Great 'Use of Xmas Leftovers' Hunt

Annie_Other

You can use any bits of leftovers to make a tasty risotto, even turkey.

:rotfl:To cook just follow the instructions on the risotto rice pack

flourgirl

No left overs for us this year as we had fillet steak and chips! so I'm really jealous of you all, the recipes sound delicious. The ham I shared with my DS1 and the stock went into the freezer for soups.

Topcat2007

Does anyone have any suggestions for left over Xmas cake please?

lioness68

I was inspired by Gordon Ramsay's F-Word, he showed making these with a mince filling using pre-made puff pastry.

Just brush the pastry with your leftover brandy butter, spread out some of the leftover pudding, roll towards the middle from both ends, cut, brush with some more brandy butter and bake. They were yummy with a nice coffee, still have more pudding and will make some more this week!

I've tried to insert my photo and full directions but I'm not allowed as a new user.

edkay

There are lots of recipes for using up leftovers on the Love Food Hate Waste website: http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

MileySmiley_2

Topcat2007 wrote: »

Does anyone have any suggestions for left over Xmas cake please?

How about xmas cake souffles, I saw receipes for xmas pud souffles, maybe google it and see what comes up, I'm planning to make the xmas pud souffles on sunday.

Sunnyday

Topcat2007 wrote: »

Does anyone have any suggestions for left over Xmas cake please?

I read on another thread that someone had mixed it with icecream and put it back in the freezer for christmas cake ice cream
Sounds lovely but i can`t for the life of me find the original post again

SD

EDIT - Its on the first page by Kitchen Bunny :-)

Skintslimmer

Topcat2007 wrote: »

Does anyone have any suggestions for left over Xmas cake please?

I had it with custard, it was like Xmas pud

A friend told me she crumbled it up and used it in the topping for a fruit crumble. That sounds seriously good!

jilltoon

Every christmas I always make sure I have some sweet and sour sauce in the cuboard as its just as good using turkey instead of pork

Deb_W

You might like these:

Samosas

I made samosas, using some leftover potatoes, runner beans, turkey and ham. I followed the Hairy Bikers (12 days of Christmas) idea, which uses strips of double-layer filo pastry to make the samosas.

I just chopped the filling small and mixed it with a couple of spoons of mild curry powder. Use melted butter to seal the pastry, and deep-fry for a few seconds.

Delicious! Plus, they can be made ahead and warmed through in the oven AND they freeze beautifully.

Christmas Meringue Pie

Crumble up leftover christmas pudding (mix with leftover mincemeat if you've got any - it makes it a bit 'wetter'). Pile into a ready-made sweet pastry flan case.

Whisk a couple of egg whites with some caster sugar until it forms soft peaks, and pile onto the pudding/mincemeat mixture. Cook in a low oven for about 15-20 minutes, until the meringue is golden brown.

Great with cream or ice-cream.

Enjoy!