Sausage and bramley apple stuffing
This perfect stuffing recipe will give you enough to stuff the Christmas turkey and also make a tasty stuffing loaf.
Prep: 25 mins
Published: December 1, 2018 at 12:01 pm
Ingredients
- 1tbsp Olive oil
- 1 Celery stick, finely chopped
- 1 Onion, large, chopped
- 400g Cumberland sausages
- 1 Bramley apple, peeled and chopped
- 85g Fresh white breadcrumbs
- 2tbsp Fresh sage, chopped
- 5tbsp Fresh parsley, chopped, plus extra to serve (optional)
- 1 Egg (large)
- 10 rashers of rindless streaky bacon rashers
Method
Step 1
Heat the oil in a large pan, add the celery and onion, and cook for about 5 mins until starting to soften. Tip into a bowl to cool while you remove the sausagemeat from the skins. Add the apple, sausagemeat, breadcrumbs, herbs, egg and seasoning. Mix well – the easiest way is to knead it together in the bowl with your hands. Use 1/4 to stuff the neck cavity of your turkey.
Step 2
For the remainder, line a 900g loaf tin with 8 rashers of streaky bacon, spoon in the stuffing, lift the bacon over and cover with the last 2 rashers. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and bake the stuffing for 40-50 mins. Can be made ahead up to this point and chilled for 2-3 days. Turn out onto a baking-parchment-lined baking tray and return to the oven (once the turkey has come out) at 220C/200C fan/gas 7 for 15-20 mins more to brown the bacon. If chilled, reheat at the lower temperature for 45 mins, covered in foil, then turn out for the extra 15 mins at the higher temperature. Allow to stand, then scatter with parsley (if you like), slice and serve.
Recipe courtesy of BBC Good Food.