Chestnut and Cranberry Stuffing
Chestnut and Cranberry Stuffing
Recipe Type: side
Cuisine: British
Author: Caroline Artiss
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 45 mins
Serves: 3 cups
Christmas dinner isn't the same without a good stuffing or two on the side. My recipe has cranberries, and chestnuts mixed with juicy sausage meat.
Ingredients
500g / 2 ½ cups sausage meat
75g / ½ cup dried cranberries
Port 50ml / ¼ cup
1 clove of garlic chopped
1 white onion chopped
1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
3 rashers of streaky bacon
240g cooked and peeled chestnuts
140g breadcrumbs 2/12 cups / 3 slices white bread
1 large egg
salt and pepper
Instructions
Soak the cranberries in the port for about an hour before you start making it
Makes it taste nicer but don’t worry about it if you’ve run out of time!
Preheat oven to Gas 5 or 190c / 375F
Start by gently frying the onions and bacon together in a pan with a little oil or butter
Until they start to go golden, about 3 minutes
While they are cooking you can blend the chestnuts until they are in small pieces or you can finely chop them with a knife
Once the bacon and onions are cooked put them in a big bowl
Add all the other ingredients and mix well together -Get your hands in there – its easier!
Roll into balls or use as to put inside the turkey
If you’re cooking it separately roll into balls and cook in the oven for approximately 30 minutes on gas 5.