Claudia Roden’s Turkey Stuffing

Name: Claudia Roden’s Turkey Stuffing
Ingredients: 2 onions, finely chopped; 120 g (4 oz, 1 cup) broken walnuts; 120 g (4 oz, ⅔ cup) seedless raisins; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 apples, peeled, cored and chopped; 500 g (1 lb) prunes, soaked, stoned and chopped; 4 Tbsp unsalted butter; 2 tsps ground cinnamon; 500 g (1 lb) dried apricots, soaked and chopped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Feast of Christmas

By Paul Levy

Published 1992

About

This is taken from a recipe for Persian chicken stuffed with dried fruits. The quantity given will stuff a 5 kg (10 lb) turkey fore and aft, as you do not want to cram the bird to bursting. Double or treble the recipe as needed. It is also very good with goose.

Ingredients

2 onions, finely chopped
4 Tbsp unsalted butter
500 g (

Starter
Christmas
Vegetarian
Winter
December
Gluten-free

Method

Sauté the onion in the butter until soft and golden. Add the chopped fruits, raisins and nuts and cook gently until they plump up. Season with salt, pepper and cinnamon, being certain to taste.