tsp wholegrain mustard; 200g cooked ham, shredded; 375g pack puff pastry; 1 egg, beaten, to glaze (or use milk).
1. Heat large frying pan, melt butter, add onion and leeks. Cover and gently cook for 15 mins until soft - add potatoes after 5 mins of the cooking.
2. Stir in flour, turn up heat, add stock, stirring until mix thickens a little. Take off heat, stir in creme fraiche, mustard, ham. Season to taste, cool if you have time. Spoon the mix into large pie dish. Heat Oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7.
3. Roll out pastry on a floured surface to thickness of £1 coin (hopefully you'll remember what they look like after the sales!). Cut a pastry strip same width as lip of dish, wet edge of dish with egg, fix strip around it. Brush top of strip with egg, then lay over the remaining pastry.
4. Trim pastry to edge of dish, ruffle the cut edges with back of knife blade to help layers rise. Cut a few slits to let the steam escape. Brush all over top with egg. Decorate top with cut-out pastry leaves if feeling artistic, brush these with egg. Can be done up to a day ahead, keep chilled. Bake for 30 mins or until risen and lightly browned.
**The plates were licked clean after 6 of us ate the pie with yummy King Edward roasted (in beef dripping) potatoes and roasted veg (chop up any fresh veg into bit-size portions, season and sprinkle/mix with garlic olive oil - put into oven with pie for 20-30 mins). Enjoy**
NB: I've bought more ham for sandwiches but I'm going to make another pie!:T

DigForVictory

We found ourselves with a lot of leftover mashed potato. Unusual, but we'd eaten the rest. So I went for a hearty leek & potato soup. I fried up three onions, some spring onions dessicating in the back of the fridge, chopped in 6 leeks & cooked them all to a lovely soft caramelised heap. I tucked half a mug of this to one side.

In a nonstick pan I made a pint of white sauce, tipped in the greenery, added a bash of black pepper & then transferred some of this into a big, deep, easy to scrub out pan and began chucking in the spud on top. One seriously thick mess, but heated & stirred, it wasn't a solid lump of mash any more. I carried on "layering" the green goo with the spud & then went at it with the blender. So. Once boiling, I dished up & added a spoonful of the stashed green stuff on top of each bowl. Devoured with glee by all!

Reading the above delcious suggestions, I want to try to persuade my husband into cooking a turkey next year. However, every year there are no leftovers from the pork joint... Why mess with a system that works? I can enjoy turkey all through the year! And sneak sprouts into the lads.... Thank you!

ROGCAY

Used last of leftover ham today in a surprisingly good soup - easy too...

Fry up an onion in some olive oil with some mixed herb

Add the diced up ham

Add some water, about a pint to a pint & a half & boil for a bit to soften the ham - about 20 mins.

Add a can of Pease Pudding (I know! mad! stuff your mum used to buy but trust me!)

Stir it all up & simmer for a bit but take care as it will now stick to the bottom if you are not careful. Adjust the water to get 'soup' consistency.

Black pepper & maybe half a chicken stock cube but be careful as the pease pudding starts quite salty.

Eat it!

I actually threw in a handful of froz peas into the bowls before taking to the table, they warmed through with the heat. A couple of friends were round & I got approving mmm's.

sian55

I fried some onion, chopped bacon and sliced leek, mixed in chopped turkey (and any leftover veg) and put it in a pie dish. Poured over basic white sauce [made with veg stock (cubes) instead of milk], added some double cream and black pepper, topped it with pastry and put in oven for 30-40 mins until pastry was cooked. Served with creamy mashed potato - yummy!

deb1969

I take all leftovers meat ,pigs in blankets, veg and gravy etc chop it all small and freeze. When you wish to use it defrost and place in ovenproof dish. Roll out a packet of puff pastry (about 80p from Sainsbury's) an place on top, trim round the edges and bake for about 20 mins on 200 deg C. Make up some gravy and you have a quick delicious mid week meal. you dont even need to do extra veg unless you want to as it is all in the pie and the stuffing and bacon makes it taste yum!! Also if you have any spare puff pastry I use a pastry cutter and make a few jam tarts or mince pie puffs.

jackomdj

deb1969 wrote: »

I take all leftovers meat ,pigs in blankets, veg and gravy etc chop it all small and freeze. When you wish to use it defrost and place in ovenproof dish. Roll out a packet of puff pastry (about 80p from Sainsbury's) an place on top, trim round the edges and bake for about 20 mins on 200 deg C. Make up some gravy and you have a quick delicious mid week meal. you dont even need to do extra veg unless you want to as it is all in the pie and the stuffing and bacon makes it taste yum!! Also if you have any spare puff pastry I use a pastry cutter and make a few jam tarts or mince pie puffs.

We did something similar yesterday.

Had pigs in blankets & puff pastry both about to go out of date so I rolled out the pastry added the pigs, put some cheese between each pig & baked for 25 mins. We had it hot for lunch (with some beans) & children had it cold at dinner time with some cold bits that were soon to go out of date (coleslaw, potato salad etc)

CCFreya

All credit to my mum here, this year we had lots of left-over stuffing, she bought some ready-rolled puff pastry and made sausage rolls, they were great.

We also made a turkey bolognese style pasta sauce, and normally vegetable soup (a favourite bit of christmas left-overs however this year there was nearly no vegetables left).