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Maple pecan stuffing cake

Maple pecan stuffing cake

Delicious maple pecan stuffing cake, perfect for stuffing a turkey or serving as a side dish.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 8 slices
Calories 362 kcal

Equipment

  • Frying pan
  • Mixing bowl
  • round sandwich tin
  • roasting tin
  • baking sheet

Ingredients
  

Cooking Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 celery sticks, finely chopped
  • 450 g sausagemeat
  • 2 Tbsp. maple syrup, plus extra to brush
  • 50 g pecans, roughly chopped
  • 50 g dried cranberries
  • 50 g fresh white breadcrumbs
  • 1 medium egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 large handful fresh parsley, roughly chopped plus extra to garnish
  • 8 rashers smoked streaky bacon

Instructions
 

Cooking Instructions

  • Heat the oil in a medium frying pan and gently fry onion and celery for 10min until softened. Tip into a large bowl and leave to cool.
  • To the cooled onion mixture, add the sausagemeat, maple syrup, pecans, cranberries, breadcrumbs, egg, parsley and some seasoning. Mix to combine (using your hands is easiest).
  • Preheat oven to 190°C (170°C fan) mark 5. Stretch each bacon rasher gently lengthways, then lay in a criss-cross pattern in base of a 20.5cm (8in) round sandwich tin – leaving any excess hanging over sides.
  • Press the sausage mixture into the cake tin, being careful not to disturb the bacon. Level the surface and fold any excess bacon over the filling.
  • Sit stuffing tin in a roasting tin (to catch any leaking juices). Cook in the oven for 40min or until golden and cooked through. Carefully pour off excess liquid, then turn cake out on to a baking sheet (bacon side up).
  • Brush bacon with some maple syrup to glaze, then return to the oven for 15-20min to brown slightly. Transfer to a plate or board and sprinkle with extra parsley. Serve in wedges.

Notes

This quantity makes one 20.5cm (8in) ‘cake’ of stuffing. The same quantity of stuffing can also be used to stuff your bird, so if you want both a cake and stuffed turkey, you’ll need to make double.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 362kcal
Keyword bacon stuffing, cake, holiday recipe, Maple pecan stuffing cake, stuffing, thanksgiving
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