Italian Flavoured Stuffing
Ingredients
- 1 Ingham Whole Turkey
- 40g butter
- 1 large brown onion, finely chopped
- 150g mild pancetta, roughly chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 6 cups fresh white breadcrumbs
- 1⁄2 cup semi dried tomato, roughly chopped
- 1⁄2 cup parmesan stuffed green olives, roughly chopped
- 1 lemon, rind finely grated and juiced
- 1⁄3 cup basil leaves, finely chopped
- 2 eggs, beaten
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Melt butter in a large non stick frying pan over medium heat. Add onion and pancetta. Cook for 3 minutes or until onion is soft. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Cool.
Combine onion mixture, breadcrumbs, tomatoes, olives, lemon rind, lemon juice, basil, eggs, salt and pepper in a large bowl.
Use as stuffing for turkey or bake separately in a loaf pan lined with baking paper at 175ºC (350ºF) for 35 minutes.
Note: This quantity of stuffing is enough to fill a Size 32 (3.2kg) turkey.