Leftover turkey sandwich with cream cheese and mizuna

Steve Smith's delicious leftover turkey recipe is an innovative way of using up Christmas leftovers, with the fiery mizuna and crisp apple lending the dish a refreshing quality – the perfect antidote to Christmas overindulgence.
Ingredients
- 8 slices of dark rye bread
- 25 g of butter
- 120 g of cream cheese
- 24 pecan nuts, chopped
- 1 stick of celery, thinly sliced
- leftover turkey meat, 10 slices of breast and 100g of leg
- 1 Granny Smith apple, thinly sliced
- 40 g of mizuna
- 1 tbsp of white wine vinegar
- 3 tbsp of hazelnut oil
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- 1
Butter all 8 slices of bread then divide the cream cheese between the four bottom slices and spread evenly
- 2
Sprinkle the pecan nuts and celery over the cream cheese and top with brown turkey meat and apple slices. Season with salt and pepper
- 3
Whisk together the vinegar and hazelnut oil to make a dressing and season with salt. Mix the mizuna with a little hazelnut dressing and place on top of the turkey meat
- 4
Place the white turkey meat on top, and finish with the remaining slice of bread. Cut with a sharp serrated knife and serve
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