MARY BERRY'S CHRISTMAS STUFFING
Ingredients
- 40g/1½oz butter
- plus extra for greasing
- 1 large onion
- finely chopped
- 700g/1lb 9oz pork sausage meat
- 150g/5½oz fresh white breadcrumbs
- 1 large unwaxed lemon
- juice and finely grated zest
- 3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh sage
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
Directions
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over a medium heat
- add the onion and fry gently for 8-10 minutes
- or until softened.
- Stir in the remaining stuffing ingredients
- except for the vegetable oil
- until well combined. Season to taste
- with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Using wet hands
- shape the sausage meat mixture into 16 equally-sized balls. Place on a lightly greased baking tray
- cover with cling film and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. Add the stuffing balls and fry for 4–5 minutes
- turning once
- until golden on both sides.
- Return the fried stuffing balls to the baking tray (or
- if there is room
- place them in the same roasting tray as the turkey or chicken). Bake the stuffing balls for 20–25 minutes
- or until cooked through. If they brown too quickly during cooking
- cover with kitchen foil.
- Serve with roast turkey
- roast chicken
- or other roast meat.

