Festive leftovers: Turn Christmas extras into delicious new dishes

From cheesy pasties to savoury quiche and a vegan filo pie, these creative recipes transform Christmas leftovers into crowd-pleasing dishes for all tastes - (Stuart Ovenden)

The season of festive plenty is also the season of plentiful leftovers – which can dauntingly quickly fill up the fridge and freezer before you’ve even had a chance to open the first window of your advent calendar.

The trick is to not think about them as “extra food” that needs to be eaten up somehow, but as essential ingredients in themselves that can enliven other completely dishes.