Festive finger food: how to use Christmas leftovers to make New Year’s Eve canapes
From ham and chicken croquetas to potato-filled fishcakes, there are plenty of interesting ways to use up the bits you have left over from the festivities
TL;DR
- New Year's is an opportunity to transform leftovers into one-bite finger foods.
- Smoked salmon can be used on blinis with lumpfish caviar.
- Mini fishcakes can be made with leftover smoked haddock or salmon, mashed potato, dill, lemon, and fried leeks, coated in panko and deep-fried.
- Croquetas can be made with leftover ham, chicken, or mushrooms, coated in breadcrumbs, and fried.
- Sausage roll fillings can incorporate leftovers, or crumbs can be used to coat chicken pieces with lemon zest and thyme.
- Croissants can be used to make crumbs for breading or baked into crisps dipped in chocolate.
- Leftover ham and turkey can be frozen, defrosted, glazed, and used in mini sandwiches with cranberry sauce on sourdough.
- Leftover turkey can be shredded, crisped, and tossed with cranberry sauce, lime juice, soy, and chili oil for a spicy salad, served in little gem leaves.
- Leftover vegetables can be made into bubble and squeak, seasoned, mixed with flour, stamped out, and stored in the freezer, then refreshed in the oven and topped with ingredients like roast beef and horseradish.
- Bubble and squeak can also be saved for brunch the next day.