Festive Leftovers Picnic Loaf
Serves 6-8
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Resting time: 2 hours to overnight
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
1 crusty round or oval white loaf (needs to be quite a deep loaf)
4-6tbsp Staffords Mint Sauce, Staffords Old Style Mustard or Staffords Cranberry Jelly
leftover cooked beef, lamb, pork or turkey, thinly sliced
leftover cooked chipolata sausages, thinly sliced lengthways (optional)
leftover cooked stuffing, thinly sliced (optional)
fresh lettuce or baby spinach leaves
tomatoes, thinly sliced
roasted red peppers from a jar
Provolone, thinly sliced
Method
1 Carefully slice the top off the loaf and pull out most of the bread, leaving just a thin layer attached to the crust (be careful not to break the crust).
2 Depending on which leftover meat you are using, spread the Staffords sauce of your choice inside the loaf. Fill with layers of meat, sausage, cold stuffing, lettuce or spinach, tomatoes, peppers and Provolone, seasoning with salt and freshly ground black pepper as you build the filling.
3 When full, replace the top of the bread and wrap tightly in foil. Place in the fridge with a weight on top and leave for a few hours or overnight.
4 Cut into thick slices and serve with extra Staffords sauce.