Chefs Picks: Thanksgiving Leftovers

Chefs Picks tracks down what a pros have been eating as good as in progress from coast to coast.Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate family, friends as good as food, glorious food. It seems which no have a difference a distance of a bird or a series of sides upon a table, a legal holiday spread stretches in to during slightest a subsequent day or two. But what to do with a leftover turkey, honeyed potatoes as good as cornbread? These chefs have a answer: turn them in to creative breakfast as good as lunch equipment for a subsequent day.Beyond-Basic BreakfastChef Jeff Mahin is a master of a morning meal, as evidenced by a bevy of brunch as good as breakfast options offering during his restaurantsStella Barra Pizzeria,Summer House Santa Monica,M Street KitchenandDo-Rite Donuts. So its no surprise which Mahin transforms his Thanksgiving leftovers in to a stepped-up breakfast sandwich. He amps up a standard bacon as good as eggs by pulling in Thanksgiving turkey, creamy Havarti cheese as good as tangy whole-grain mustard.Turkey Breakfast Sandwich1 English muffin1 cut of tomato1/2 avocado, sliced1 tablespoon mayo1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard1 cut Havarti cheese4 ounces turkey (shaved thin)2 strips of bacon2 eggs1 tablespoon butterCrack a eggs in to a play as good as whisk together until really good combined. Over middle heat, supplement a butter to a nonstick pan. Once butter has melted, supplement eggs as good as kindly scramble while they cook. Just prior to a eggs have been completely finished cooking, deteriorate with salt as good as place a cheese upon top. Remove a vessel from a stove, as a eggs will continue in progress as good as a cheese will warp upon its own.Place an additional nonstick vessel upon a stove, as good as over high feverishness supplement a thinly sliced turkey. Sear any side for about a notation until a turkey slices have been prohibited as good as charred. Remove a turkey from pan. Add bacon to a vessel as good as hope for until crispy.While a bacon is cooking, toast your English muffin as good as afterwards supplement mayo as good as grained grained mustard upon any side. Add salted tomato, turkey, cheesy eggs, avocado slices as good as a baked bacon. Place a alternative half of a English muffin upon tip as good as puncture in for a deliciously disorderly breakfast sandwich.Meatless MarvelVegetarians need not be left out of a Thanksgiving leftovers its not all about a bird, after all. Tis also a deteriorate for base vegetables, as good as if we have any left upon your cooking table, they have a undiluted further to a pot pie. Chef Mo LEsperance of Tiburon Tavern is a fan of this post-festivities dish, which she pairs with a light fennel as good as celery salad to change out a richness.Root Vegetable Pot PieDough:2 cups all-purpose flour1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar1/2 tablespoon salt1/2 pound unsalted butter1 egg yolk3 tablespoons ice waterTo have a dough, pulse a flour, sugar, salt as good as butter in your food processor until butter is incorporated. Add a egg yolk as good as water as good as pulse again to combine. It is really important to not overmix this dough; just a couple of quick pulses should do a trick. Turn a mix out upon a lightly floured aspect as good as knead together until well-spoken again (a really quick integrate of turns as good as we have been done). Form in to a 1-inch-thick hoop as good as wrap a mix in cosmetic film. Place in a refrigerator for 1 hour. Once mix is chilled, roll it out until it has a 1/4-inch thickness. Then make make use of of a pizza knife to cut circles out which have been slightly larger than your oven-safe bowls. Separate a cut-out disks with parchment paper as good as place back in a refrigerator until a filling is ready (you can even have a mix a day prior to we plan to serve a pies as good as store a disks in a refrigerator overnight).Filling:1 crater chopped celery root1 crater chopped carrot1 crater chopped yellow onion1 crater chopped parsnip1 crater chopped parsley root2 tablespoons additional pure olive oil2 cups white wine3 quarts vegetable stock3 sprigs rosemary1/2 garland thyme2 sprigs tarragon1 tablespoon minced garlic1 tablespoon butterSalt as good as black pepper to tasteFor a filling, roughly chop a base vegetables in to bite-size pieces, afterwards toss them with a additional pure olive oil as good as a splash of salt as good as pepper. Place a veggies in a singular covering upon a piece tray as good as roast in a oven during 350 degrees F until tender, which should take about 15 to 20 minutes, depending upon a distance of a vegetables. Tie a spices together with a piece of kitchen weave as good as set aside. In a vast stockpot, persperate a onion as good as garlic down in a butter, supplement a wine as good as prepare for about 5 minutes. Add a duck stock as good as a scored equally herbs. Thicken a reduction with either a normal roux, cornstarch or arrowroot. When we have achieved a consistency we want, supplement a roasted base vegetables to a mix as good as stir together. Season to taste.Ladle a cake filling in to oven-safe bowls as good as tip with a precut mix top. Press a sides down so a mix is upon a bowl. Brush with a tiny egg rinse as good as pierce a middle of a mix all a approach by to allow a filling to vent. Place a filled bowls upon a piece tray as good as bake for 10 to 15 minutes. You have been baking just a dough, so when it is golden-brown, it is ready.A quicker approach to hope for a pot pies is to hope for a mix disks upon a piece tray until golden as good as afterwards place upon tip of your filled bowls.Flavorful FillingRoot as good as Bone is located in New York City, though it churns out food which channels a flavors of a South. Biscuits, meatloaf, as good as shrimp as good as forage have been a little of a meals youll find upon a menu. Chef Jeff McInnis prepares a full-scale Thanksgiving menu during a restaurant, which pretty most guarantees a kitchen will be congested with leftovers a subsequent day. To have make make use of of of three renouned list equipment turkey, cranberry as good as honeyed potato he creates empanada-like turnovers which have been undiluted right out of a oven or to taste upon throughout a day.Turkey, Cranberry as good as Sweet Potato TurnoversYield: twelve turnovers3 cups baked turkey, chopped3/4 crater crushed honeyed potato, cold3/4 crater cranberry sauce, cold2 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour1 1/2 teaspoons salt1 hang (1/2 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut in to 1/2-inch cubes1 vast egg1/3 crater ice water1 tablespoon strong white vinegarSift flour with salt in to a vast play as good as blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until reduction resembles coarse dish with a little (roughly pea-size) butter lumps.Beat together egg, water as good as old wine in a tiny play with a fork. Add to flour mixture, stirring with flare until just incorporated.Pour reduction onto a lightly floured aspect as good as gather together, afterwards knead kindly with heel of your palm once or twice, just sufficient to move mix together. Form mix in to a flat rectangle, wrap in cosmetic wrap as good as chill for during slightest 1 hour.Take mix as good as roll out in to a single vast rectangle. Using a 5-inch turn cutter, punch out twelve pieces. Place about 1/4 crater turkey, 1 tablespoon honeyed potato as good as 1 tablespoon cranberry salsa onto core of any mix round. Using pastry brush (or fingers), kindly brush corner of any turn with knocked about egg white. Fold mix turn in half to cover filling; press corner together to seal, using a fork. Lightly brush tops of empanadas with knocked about egg yolk. Make sure to grease a vessel or lay down nonstick material onto baking sheets.Bake during 400 degrees F for 10 to twelve mins until golden brown.Simple SandwichBarbecue master Myron Mixon prefers to keep it simple in a kitchen when it comes to turkey-day leftovers. For Mixon, who has won utterly a couple of pitmaster competitions as good as recently opened his first grill in Chicago, a best approach to make make use of of up which Thanksgiving bird is to keep it simple with a turkey salad. This creamy plate is similar to a standard duck version, as a bird is total with red grapes as good as pecans, along with green apple for a touch of acidity as good as crunch.Turkey Salad SandwichYield: 4 sandwiches4 cups leftover (pulled) turkey, white as good as dim meat1 crater mayonnaise, homemade or your preferred brand1 crater chopped Granny Smith or an additional type of spicy apple1/2 crater chopped pecans4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped1 crater halved seedless red grapesKosher salt as good as freshly belligerent black pepper8 slices white breadGarnishes (optional): iceberg lettuce, chopped tomatoes slices as good as red onion slicesIn a vast bowl, mix a turkey, mayonnaise, apple, pecans, hard-boiled eggs as good as grapes. Season generously with salt as good as pepper. Using a wooden spoon, kindly mix a turkey salad together, taking caring to thoroughly mix all a ingredients.Scoop about one-quarter of a turkey salad as good as place it in a core of a single cut of a white bread. Then make make use of of a ladle to spread it around kindly to cover a total cut of bread. Top with yes or no garnishes we like, as good as place a alternative cut of bread upon tip to finish a sandwich. Repeat these same steps with a alternative slices of bread to have some-more sandwiches.Photography pleasantness of Anjali Pinto, Tiburon Tavern, Root as good as Bone andMyron Mixon