Lots of traditional leftovers after a traditional christmas dinner? Here is how to do the planet a favor by turning them into more great food:
Turkey
- Make a Cobb salad: With shredded turkey, blue cheese, avocado, bacon, romaine lettuce, and tomatoes. Serve with a sweet mustard vinaigrette.
- The shredded meat goes beautifully in a wok, in a pasta sauce, in an omeltte, and more.
- Make sure to cook (simmer...) an excellent broth from the bones and hull.
- The gravy – if there is ever any left – is great for boosting the flavors in a soup or in a stew. Not least a vegetarian one...
Mashed potatoes
- Add some egg yolk (or the entire egg, if you're in that mood) and a little double cream. Use a piping bag to make pretty, golden brown "pommes duchesse" in the oven.
- Add masked potatoes to the dough to make bread that stays juicy forever.
Roast beef
- Add to a tomato sauce for pasta and simmer until it falls apart.
- Cut into small pieces and sauté rapidly over (very) high heat with leftover vegetables also cut into smaller pieces. Don't hold back on the spices.
- (Re)marinate and use in a wok.
Ham
- Yesterdays ham goes well in pies, omeletts and pasta dishes.
- Slices of ham are perfect for the wok. Marinate (use cranberry sauce as sweetener...) and sear hard and fast.
- For a bacon-like experience, fry up the ham with added salt and smoky flavors.
Vegetables
- Cooked vegetables are not the sexiest of leftovers, but you can bring about wonderful flavors and great texture in a spaghetti bolognese by adding leftover root vegetables. Let simmer until they "disintegrate".
The cheese platter
- Cover a pizza base with tomato sauce, olive oil, leftover cheeses and send it into the oven. Top up with ruccola.
- Shred the cheese and freeze. It will keep for at least 3 months frozen.
- Blue cheese makes a great pasta sauce with, for example, gnocchi. Melt in a pot with double cream, kitchen broth and lots of ruccola.
Laxen
- Rökt lax blir en fin pastasås. Smält crème fraiche, tillsätt strimlad lax, citronsaft, salt, svartpeppar och massor av dill.
- Lax är gott med dillstuvad potatis (också från julbordet).
- Gravlax är god att steka. Sockerhalten är hög, använd teflonpanna.
- Rökt eller gravad lax kan få ett nytt liv med en asiatisk touch. Fritera rispapper, några sekunder (de blir som fina blommor) och salta. Bryt dem i större bitar. Toppa med laxrosor, picklad morot och gurka. Servera med misomajonnäs och lite lime. Toppa allt med rostade sesamfrön.
- Gravlaxsåsen fungerar lika bra till t ex krabba – som i sin tur är billigare än hummer på nyårsafton.
- Tunt skivad lax – med lite citron och svartpeppar – är världens bästa pålägg.
