Homemade Stuffing 🎄🥘

A rich, stuffing with sausage meat, smoked bacon, sage, cranberry and homemade breadcrumbs — perfect for roast dinners and Christmas.

Ingredients (guide amounts)

All ingredients are a guide — you can judge the proportions depending on your personal taste.

• Sausage meat or skinned sausages (more economical)
• Chopped smoked bacon
• Cranberry sauce
• Apple sauce
• Homemade breadcrumbs (any leftover can be frozen)
• Dried sage
• Optional extras: orange juice, nuts, honey
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Method

1. Prepare the sausage base: Remove skins if using sausages and place the sausage meat in a large bowl.
2. Add the bacon: Chop smoked bacon into small pieces and add to the bowl.
3. Mix in the flavour: Add cranberry sauce, apple sauce and a generous handful of homemade breadcrumbs.
4. Season: Sprinkle in dried sage, salt and pepper. Adjust to taste.
5. Optional extras: Add a splash of orange juice, some chopped nuts or a drizzle of honey if you like a sweeter, richer stuffing.
6. Combine: Mix everything together well with clean hands until evenly combined. Add more breadcrumbs if the mixture feels too wet.
7. Shape: Press into a baking dish or shape into balls/patties and place on a tray.
8. Bake: Cook at 180°C for around 45 minutes, depending on the size and thickness, until cooked through and nicely browned.
9. Serve: Rest for a few minutes, then serve with your roast dinner or any suitable meal.

Notes & Tips

• This stuffing is amazing for Christmas festivities and Sunday roasts.
• Making extra for another day is a must — it can be frozen after cooking.
• Leftover homemade breadcrumbs can also be frozen for future recipes.
• Adjust sweetness, herbiness and texture to match your personal taste.

A cosy, homemade stuffing — a perfect Dinner recipe for Volume 1 of your community cookbook 💛