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The Secrets For The Ultimate Leftover Sandwich

December 26, 2020Lifestyle, Savoury, Seasonal
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Well, we all have our bellies full, possibly nursing a good hangover. And who in the world wants to cook dinner or lunch today, when there’s leftovers from yesterday dinner? Personally, I do not. And I love Boxing Day, because I come from a family where grandma cooks for way too many people. Even though there’s 14 of us normally.

So what a better chance for me to share with you the secrets for the Ultimate Leftover Sandwich? I mean, it’s the ultimate lazy as well as the most delicious sandwich ever.

Leftover Turkey & Stuffing Sandwich

It’s very easy, but you have to make sure of a couple of things:

Numero 1: have enough bread. Buy more bread that you need for Christmas. You can always freeze it or toast it with some oil/butter for the perfect sandwich crust. ( I tell you a trade secret: most “fresh” sandwiches are made with yesterday’s bread. This is why they are so crunchy and toast so well.) You can also make croutons for some quick and light snacks.

Number 2: the leftovers. Now, for the optimimum flavour of our leftovers, you need to store the oil or juice with them. This keeps them nice and moist and well seasoned too. Ugh, I am already dreaming of that confit garlic that was roasted with the chicken juice.

Number 3: do not add too much spicy sauce or any at all. Spicy sauce may be the best for hangovers (they say) but it will numb your papillae and wont be able to taste that little you still can. Also, we all know the best cure for an hangover is another one.

Leftover Sandiwch

Number 4: use that extra stuffing. Pop it in the oven for a quick roast, or in the pan for a little texture. There is never enough stuffing in this world.

Well, now that you are all set, just build it up with any leftover you may have, wether it’s duck or turkey. Chicken or beef. Chr.. no wait, not the Christmas Pudding.

And yes, you can definitely add the roast potatoes everyone was too full to finish in. You can work the carbs out later.

What will your Boxing Day sandwich be this year?

Merry Christmas you all.

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Fred is the mastermind for all things design of this blog, and around the web, she can be found on Not a Skilful Sailor and dotting.away. She is the person that has pushed Simona after she lost my job to give this blog thing a shot again, and subsequently found herself tangled in it, one way or another.

She is the extrovert of the group, the person who’s struggling the most with the being home situation. She thrives around people, but was not like this growing up, let us tell you that. She is the coffee guru of the family, loves our cat TJ more than Cristina and Simona (doesn’t even try to hide it a bit), and has got a new-found love for baking thanks to lockdown.

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  1. Charity

    January 15, 2021 at 18:26

    Oh my gosh this looks so tasty. I am so hungry after reading this lol

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  2. Jenny in Neverland

    December 29, 2020 at 11:10

    God that sandwich looks SO FREAKING GOOD! We did a leftover turkey curry this year and it wasn’t brilliant. I think a sandwich would have been better! x

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    • Federica

      December 29, 2020 at 16:45

      Ahah oh no! See, I am not a fan of curry so that would have made it for me! X

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  3. Helen

    December 28, 2020 at 14:25

    I’m more of a leftovers on toast kinda girl. Especially if it is something runny like curry or bolognese. A left over toastie is great for the more solid of leftovers. Yum yum yum,

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    Tea in the Tub

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    • Federica

      December 29, 2020 at 16:46

      Mmm yes! A bolognese on toast is the best. Plus with some just baked hot bread is even better!x

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  4. Clarissa Cabbage

    December 28, 2020 at 05:40

    Oooh this sounds amazing! I always love leftover sandwiches. At Thanksgiving this year I had a turkey sandwich with leftover cranberry sauce on it which was amazing. For Christmas though we had ham, and the next day made biscuits with gravy with big ham chunks in it. It was amazing!

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    • Federica

      December 28, 2020 at 12:21

      Ugh, sounds delicious! Gosh I do love a biscuit with gravy. I can’t wait to come back to the US for those!x

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  5. Lynn Mejia

    December 27, 2020 at 18:08

    Mm! I love a good thanksgiving/christmas leftover sandwich. My favourite part is adding cranberry sauce AND gravy. Sounds weird but It’s the perfect mix to me 🙂

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  6. Virginia David

    December 26, 2020 at 17:23

    This is interesting. On boxing day, we usually eat leftovers but mostly swahili food but I’ve never tried making a leftover sandwich.

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    • Federica

      December 27, 2020 at 13:29

      Thank you Virginia! Oh anything in a sandwich tastes delicious the day after!

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