Food waste is a real scourge these days.
Did you know that in France, we throw away more than 20 kilos of food per person a year?
To limit food waste , there are simple gestures, such as cooking leftovers.
After having advised you 6 ideas to stop throwing away your stale bread...
...here are 4 ideas for cooking your leftover meat so it doesn't end up in the bottom of your trash can.
Shepherd's pie is an economical dish which, moreover, is generally very popular with the whole family.
By cooking it with your leftover meat (beef, duck or pot-au-feu meat), it will cost you almost nothing...
Just a few euro cents to buy the potatoes.
Find here my economical and family recipe for Parmentier hachis.
There too, I realize my stuffing with my leftover meat:beef, sausage meat or chicken.
Just cut them into small dice, removing any bones and cartilage, then mix everything.
I can even use leftover bread to make my breadcrumbs.
Find here my recipe as tasty as it is economical for stuffed tomatoes.
Do you have any minced meat left over? Have you planned too much meat to prepare your steak tartare?
If the minced meat does not keep well, take the opportunity to prepare delicious meat puffs .
1. In a frying pan, place a knob of butter and brown the minced meat for 3 minutes with a previously minced onion. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Preheat your oven to 210°.
3. Roll out your puff pastry and cut it into equal parts.
4. Pour the meat mixture in the center of each piece of dough and close in the shape of a crescent.
5. Brush the puff pastry with egg yolk and bake for ten minutes, turning halfway through.
Prepare a terrine is a great way to use up leftover cooked meat.
Beef, lamb, rabbit or chicken, they can all be cooked easily.
1. I preheat my oven to 200°.
2. I coarsely mix the leftover meat that I want to incorporate into the terrine as well as an onion and a little bread. I add 2 eggs.
3. In a salad bowl, I mix everything and moisten with a little fresh cream. I salt and pepper.
4. I pack the preparation in a terrine and put the dish in the oven for 45 min.
5. I let cool before serving.
