Tim Wilson and Rebecca Seal

Tim Wilson and Rebecca Seal · German Baking

Sometimes, bubble and squeak is made with added mashed potato to help bind it, which we aren’t adding here because on Boxing Day the whole point is using up leftovers, rather than cooking anything more from scratch. That makes this bubble a bit more like a hash, but that’s fine by us. Hollandaise makes this an extremely luxurious bubble and squeak. Ginger Pig Christmas Cookbook by Tim Wilson and Rebecca Seal is published by Mitchell Beazley, £25.00, www.octopusbooks.co.uk

Tim Wilson and Rebecca Seal · German Baking

This is a beautiful and hearty option for a Christmas Eve supper. You can make one large pie (about 21cm/8¼ inches across and 9cm/3½ inches deep), which will serve four; you can make two smaller pies and cook them both; or you can cook one smaller pie and freeze half the filling and half the pastry, both uncooked, to use later. (And thank your past self profusely when you’re eating the saved pie in the depths of dreary January.) Ginger Pig Christmas Cookbook by Tim Wilson and Rebecca Seal is published by Mitchell Beazley, £25.00, www.octopusbooks.co.uk