Anyone have a Chestnut Stuffing Recipe ??

CandyB101_2

I was given some fantastic homemade chestnut stuffing, and would love to make my own.
I understand you can buy tinned chestnut puree, does anyone know of a recipe ???
I have been hunting online, but all the recipes I have found use roasted not puree, and seem to be full of spices/herbs.
This stuffing seemed quite basic, no strong flavours, but gorgeous.

PipneyJane

Here's my recipe. It's adaptable and depends on the size of the bird I'm stuffing.

Ingredients
1 can plain chestnut puree (don't buy the sweetened stuff)
2-4 slices of bread
1 small onion, peeled and quartered
2 cloves of garlic
1 egg
1 black peppercorn
Grated peel and juice of one orange

Method

In a food processor, combine the onion, garlic, bread, grated orange peel and peppercorn. Whiz until the bread is in small crumbs. Add the chestnut puree, the orange juice and the egg, whiz until all is combined then use to stuff a chicken/duck/turkey or goose. (Note, for a turkey, I'd use more bread, say 4 slices; for a chicken, only 2.)

thriftwizard

I made ours with rehydrated dried chestnuts this year & it came out really well, if I say it myself. Basically I used one pack of dried chestnuts (bought cheap at our local health food shop, close to sell-by date, at the beginning of November) soaked overnight, then chopped roughly. The soaking water went into the gravy. Then I melted a little butter in a saucepan, chopped an onion up small & sweated it in the pan, then added a small pack of sausage meat (inexpensive from local farmer's market) and cooked until pale, threw in the breadcrumbs saved from the breadboard over the week before Christmas (there are 6-8 of us and & most of the bread is HM or bought as loaves, hence a lot of breadcrumbs) & the chopped chestnuts, cooked for a little longer, then stirred in an egg to bind & stuffed away. Excess stuffing was cooked in a separate dish & it was all gone before Boxing Day!
Using the chopped chestnuts added a really nice texture; I usually use tinned puree, but I don't think this worked out any more expensive, or any more work, so I shall do it again.

Moominmamma

Maybe a bit late, but if not this one is lovely

CandyB101_2

Brilliant, thank you all.
3 recipies to try out
I found one in my old 'freezer cook book' (although didnt think much of that recipe), so I guess these 3 recipies would also be OK to freeze ??

PipneyJane

CandyB101 wrote: »

Brilliant, thank you all.
3 recipies to try out
I found one in my old 'freezer cook book' (although didnt think much of that recipe), so I guess these 3 recipies would also be OK to freeze ??

Mine is OK to freeze but, to be honest, it usually doesn't survive long enough.

I've also used it as a chestnut roast to serve to vegetarian friends. Just bung into a loaf pan and bake for about 45 minutes at 180C.

ETA: Oh, and use 4 slices of bread and 2 eggs if you're making it as a chestnut roast.