Boxing Day frittata

Boxing Day frittata

This dish is a great way to use up any leftovers from Christmas day. It's delicious hot or cold and would make a good addition to a buffet.

  • Preparation: 5 mins
  • Cooking: 30 mins
  • Serves: 4

What you need:

  • 500g Christmas leftovers - cold roast potatoes, peas, carrots, stuffing, parsnips, chopped, even add cranberry sauce
  • 50g cheese cut into bitesize pieces
  • 8 large free-range eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp fresh rosemary, chopped
  • Salt and pepper to taste

What you do:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 200C/Gas mark 6.
  2. Line a flan dish with greaseproof paper.
  3. Arrange the Christmas left-overs and cheese evenly into the flan dish.
  4. Beat the eggs, add the chopped rosemary then pour over the vegetables.
  5. Season with salt and pepper and bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until the eggs are thoroughly cooked.

Cook's tip:

Serve with a healthy salad.

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