Chestnut, bacon & cranberry stuffing

Name: Chestnut, bacon & cranberry stuffing
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 100 grams dried cranberries; 50 milliliters ruby port; 1 small onion, chopped; 2 rashers unsmoked back bacon, cut into strips; 50 grams butter; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 140 grams fresh white or brown breadcrumbs; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh parsley; 1 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves; 140 grams peeled, cooked chestnuts, roughly chopped; 1 medium egg, lightly beaten; 450 grams sausagemeat

If you have about 1 hour and 20 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Chestnut, bacon & cranberry stuffing might be an outstanding gluten free recipe to try. This recipe makes 24 servings with 68 calories, 1g of protein, and 2g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have garlic cloves, rashers unsmoked back bacon, onion, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Plenty of people really liked this side dish. It will be a hit at your Thanksgiving event. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Chestnut, Cranberry, and Leek Stuffing, Chestnut and Bacon Ciabatta Stuffing, and Chestnut, Bacon, Dried Apple, and Corn Bread Stuffing.

Instructions

Soak the cranberries in the port for an hour. Fry the onion and bacon gently in the butter, until the onion is tender and the bacon is cooked.

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Cranberries

Butter

Bacon

Onion

Port

Add the garlic and fry for another minute or so.

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Garlic

Cool slightly, then mix with all the remaining ingredients, including the cranberries and port, adding enough egg to bind I find it easiest to use my hands. Fry a knob of stuffing in a little butter, taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.

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Cranberries

Seasoning

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Butter

Port

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To Cook: This stuffing can be baked in a dish, or rolled into balls that will be crisp on the outside and moist inside. To bake, press the stuffing into a greased ovenproof dish in a layer that is around 4cm thick.

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Stuffing

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Bake at 190C/gas 5/fan 170C for about 40 minutes, until browned and, in the case of sausagemeat stuffing, cooked right through. Alternatively, roll into balls that are about 4cm in diameter. Roast the stuffing balls in hot fat (they can be tucked around the turkey or done in a roasting tin of their own) for 30-40 minutes, until crisp and nicely browned on the outside.

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Stuffing

Whole Turkey