In two days’ time, the “big” meal, with its inherent stress (the entire family peering through the oven door, murmuring, “Do you think that turkey’s cooked yet?”), will be done and dusted. Boxing Day, if you’re in charge of the Christmas cooking, brings freedom.
December 26 presents so many leftovers – the overspill housed in the garage, the laundry room, wherever it’s cold enough – that you won’t have to shop for days. Transforming these into meals requires ideas more than recipes, but it can be hard to think of what to do beyond the pie you make every year or a pan of bubble and squeak.
So I’ve done some thinking for you. Keep this safe until Boxing Day.
Turkey
Russian turkey pie
Make your usual béchamel sauce (I always put some Dijon mustard in it), add sautéed onions and chunks of turkey and stir in lots of chopped dill, some chopped pickled gherkins, a little of the vinegar from the...
