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Apricot, Orange and Chestnut Stuffing
0Recipe and Image Genius Foods and Lactofree (www.geniusglutenfree.com / www.lactofree.co.uk )
In my view, Christmas isn’t Christmas without this delicious gluten free stuffing. The recipe is for a 5.53kg /12lb oven ready turkey and can be made a day in advance.
Apricot, Orange and Chestnut StuffingIngredients
- 1½ onions, very finely diced
- 2 sticks of celery, finely diced
- 2 tbsp of oil
- 2 level tsp salt and eight generous grinds or 1 level tsp of black pepper
- 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 450g / 1lb minced pork belly
- 400g / 14oz tinned unsweetened chestnut puree
- 4 medium slices of Genius white or brown bread, whizzed into fine breadcrumbs
- 1 tbsp each of finely chopped leaves of fresh thyme, sage and curly parsley
- zest of 1 orange
- 110g / 4oz dried ready to eat apricots, roughly chopped
- 1 egg, beaten
Method
- Place the onion and celery in a pan with the oil. Season generously with salt and pepper and gently fry, covered with a lid, until the onion is very soft and sweet. Add the garlic and fry, stirring constantly, for a further 30 seconds. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
- When cool, tip the softened onion mixture into a large bowl with all the remaining ingredients and thoroughly mix together with your hands.
- Push the stuffing into the neck end of the turkey. Cover with the skin flap and secure with a skewer.