I have some random out of date foods to use up.

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The church was collecting for the harvest festival / food bank so I cleared out my cupboards of jars and dried food. Sent loads to the church but have held back the out of date stuff.
I have a tin of condensed milk - can't remember why I bought it.
An orange jelly, a tin of sliced apples - no idea why, my freezer is full of cooked apple.
A jar of rhubarb and ginger jam.
I feel like there's some kind of pudding in there with those ingredients?

I'm not sure any of those things are out of date, it's a best before date surely? Nearly impossible to make condensed milk go off when it's still unopened, I use it to make bounty bars, key lime pie or easiest of the lot vanilla ice cream, have to add cream obviously.

The rest I would just keep in mind for day to day using up rather than try to mix them all into the one dish.

You could use the jam for a bakewell tart like dish.

Yes they are all best before so I realise they are perfectly safe. I will try to use this year.
It was a light hearted idea, like ready steady cook.

If you made a sponge cake then you could do trifle.

In the 1970s there was a sort of mousse made with whipped condensed milk stirred into almost set strong jelly. Refrigerate until completely set. Mandarins are in season now so you could top it with those.

I’d make the apples into a crumble and use the jam to make Halloween jam tarts. I’d make millionaire’s shortbread with the condensed milk but it has a very short life expectancy in this house!

The rhubarb & ginger jam I'd just use as jam, though, it would make a good jam sauce for sponge or suet pudding or over ice cream and pancakes for a quick pudding, or to use in a sticky sweet glaze for sticky pork ribs or lamb chops, or as a glaze for a baked ham.
The tinned apple I'd use for apple sauce to go with pork, or in a pie or crumble with blackberries or blackcurrants.
The orange jelly I'd use to make gin & orange jelly, served in cocktail or wine glasses, for a fun pudding.

Some lovely ideas thanks.

@Sgtmajormummy I'm old enough to remember that mousse, my grandmother used to make it with carnation.
I do have DS2 (27) coming over for a few days so I'll make apple crumble. He's vegetarian so can't use the jelly on him.
I have a joint of pork roasting so I've put a dollop of the jam on glazed it with the jam.

Apple, rhubarb and ginger crumble.
I vaguely recall condensed milk being an ingredient in dolce latte sauce? Or whip it up with the jelly for orange fluff.

Love it OP, this sort of thing interests me and I would want to make as many things as possible not put them all in one thing

You know you can make a sort of 'tablet' confectionary from condensed milk, add chocolate or perhaps peanut butter, some videos on youtube

How sweet is the jam, can you use it in a curry, or on some lamb?

I like mixing really different flavours together.

Apples perhaps tarte tatin but as you say you have cooked apples already. Apple sauce for pork?
Cam they be used for chutney?

@soupyspoon the jam isn't very sweet and made a good addition to the pork gravy tonight.
I've an idea I bought the condensed milk for some kind of cheesecake but ended up making my usual fail-safe recipe.

I think the orange jelly fluffy would be fun.

@ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea I usually put a dollop of jam in with cooking apples to sweeten them so that would work well.
I have a huge bag of crumble mix in the freezer ( thanks for that idea Nancy Birtwhistle). I just pour over fruit and bake.

That lineup sounds like something straight out of a 1970s church cookbook and I’m kinda here for it. Maybe a jammy apple pudding? Warm apples, a bit of condensed milk, jam swirled through. You might accidentally invent a masterpiece.

Is it a thick sweetened condensed miilk or evaporated milk?
If sweet then banoffee pie or millionaire‘s shortbread.
if more like evaporated then yes that mousse with whisked evaporated milk and jelly, I remember making that at school in the 70s!)
Evaporated milk diluted with half the volume of water is fab for custard.
The jam: Queen of puddings; Bakewell tart; or good old fashioned jam tarts.
There‘d another thread on here about what to do with apples, worth a browse

You can make fudge with the condensed milk.