Sandra’s turkey stuffing

Recipe

This is the one – the best turkey stuffing, that transports me to Christmas dinner. This has been the turkey stuffing for as long as I can remember in the Davies family, and we all still love it. Quick and easy, simple and classic

It’s the pinenuts.

I think of mum – she loved a Christmas turkey.

For one large turkey.

Pictured: Basting the turkey with the pine nut stuffing

4 cups fresh breadcrumbs

1 onion, diced

3 rashers bacon, diced

125g pine nuts, roasted or unroasted

½ cup fresh herbs – any combination will work, our favourite is thyme, oregano/marjoram, rosemary and a little parsley

30g butter, melted

Orange juice to bind

Gently fry the onion til soft, add the bacon near the end to cook a few minutes as well.

Fold the onion and bacon mix into the breadcrumbs, adding the pine nuts and herbs.

Stir in the melted butter then slowly add orange juice til the mixture comes together and is the right consistency for handling – i.e. not too dry so it crumbles, just wet enough to be able to stuff the turkey easily.