After lunch, allow the turkey to cool, then remove the remainder of the breasts from the carcass. Wrap in foil and refrigerate. The gravy can also be stored for a few days in the fridge and reheated. The carcass can be used to make a broth or stock and used in soup. We pop ours with the giblets in a pressure cooker with water to make a stock.
The classic leftover turkey sandwich is a Boxing Day classic, but there are lots of other inventive uses.
Food Writer Keiron George is a fan of a turkey pie. He says: “Boxing Day in our house is pot pie day because it’s when we cook all the leftovers into a glorious pie and serve it with a bubble and squeak using yesterday’s vegetables.”
Food writer and blogger Rosie Bensberg has a less conventional use of the leftovers. “After a big blowout on Christmas Day, a light revitalising turkey pho soup is the best way to use the leftover turkey," she says.
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