FRUITY CHRISTMAS STUFFING

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Ditch shop-bought and make your own stuffing. This meat-free version is packed with cranberries, clementines, apple, almonds and figs, so it's a real treat for vegetarians

Provided by Good Food team

Time 1h10m

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

100g dried cranberries
½ tbsp olive oil
1 onion , thinly sliced
50g blanched almond
2 clementines , peel on, quartered
100g dried fig , roughly chopped
1 eating apple , grated
¼ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp allspice
350g fresh breadcrumb
1 tbsp chopped rosemary
large knob of butter

Steps:

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Tip the cranberries into a bowl and cover with boiling water. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan and soften the onion. Tip into a large bowl and leave to cool. Add the almonds to the same pan and toast until golden brown. Leave to cool, then roughly chop. With their peel on, whizz the clementine quarters in a food processor until puréed. Drain the cranberries.
Add the nuts, clementine purée, cranberries and the remaining ingredients, except the butter, to the onion, with plenty of seasoning. Stir everything together, then tip into a casserole dish. Dot with butter, cover with foil and roast in the oven for 30 mins. Uncover, then roast for a further 15 mins until crisp and golden.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 295 calories, Fat 7 grams fat, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 52 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 19 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 7 grams protein, Sodium 0.9 milligram of sodium