Recipe: Christmas Special – Turkey Leftovers

Great ideas for your excess Christmas turkey

If you’re anything like me you will have grown up with nothing but turkey sandwiches everyday between Christmas and New Year. In recent years this has started to stretch to turkey curry and other recipes. Here are a few ideas for what you can do to mix things up a bit in the days after Christmas.

Turkey Tortillas, Turkey Omelette, Crispy Turkey Potato Cakes.

 

Turkey Tortillas

Ingredients:

350g turkey, cooked and shredded

1 medium onion
1 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
8 tortillas

Toppings:
lettuce
salsa
guacamole
sour cream
grated cheese (Monterey Jack works really well)

Serves 4

How to Make:

Peel and slice the onion before emptying the tin of tomatoes into a saucepan and bringing to the boil. Add the onion and cook until the onion is soft and the sauce has reduced, should take around 15 minutes. Next, add the shredded turkey to the pan and heat through for 2-3 minutes, while also warming the tortillas according to the instructions on the packet.

To serve, place the saucepan on a heat resistant board on the table, place each of the toppings in a separate bowl and let everyone make their own wraps.

 

Turkey Omelette

Ingredients:

For each omelette:
2 eggs
handful of shredded, cooked turkey
small handful of chopped mushroom
1 finely chopped shallot
¼ teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes
olive oil
2 teaspoons of butter
pinch of salt and pepper
crème fraiche

Serves 1 – just repeat as necessary

How to make:

To start heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a frying pan and add the mushrooms, shallot and red pepper flakes, cook for around 5 minutes before adding the turkey. Heat through for around 2 minutes before transferring to a bowl for later.

Next beat the eggs and season with the salt and pepper. Heat some more olive oil in the pan pour in the eggs. Gently stir the eggs for a minute or two until it begins to set and using a spatula smooth the top of the mixture. Remove from the heat when the bottom is firm but the top still soft and spoon in the turkey mixture and some crème fraiche. Fold the omelette (again using the spatula) and serve.


Crispy Turkey Potato Cakes

Ingredients:

handful of shredded, cooked turkey
leftover mashed potato
leftover stuffing
leftover veg
egg (optional)

Serve 1 - repeat as necessary

How to make:

For this one measurements aren’t all that important as it depends how big you want to make them. Personally I make them about the size of a fishcake as that way they are great for breakfast or brunch. With all your ingredients bind them together into a patty, depending on the mix of ingredients you may need to add an egg to bind it all together. Wrap in cling film and place in the fridge overnight.

When you’re ready, dust with a little flour and fry for a couple of minutes, turning throughout, in a frying pan with a little olive oil. The top and bottom should brown off nicely and when it is heated throughout you’re ready to eat.