Claudia Roden’s Turkey Stuffing

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