4 tasty stuffing ideas for Christmas… or your next Sunday roast

It’s always good to have some tasty Christmas roast stuffing ideas.

So here are 4 of my favourites.

• SERVES: 4
• PREP TIME: 10 mins
• DIFFICULTY: easy

Christmas roast stuffing ideas

These are nice and simple but give you different flavours from savoury to sweet with the apricot and hazelnut stuffing.

(And this is one of my new favourites, btw).

Practice stuffing ideas with your next Sunday roasts.

Then pick your favourite for Christmas stuffing!

Not exactly, I horrible job to do. Lol

4 Christmas roast stuffing ideas

1. Apricot & hazelnut stuffing

Ingredients

• 2 large onions, chopped
• 50g butter
• 50g hazelnut, roughly chopped
• 140g ready-to-eat dried apricots, chopped
• 175g fresh white breadcrumbs
• 20g pack parsley, chopped
• finely grated zest of 1 lemon
• 1 egg, beaten
• olive oil, for drizzling

Method

1. Fry onions in the butter. Stir in nuts; fry until golden.
2. Remove from the heat, and add apricots, breadcrumbs, parsley and lemon zest.
3. Mix in the egg and season.
4. Use half to stuff the cavity; shape the rest into balls. Put the balls in a buttered baking dish, then drizzle with oil.
5. Bake for 30 mins until golden, or roast them around the chicken or turkey.

Recipe: BBC GoodFood

2. Pistachio & cranberry stuffing

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 small brown onions, halved, finely chopped
• 75g (1/2 cup) Craisins (dried cranberries), finely chopped
• 55g (1/3 cup) unsalted pistachio kernels, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 245g (3 1/2 cups) fresh breadcrumbs (made from day-old bread)
• 2 eggs, lightly whisked
• 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh continental parsley

Method

1. To make the stuffing, heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat.
2. Add the onion, Craisins, pistachio and garlic and cook, stirring, for 8-10 minutes or until onion softens.
3. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly.
4. Place the pistachio mixture in a bowl.
5. Add the breadcrumbs, egg and parsley and stir to combine.
6. Season with salt and pepper
7. Spoon the stuffing into the chicken cavity.

Recipe: Taste

3. Prune and walnut stuffing

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 brown onion, finely chopped
• 2 bacon rashers, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 cup (70g) fresh breadcrumbs (made from day-old bread)
• 1/2 cup (95g) pitted prunes, coarsely chopped
• 1/3 cup (35g) toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 2 tbsp finely shredded sage
• 1 egg, lightly whisked

Method

1. To make the prune and walnut stuffing, heat the oil in a medium frying pan over medium heat.
2. Add the onion, bacon and garlic and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until the onion softens.
3. Remove from heat and set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly.
4. Transfer to a medium bowl.
5. Add the breadcrumbs, prunes, walnuts, sage and egg and stir to combine.
6. Season with salt and pepper.
7. Spoon the stuffing into the chicken cavity.

Recipe: Taste

4. Sage & onion stuffing

Ingredients

• 15g butter
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• zest of ½ lemon
• 5 fresh sage leaves, finely chopped, or 1 tsp dried sage
• 100g breadcrumbs
• 1 egg

Method

• To make the sage and onion stuffing, melt the butter in a frying pan, add the onion and cook it over a low heat until it’s very soft and translucent. 
• Tip the onion into a bowl and let it cool, then add the lemon zest, sage and breadcrumbs.
• Season well with salt and pepper, then add the egg and mix thoroughly.
• Spoon the stuffing into the chicken cavity.

Recipe: Hairy Bikers

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