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Christmas leftover toasties

Name: Christmas leftover toasties
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2-4 leftover roast potatoes; ½ tbsp olive oil; 4 slices thick bloomer bread; 25g mayonnaise; 30g cranberry sauce; 1 ½ tbsp Dijon mustard; 50g leftover red cabbage; 2-4 leftover pigs in blankets halved; 60g leftover cheeseboard cheese (such as red leicester, mature cheddar, stilton or brie), grated; 20g cornichons finely sliced

Ailsa Burt

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 25 mins

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Take the Boxing Day sandwich to greater heights with this toastie made from leftovers. Indulgent and luxurious, the recipe makes a lip-smacking lunch for two

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Ingredients

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2-4 leftover roast potatoes
½ tbsp olive oil
4 slices thick bloomer bread
25g mayonnaise
30g cranberry sauce
1 ½ tbsp Dijon mustard
50g leftover red cabbage
2-4 leftover pigs in blankets

halved
60g leftover cheeseboard cheese

(such as red leicester, mature cheddar, stilton or brie), grated
20g cornichons

finely sliced

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal929
fat39g
saturates12g
carbs108g
sugars15g
fibre7g
protein33g
salt4.23g

Method

step 1

Put the roast potatoes on a board and press down using the base of a mug or glass to flatten slightly. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat and fry the potatoes for 4-5 mins on each side until crisp and golden. Remove to a plate and set aside.
step 2

Spread the outside of each slice of bread with mayonnaise, then spread the inside of two slices with cranberry sauce, and the other two with mustard. Spread the cabbage over one side of each sandwich. Top with the pigs in blankets, cheese and cornichons. Lay the crispy roast potatoes on top. Close the sandwiches and transfer to the pan you used for the potatoes.
step 3

Cook over a medium-low heat, covered with a lid, for 4-5 mins. Remove the lid, then cook for a further 2-3 mins until golden brown. Flip and cook for 4-5 mins more until golden brown and the cheese has melted. Cut each sandwich in half to serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2025

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