Sausage & cranberry stuffing

Sausage & cranberry stuffing

Make stuffing balls to serve alongside your Christmas turkey, or cook the mix in a baking dish if you prefer

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Cook the onion in the butter until soft but not browned. Add the breadcrumbs and stir so they soak up all the excess butter and fat. Let the mixture cool. Tip into a bowl with the sausagemeat, apple, cranberries, pistachios, sage and mixed spice. Mix well, then roll into balls. You can now cover and chill for up to a day before cooking.
  2. To cook, place in a roasting tin and bake for 40 mins, turning a few times, or until browned all over. Add the bay leaves, if using, for the final ten minutes of cooking.
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Bake in a dish

You can make this Sausage & cranberry stuffing in a baking dish, if you prefer. Simply add the meat to the onions and cook, breaking into small pieces, before continuing the recipe as before. Tip the mixture into a baking dish, top with bay leaves and bake for 40 mins until browned on top.

PER SERVING

176 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 11g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 2g, sugar 5g, salt 0.59 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2010.

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  • Binder photo Binksyboy

    14 December 2010

    Binksyboy rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Sorry to say this but I think that there are way too many cranberries in this recipe. It's so tart and sweet that the he sausage, sage and nutty flavours are totally overpowered. I'm pretty sure dried cranberries would be better and intend to give it another go soon!

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  • Binder photo Ed D

    18 December 2010

    Ed D rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is a tasty stuffing recipe, but I agree with the above comment. There are far too many cranberries - half as many would be more appropriate, and dried cranberries work very well (it was all I had).

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  • Binder photo Zupa

    25 December 2010

    Zupa rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very nice!! added less cranberry and everyone loved this dish!

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  • Binder photo Hannelie

    25 December 2010

    Hannelie commented on this recipe

    This was totally awesome and loved by the whole family. Fewer cranberries would make it easier to roll into balls though.

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  • Binder photo MommaSowerby

    30 December 2010

    MommaSowerby rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Tasted lovely however did not bind t make balls, fell apart although could still use

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  • Binder photo sjaantje

    01 January 2011

    sjaantje commented on this recipe

    The Netherlands comment here: Tasted lovely all guests thought so. But I agree with the above comment about falling apart. Next time I will double the amount of sausage-meat and at an egg.

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  • Binder photo sjaantje

    01 January 2011

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  • Binder photo janet

    07 December 2011

    janet rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    I made this last year and agree 100% with the comments about the cranberries,there were so many of them that it was impossible to keep them from falling out of the ball shapes. I quite liked them but the rest of the family thought them too sweet,wont be making them this year. Thought I might try the Italian stuffing recipe in 2011 GF mag.

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  • Binder photo Bernice M.

    31 December 2011

    Bernice M. rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made for Christmas and this was another dish my fiance loved. I didn't add as many cranberries after reading comments so it turned out really well, even using fresh cranberries.

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  • Binder photo stove-slave

    10 January 2013

    stove-slave commented on this recipe

    I think they added too many '0's to the cranberries - 20-25gm is more than enough if you are using dried. The recipe quantities for the whole recipe makes quite a lot, but any unused stuffing freezes well

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 1 onion , finely chopped
  • 25g butter
  • 2 slices white bread , whizzed to chunky breadcrumbs
  • 200g sausagemeat
  • 1 apple , peeled and grated
  • 200g cranberries
  • 50g pistachios
  • 4 sage leaves, finely sliced
  • ½ tsp mixed spice
  • bay leaves , to serve (optional)
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PER SERVING

176 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 11g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 2g, sugar 5g, salt 0.59 g

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