How to cook Christmas Dinner like a pro!
Clive Dixon
Hospitality Mentor and Coach delivering successful results and increased profitability for F&B businesses | Michelin Star Winner
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Transforming your leftovers
The bellies are full, the table has been cleared but the food joy isn’t over yet. Creating delicious leftovers with your Christmas dinner is integral to fighting food waste and reaping the benefits of your cooking all over again.?
Clive Dixon, Michelin star holder and head development chef at?Cleaver & Wake, says: ‘You may find yourself left with meat trimmings for a few days after the 25th. What you do next will depend on the meat.
'Here at Cleaver & Wake, one of our festive stars of the show this year is venison haunch – which is a delicious cut which is steak-like, and we use the ‘seam butchery’ technique to give the most tender results.
'We braise the rest of the venison with a red wine jus, to create a beautiful ragu. When served with fresh pasta, smoked bacon crumb, chestnuts and olive oil, there is simply nothing better.
‘For turkey, I’d coat any spare shreds of meat with herbs and breadcrumbs and fry them to make ‘scrumpets’. Paired with an acidic sauce like a caper or anchovy mayonnaise would make a light and tasty dish for enjoying many days after Christmas day.’
?For something a little more continental, Chef Niklas Ekstedt,?Ekstedt at The Yard?offers a Christmas pyttipanna.?
‘Make something special with the leftovers – a Christmas pyttipanna. Chop turkey, potatoes and any leftover vegetables and fry everything together in a large pan with some butter, he says. ‘Add in a few festive spices like cinnamon and cloves, before serving with lingonberry jam for a delicious Swedish touch!’
General Director at Whitco Catering & Bakery Equipment Ltd
2 个月Very much like the idea of a caper or anchovy mayonnaise … think I will use that idea for my Salmon en cro?te recipe on NYE Chef thank you wishing you and Tuesdee a very merry Christmas & Happy NY ????
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2 个月Ask Vita about my christmas dinners ????
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2 个月Doesn’t get any better