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Upcycling Party Leftovers

September 9, 2017 by Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

Thank you all for your lovely comments on Small Man’s birthday post, and for sharing the happy occasion with us! ♥

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The conundrum with party food is this: I can’t bear the thought that there might not be enough, but prepping on that principle always results in a mountain of leftovers, and I can’t bear to waste any of them. So visitors are always pressed to take home boxes of food, while we attempt to creatively upcycle whatever remains.

With all the pastry offcuts from the sausage rolls…

…we made a dozen curry puffs. Filled with chicken and potato, they were good both hot and cold…

. . . . .

I used the leftover antipasti in a quadruple batch of our filled foccacia. Double-smoked ham, Italian Prosciutto, Parmesan, Fromage D’Affinois, membrillo and sun-dried tomatoes all went into the mix…

Two giant slabs of focaccia came out of the oven…

Half a slab went to Will and Bethany, who’d brought an antipasto platter, and the rest was cut into large squares and frozen. The boys have been eating them for lunch with leftover hummus…

This worked particularly well and I’d urge you to give it a go the next time you have leftover antipasti. Almost anything can go in, even the tiny scrappy bits!

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15 Responses

  1. on September 9, 2017 at 12:19 am equipsblog

    Glad I am having a snack while I read this. Otherwise I”d go from hungry to starving. This all looks so delicious.


  2. on September 9, 2017 at 12:28 am rarebirds

    You’re a Genius !!
    🌺


  3. on September 9, 2017 at 12:36 am koolaidmoms

    That antipasti foccacia looks like something we would love! Yummmm!


  4. on September 9, 2017 at 12:53 am susan

    ABSOLUTELY!! Waste not, want not!!


  5. on September 9, 2017 at 12:59 am Manuela

    The sausage rolls looks delicious, as do the curry puffs. A focaccio looks great as well. A great way to use leftovers!


  6. on September 9, 2017 at 1:54 am Lury Budde

    Such a lovely way to upcycle it all looks gorgeous.


  7. on September 9, 2017 at 4:39 am lulu

    Wow, hats some pretty good eats from leftovers.


  8. on September 9, 2017 at 6:29 am Cath

    Celia! I missed your other post and had to go back & read that after I read this one. Firstly a big Happy Birthday to Small Man, I hope all his dreams & wishes come true and may he have many, many more happy birthdays :-)
    Now your birthday party food looked fab, your reinvention of birthday food looks delicious. I think I might copy you on the focaccia for lunches this week.


  9. on September 9, 2017 at 7:15 am alisond53

    I wish I lived next door to you!!!


  10. on September 10, 2017 at 7:28 pm Liz Posmyk of Bizzy Lizzy's Good Things

    Beautiful pastry, love. x


  11. on September 10, 2017 at 8:31 pm Chica Andaluza

    We love leftovers! In fact when I cook I almost always make extra to turn the leftovers into another meal, another day 😀


  12. on September 11, 2017 at 2:45 am Kim

    Leftovers are the gift the cook gets to make tomorrow easier 😉. Good use of all of yours.


  13. on September 11, 2017 at 3:09 am Sally

    I love that focaccia idea – definitely one to remember.


  14. on September 11, 2017 at 12:40 pm onefamilyoneplanetblog

    Coming from a long matriarchy of the “ít’s better to have too much than not enough” school of catering, I applaud your efforts! Always good to create something new with the leftovers! Cheers, Sally


  15. on September 14, 2017 at 4:19 am Tina

    Dear Celia, great ideas for using up leftovers. The focaccias look great and I’d very much like to try some pieces. But unfortunately they had to travel half around the world to find me. I read your blog for almost a year and what I love best is everything about bread baking and chocolate. My sister and I bought the moulds from the USA that you had recommended (20 moulds!!!) and we’re really happy with them. Btw my sister makes very delicious raw chocolate in them. I’m better in baking sourdough bread. Thank you for the tip and the inspiration. Have a nice week. I’m looking forward to more new chocolate pictures. Tina from Germany



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