Christmas Leftovers Thread

eoinmorris

No shortage of inspiration for the left over turkey... But not sure what to do with the honey glazed ham, other than meat and two veg dinner.... Any suggestions?

ElleEm

I diced some turkey and ham and mixed it in a bowl with cranberry sauce and stuffing for sambos for lunch.
You could dice the ham and put in in a carbonara or another pasta dish.

beertons

Sheet of puff pastry on a baking tray. Sprinkle large red onions, break off a few lumps of cheese and more lumps of ham. Into the oven for 25 mins. Cut into 12 pieces. I've just done it now with left over port salut, it's fab as a snack.

Tree

so far i've had

Turkey and stuffing sandwich (breadstuffing)
Leftover sausage stuffing (fried as a bread size/shaped patty)

My brother fried upthe remaining potato stuffing with some ham, spuds, gravy and other stuffings.

I plan on turning more turkey into curry, and the ham in to sandwiches and omlettes

Reheating spuds and croquettes in teh george foreman always go down well

Mystery Egg

Turkey and ham pie! Make up a nice bechamel from half milk, half chicken/turkey stock, stir in the leftover turkey and ham (adding some fried mushrooms and some sweetcorn or peas optional), put into a shortcrust pastry case and top with puff. Glaze with an egg and bake! Eat with mash and veggies. Absolute winner.

catgalway

No ham here but I've now introduced my kids to Turkey & cranberry stuffing pizza

caille

These are my go to recipes for Christmas left overs:

- turkey/ham with stuffing toasties
- remains of cheese board put under grill on top of bread
- Homemade quiche with turkey and/or ham
-Spagetti cabonara with turkey or ham
- Turkey/ham with two veg (standard, but can be nice day or two after)
- Left over pudding mixed with ice cream makes a seriously nice pudding ice cream
-Turkey and ham pie, very very nice

When all else fails and you just can't face too many left overs, once all the above has cooled down, I portion everything and freeze them, I have been known to have turkey and two veg in early February :-()

BBDBB

Made a pea & ham soup with the stock off the turkey carcass. I probably over salted it

Dial Hard

eoinmorris wrote:

No shortage of inspiration for the left over turkey... But not sure what to do with the honey glazed ham, other than meat and two veg dinner.... Any suggestions?

Darina Allen's gateau pithivier. I can't copy and paste the direct link as I'm on mobile but it's on eatyourbooks.com

catho_monster

I fill plastic containers with leftover turkey, then cover with apple juice and freeze. When I defrost, I just throw it all in a pan and heat until the turkey soaks up the juice.
Turns out seriously tasty and not at all dry...

Pretzill

Potato croquettes with diced ham (or turkey or both) mash potatoes, salt & pepper, sweet corn, diced ham - (flour, egg and breadcrumb)/ I shallow Fry because they are quite big and serve with salad leaves.

Or

Baked potatoes - take out potato with a spoon and mash with a little milk, butter diced ham and left over cheese - refill empty skins and bake for another 15 minutes. Delicious.

The Hill Billy

My fave 'leftover' dishes would be fairly straightforward...

Turkey bone soup
Warmed turkey & ham with bubble & squeak
Turkey & pickled onion sambos
Toasted ham, cheese & mustard sambos (usually for brekky)

MissFlitworth

This christmas we had a lot of leftovers. Roast pork & meatballs from Christmas eve, one whole turkey we bought on a mad 75% off impulse on Stephen's day, leftover ham, turkey & sides from my mam's on Christmas day

- Leftover pie (ham, turkey & roast pork chunks in a white wine & tarragon sauce under puff)
- leftover mash, stuffing, roasties & ham made into a big potato cake
- Turkey stock soup w/chunks of turkey and rice
- leftover meatballs traded for tricks & good behaviour with the dog
- Leftover pork sliced thinly & eaten with sriracha, coriander & garlic mayo in sammidges a lá a very rough approximation of banh mi

We have 2 turkey legs in the freezer that I'm going to bone & stuff for dinner & sandwiches over the weekend. Then no more poultry for a while.

Zimmey

catho_monster wrote: »

I fill plastic containers with leftover turkey, then cover with apple juice and freeze. When I defrost, I just throw it all in a pan and heat until the turkey soaks up the juice.
Turns out seriously tasty and not at all dry...

As a turkey fan and an apple juice fan, I'm intrigued!

catho_monster

Zimmey wrote: »

As a turkey fan and an apple juice fan, I'm intrigued!

There's nothing not to like, completely complimentary flavours! Just prevents the meat drying out in the freezer or during reheating...


Tried it one year because it's what I had in the fridge and it worked so well we've done it for about the last three years (tried cranberry juice too the first time, worked but not as well, needed adding to on reheating to balance flavours...)

Zimmey

catho_monster wrote: »

There's nothing not to like, completely complimentary flavours! Just prevents the meat drying out in the freezer or during reheating...


Tried it one year because it's what I had in the fridge and it worked so well we've done it for about the last three years (tried cranberry juice too the first time, worked but not as well, needed adding to on reheating to balance flavours...)

Sounds amazing!