Chestnut and apple stuffing

This stuffing is a very traditional kind of stuffing that once would have been served with turkey. Now days you think of turkey and you automatically think of cranberries but apples and applesauce has been served with goose for years. And the introduction of the apple gives a very normal sage and onion stuffing a little tar almost sharp note that cuts threw the herbs and chestnuts giving it another dimension of flavour.

 “Another dimension of flavour.”  That all sound like I am at work, far to chef like for me and my blog, its just very taste and it goes really well with the turkey, that sound better.

1 onion

zest of 1 lemon

1oz /25g butter

4oz /110g white breadcrumbs

1 tbsp /15g chopped parsley

1 tbsp /15g chopped sage

2 apples

6oz /150g chestnuts

2 medium eggs

salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Simply start with taking your onion and dicing it then pop it in a pan on a very low heat with the butter and the lemon zest and soften the onions.

Now  peeled, core and chop your apples and put them to a  bowl . Then add the softened onions and butter to the apple. Add your dice the onion and to the apple along with the chopped herb. With a spoon, toss this all together in the bowl. Now add half of the breadcrumbs, work them in to the mix and then the rest, and mix it altogether thoroughly. The reason for adding half your breadcrumbs in first is that it just makes it easier to work together tan every thing sticking together in some on the crumbs at the bottom of the bowl.

Now beat the eggs together, add them to the mix, and work it all together then season with salt and pepper. Now you can pat this down in a dish or roll them out in to balls and bake them , it takes about 20 minutes to cook in a preheat oven set at  180c/350f. Take them out when they are brown on the out side.