Leftovers

Don't throw away your leftovers!

There is always something you can do with anything you find lurking in the kitchen. From cooked meat, to a jar of mincemeat, you will find plenty of recipes here to use them up

A picture of Delia's Bread and Butter Pudding with Whisky-soaked Raisins recipe

Bread and Butter Pudding with Raisins

This is one of those recipes that makes you glad you have ingredients left over. I prefer to make it wit...

This is one of those recipes that makes you glad you have ingredients left over. I prefer to make it with panettone - the traditional Italian Christmas cake that is...

40 minutes

to cook

Bubble and Squeak Rösti

Bubble and squeak is a classic leftover recipe for greens, but making it rösti-style and adding some mature...

Bubble and squeak is a classic leftover recipe for greens, but making it rösti-style and adding some mature Cheddar adds a new dimension. These little individual rö...

25 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Cheese and Herb Fritters

If you want to serve a meal without meat or fish, this is just the thing. It's also a great recipe for u...

If you want to serve a meal without meat or fish, this is just the thing. It's also a great recipe for using up odd bits of cheese, which can be varied as long as t...

Vegetarian

Curried Chicken Salad

This is unbelievably easy if you buy ready-cooked chicken. It's also a great way of using up leftover ch...

This is unbelievably easy if you buy ready-cooked chicken. It's also a great way of using up leftover chicken and is perfect for serving as part of a buffet

English Colonial Curry with Turkey

There is something about an uncomplicated, old-fashioned curry-powder curry after all the Christmas feastin...

There is something about an uncomplicated, old-fashioned curry-powder curry after all the Christmas feasting. Its sheer simplicity offers a much-needed change of ge...

40 minutes

to cook

Ham Croquettes

This is obviously a good way to use up leftover ham, but it's also worth buying some ham just to make them.

5 minutes - 6 minutes

to cook

Pork and Apple Rissoles

These can be made with leftover cooked pork from a joint or the ready minced raw pork which is now wideley ...

These can be made with leftover cooked pork from a joint or the ready minced raw pork which is now wideley available

10 minutes - 14 minutes

to cook

Spiced Bread Pudding

Sometimes this gets confused with bread-and-butter pudding, but it's quite different. It was invented, I...

Sometimes this gets confused with bread-and-butter pudding, but it's quite different. It was invented, I think, to use up stale bread, which is still a good reason ...

1 hour 15 minutes

to cook

Spiced Turkey in a Creamed Coconut Sauce

A very English, easy curry to use up the last bits of the turkey. No need to roast and grind your own sp...

A very English, easy curry to use up the last bits of the turkey. No need to roast and grind your own spices (we are on holiday) – Sharwood’s hot curry powder is th...

30 minutes

to cook

Stilton Rarebit

This recipe makes the most of leftover Stilton – but it could be made with any hard cheese (or even a mixtu...

This recipe makes the most of leftover Stilton – but it could be made with any hard cheese (or even a mixture of all those end bits clinging to the rind).

Stilton Soup

Not simply a recipe for leftover bits of Stilton, this one, but a delicious creamy soup that can enhance an...

Not simply a recipe for leftover bits of Stilton, this one, but a delicious creamy soup that can enhance any dinner or supper party. Be careful not to boil the soup...

30 minutes - 40 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian