Cold meat

Thank you for the suggestions. I casseroled it and it came out like braising steak so that was Ok. I will try some of these other suggestions. I especially liked the Yorkshire pudding one.

Snap whitewave!
We must have been doing it at the same time
Ours was left over from NY Day

Chopping it in the food processor is not quite the same as an old-fashioned mincer but that is exactly what I did this evening.

I chopped the leftover beef (too expensive to waste, it was from the farm) with a small onion, mixed in some hot water, a stock cube and a little leftover gravy (made with red wine) and cooked it in the microwave, topped with mashed potato and then baked for a while in the oven.

It was very good though I say so myself, better than expected.

My son in law makes a Christmas roulade on Boxing Day using everything left over - including sprouts! The meat eaters tell me it’s very tasty.

Ilovecheese, we had my late MiL's mincer stored in a box for decades but couldn't use it because the clamp couldn't be attached to the edge of a kitchen worktop (we didn't have a kitchen table). I learned to live without it. When we packed up to move house last year, it went with a box of other stuff to the charity shop and I hoped someone would give it a good home. Now we've been in the new house a while, we've acquired a kitchen table and I'm wondering if the shop might ...... Doh! No, that's silly!

One of my favourite things to do with cold cooked beef is to whizz it in the food processor, very fine, and mix it with some horseradish sauce for a really tasty sandwich filling.

I still have the mincing attachment for my Kenwood, but haven't used it recently.

Every Monday my mother made meat and potato pie.
Regardless of the type of meat ,it went into a pie dish with diced potato and onion, I seem to remember the liquid was always thin. A shortcrust pastry lid and into the oven, food for the gods. Would I turn my nose up at it now. Probably, but why.

I’m the same with cold red meat (but love cold chicken) but think stir fries and curries are an acceptable way to use up leftovers. Most recently I’ve just wrapped it up and stuck it in the freezer for the day I find the perfect recipe! I’ve got bones in there too - gawd, what does the contents of a freezer reveal about it’s owner?

I can't believe people have got rid of their mincers! How do you make meatballs? Or burgers?
#Ilovemymincer

KatyK sounds like the Christmas pie I make every year, all the little bits of turkey, ham, sausagemeat and stuffing, left over roast potatoes and veg in a gravy sauce with a pastry topping. To my amazement it is almost more popular than the Christmas dinner itself and DGC refuse to go home until it has been made - and eaten.

I would also add beef pilau, and as a basis for a beef and vegetable soup. But I agree with all those who say if it is sliceable, slice, portion, cover with gravy and freeze.

Cube very small, add carrots, celery, tin of tomatoes, broth cubes, water, chopped parsley (plus gravy if you have any leftover). Cook until veg are just done. Cook farro in broth, separate to veg, while cooking veg. Drain cooked farro, add to veg mix. Heat through.

Beef salad made by tossing small cubes of beef in a dressing made from finely chopped shallot/onion, big dollop of mayonnaise, small dollop of mustard mixed together and diluted slightly with oil and vinegar. I eat it with a big chunk of bread and butter.

I would cube it, add some cooked diced veg or just onion, add some gravy top with pastry for crust, or my hubby likes a suet crust. Or make pasties. I think someone said stir fry

Great Minds nanaK54.

I use the food processor to chop the cooked left over roast , lots of onion cooked down with the gravy ( I do it in the microwave ) , add the " minced" beef and any left over chopped up carrots , top with buttery mashed potatoes and heat in a moderate oven for as long as it takes for the flavours to mellow . Always a fav in our house

Crossed posts there with Nfk

KatyK I like the idea of that pie - sounds delicious

I have used cooked beef in stir fries.......but I actually really like it cold with salad

Slice into thin strips and add to a stir fry? Just add at the end to heat it quickly through.

Slice thinly, make a batter, dip slices and fry.

My DD makes a roast dinner left over pie. She puts meat, veg, potatoes, gravy, stuffing and anything else that's left over and bakes it in a pastry pie. It's delicious.

I do the same as some others. Make extra gravy and slice the meat into it and freeze.
We had brisket between Christmas and N.Y. that had been in the freezer for a few weeks.
It was absolutely delicious with creamy mash and veg.
One thing I always notice though is that frozen and reheated gravy is rather thin and watery, it gets a couple of teaspoons of Aldi gravy granules, which are far better than Bisto.

Fajitas- can buy kit with tortillas and sauce or just buy packet of seasoning mix. Cut the beef into strips, roll in seasoning mix (I add a bit of flour), and fry for a few min. Add to sauce, then wrap in tortilla with some grated cheese on top. Microwave for about 30 sec to melt cheese. Tastes quite different to cold beef.

I slice it and put it in gravy ready to reheat. If I don't want to use it straight away it goes into containers and into the freezer, makes a quick easy meal. I did this with some of the lamb I cooked at Christmas, made my own "proper" gravy for the dinner so made a bit extra with freezing some in mind.

I would suggest the best thing to do with any cold beef or lamb is to curry it, or cook it in a strong tomato based sauce. I think that whatever you do with it, roast meat always has a particular flavour when reheated that needs heavily disguising.