Leftover Roast Meat

[grub72]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has a recipe for using up leftover roast meat? I was going to do a meat/vegie/gravy mix for a large pie....

Or anything else thats yummy...

[Meagan]

Slice it and freeze it for sandwiches, use it on pizza or in pizza pockets, add it to pasta or even Isis pasta bake recipe instead of the ham. Hope that helps

[Suesthermy]

Mince it and add a little milk and use it as a base for Sheppards pie.   Yum

[thermie crew]

I always plan sausage rolls the night after a roast. I save all of the leftovers (vegies and all) and blitz it together with some pureed tomato passata (in a jar) to make a very yummy sausage roll filling. Then all I have to do is make the pastry on the day-easy, cheap and tastier than my original sausage roll filling (plus lots of hidden vegies that the children happily wolf down!). Last time there were enough leftovers for 2 batches of sausage rolls so I frooze the 2nd batch of filling ready for next time.

[judydawn]

I have a Canadian recipe book purely full of left over ideas.  There are 2 lamb recipes I like in her book one is for Shepherds Pie & the other is Lamb & Feta Triangles.

Lamb & Feta Triangles

285g finely chopped leftover cooked lamb
70g crumbled feta cheese
1 tbs chopped fresh parsley
2 Tbs honey
1 tsp sambal oelek (chilli paste)
1 tsp ground cumin
1 clove garlic minced
pepper to taste
6 sheets philo pastry
75mls butter, melted
1.5 tsp Poppy seeds

Combine first 8 ingredients in a large bowl.
Lay 1 pastry sheet on work surface with long side closest to you.  Cover remaining sheets with damp tea towel.  Brush pastry sheet with margarine. Cut sheet into 4 strips.  Fold in half lengthwise.  Place 1 tbspn lamb mixture in 1 corner, leaving 3mm edge.  Fold opposite corner of sheet over to cover filling and form a triangle. Continue folding over in same fashion to end of sheet.  Brush final triangle with butter. Arrange on greased baking sheet.  Cover with a damp tea towel. Repeat with remaining pastry sheets, lamb mixture and butter.
Sprinkle triangles with poppy seeds, bake in 205^oC oven for about 15 mins until golden.  Makes 24 triangles.

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[Bubbles]

Thanks for the Lamb & Feta Triangles recipe JD, I made these with left over roast lamb last week and they were delicious. Really tasty. We dipped them in greek yogurt and had a greek salad on the side.  I struggled a bit with the pastry (I haven't cooked with philo pastry much), so they were more like Lamb & Feta Odd-Shapes but still delicious!

[judydawn]

Taste is more important than shape Bubbles and the more you work with filo pastry the better you will become at making the triangular shapes.  Did you use the fresh filo from the dairy cabinet - it is so much easier to work with that frozen, thawed filo.

[Bubbles]

Oh, no I didn't, I will have to get the fresh stuff next time. And also I think it had been in the freezer for a while so I think that's why it kept drying out on me so quickly, despite having it under a damp tea towel. But yes, DH thought the same as you, he didn't care what they looked like, they were very tasty!

[judydawn]

You will wonder at the difference when you get the fresh stuff Bubbles - Antoniou Chilled Fillo Pastry in any good dairy cabinet.  I get mine at Foodland.  I find the frozen produce almost impossible to work with, especially if it has been in a freezer for a long time. The fresh stuff has a good use by date on it - I have one in my fridge with a date of 23rd August on it. Once it's opened I like to use it up as quickly as possible over a week or so.

[Bubbles]

Thanks JD, I will definitely try your suggestion next time

[Deniser]

  Liking this idea and will try it next time there are some leftovers.
   Definately the fresh Filo - I mentioned in the pie maker thread that I just quickly spray around the outside edges with olive oil spray.  Quicker that brushing with butter to stop the edges drying out.  I usually just spray all with oil because of health problems (not mine) but appreciate that slathering with butter would be nicer.

[judydawn]

I did a different version of the recipe I posted above for Lamb & Feta Triangles.  I had no filo so used puff pastry sheets.
I cut the lamb into large dice and pressed the turbo button 3 times.  Baked them with an egg wash at 200^oC for about 30 minutes.

[cookie1]

They look very tasty Judy.

[judydawn]

Yes they were Cookie and something different from Shepherds Pie.

[Greyhoundmum]

Hi Grub72 left over meat from roast is nice in a stir fry or curried.