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Traditional Christmas Dinner Leftovers Recipes used over the ages to ensure that no food is wasted after the Christmas Dinner feasting. Considerable quantities of Turkey & Ham can be leftover after the Christmas meal. These leftover recipes maximise the value you will receive from your Christmas shopping.
Getting good value at Christmas by using the ham & turkey leftovers makes sense not only economically but environmentally.It is a great feeling to get the best value for your shopping - the leftovers of Christmas Ham & Christmas Turkey can last weeks!!! In addition to these leftover recipes there is the old staple leftover recipes to use these meats in your favourite Curry recipe. Christmas Ham leftover curries & Christmas Turkey leftover curries go done a treat with a nice cold lager.
1.Christmas Ham Leftovers Recipe
Ham & Pasta Bake- Ingredients, these amounts are just approximate. The idea is to use as many leftovers as possible so you can add more or less ham depending on how much you have left over, use spring onions instead of onions, add some vegetables such as peas or sweetcorn or mushrooms to taste. Add Salt & Pepper to taste and if you have any coriander or basil leftovers, chop and add these when finished baking.
140g copped ham pieces
140g mature cheddar , grated
250g pasta shells
2 onions
1 pt milk
3 dessert spoonfuls of cornflour
Olive Oil
Method
Fry onions in olive oil, add chopped ham pieces and put in a casserole dish. Cook pasta as per instructions and add to the dish.
Cheese Sauce - Put 3 dessertspoonsfuls of cornflour into a cup and mix to a paste with a few spoonsfuls of the milk. Heat ,but do not boil, the remainder of the milk in the microwave. Then stir in the paste and put the mixture back into the microwave to boil but keep stirring to ensure no lumps before it comes to the boil. Mix in the cheese and pour sauce over pasta and ham.
Bake in oven for 30 mins adding cheese to the top for the last 5 minutes.
2.Christmas Turkey leftovers Recipe
Turkey & Pasta Bake – the above recipe can be used with leftovers turkey instead of Ham.
3.Christmas Leftovers Sandwiches
2 slices Christmas leftovers ham
2 slices Christmas leftovers turkey
2 slices cheddar cheese
1 tablespoon cranberry sauce
1 tablespoon leftover stuffing
2 slices thick bread, brown or white
Butter
Method for making Christmas leftovers Sandwich
Butter the bread
layer the ham, cheese, turkey, cranberry, and stuffing. Put the other slice on top.
Slice diagonally and serve with leftovers Christmas herbs for garnish.
For a toasted version of the Christmas leftovers sandwich, butter the top slice of the sandwich before placing in the sandwich toaster.
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