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Cranberry and chestnut stuffing

Name: Cranberry and chestnut stuffing
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: onion 1, finely chopped; olive oil; Craisins or dried cranberries 50g; port a splash; vac-packed chestnuts 100g, chopped; pork sausages 1 pack of 6, skinned; fresh breadcrumbs 100g; egg yolk 1; streaky bacon 6 rashers, halved

1 hour
serves 6
Easy

Festive stuffing bites for your Christmas dinner. Balls of dried cranberry, sausagemeat, and chestnuts, wrapped in streaky bacon. Pop these in the oven during the roast potatoes’ last 30 minutes of cooking and watch everyone devour them when you bring them to the table.

March 25, 2015 at 3:05 pm

Put the chestnuts, pork, breadcrumbs, egg yolk and cooled onion mix in a bowl. Season really well, then mix and form into 12 balls. Wrap each one in a piece of streaky bacon. To cook, brush with olive oil and bake for 30 minutes at 220C/fan 200C/gas 7.

Ingredients

onion 1, finely chopped
olive oil
Craisins or dried cranberries 50g
port a splash
vac-packed chestnuts 100g, chopped
pork sausages 1 pack of 6, skinned
fresh breadcrumbs 100g
egg yolk 1
streaky bacon 6 rashers, halved

Method

Step 1

Cook the onion in 1 tbsp oil until softened. Add the cranberries and a big splash of port and simmer until all the port is absorbed. Cool.
Step 2

Put the chestnuts, pork, breadcrumbs, egg yolk and cooled onion mix in a bowl. Season really well, then mix and form into 12 balls. Wrap each one in a piece of streaky bacon. To cook, brush with olive oil and bake for 30 minutes at 220C/fan 200C/gas 7.