Apple and sausagemeat stuffing

Name: Apple and sausagemeat stuffing
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 75 g unsalted butter; 200 g chicken livers, roughly chopped; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 1 fresh bay leaf; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; ½ 20g pack sage, leaves finely chopped; 900 g sausagemeat; 200 g soft breadcrumbs; 3 apples (such as braeburn or cox), cored and chopped; 200 g unsmoked lardons

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Serves6
CourseAccompaniment
Prepare25 mins
Cook1 hr 25 mins
Total time1 hr 50 mins
Pluscooling

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Ingredients

75g unsalted butter
200g chicken livers, roughly chopped
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 fresh bay leaf
2 garlic cloves, crushed
½ 20g pack sage, leaves finely chopped
900g sausagemeat
200g soft breadcrumbs
3 apples (such as braeburn or cox), cored and chopped
200g unsmoked lardons

Method

Melt the butter in a large frying pan, add the livers and fry on a medium-high heat until they just lose their pinkness. Scoop onto a plate; set aside.
Return the pan to the heat and add the remaining butter, the onion and bay leaf; sweat gently for 20 minutes until soft and tinged golden. Add the garlic and sage, then cook for a further minute. Remove and discard the bay leaf, turn the heat off and allow the onion mixture to cool.
Preheat the oven to 220˚C, gas mark 7. In a large bowl, combine the sausagemeat, breadcrumbs, apples, lardons, cooled onion mixture and livers; season. Spoon into an ovenproof dish (about 22cm x 30cm). When ready to cook, cover with foil and bake for 35-40 minutes until cooked through, then remove the foil and cook for 10-15 minutes to crisp the top a little.

Cook’s tip

MAKING AHEAD?

To save time, the stuffing can be made as far as the final stage (when ready to cook) a week in advance and frozen, covered tightly, in the dish. Defrost in the fridge overnight before baking.