Ashamed to say.........

[Glutton4...]

I checked with Mr. G. and he makes it more or less like Zaz does - deeeeeelish.

[binley100]

We always cook stuffing separately .......just love it when its in a big dish with slices of streaky bacon on top to go nice and crispy

[Snadger]

The egg binds it together, all you need is
dry bread - whizzed down in a blender, pour into a large bowl.
chopped onion, and an egg, some sage leaves - again whizzed down and poured into the middle of the bread
salt and pepper

Mix the lot up. Leave for an hour.

Then shape into balls, or [as I like it] put onto an oiled tin and cook for the same amount of time as the potatoes.

Turn the balls halfway through, if making it in a tin then flip that halfway through - or mix it up if it is taking longer to cook. The doughier the longer it takes.

You can add your own additional ingredients, nuts, cranberries, apricots, chestnuts etc etc etc - but that's the basic recipe. Bro always makes more as half of his gets eaten raw by the family whilst it is sitting waiting to go in the oven.

*I just remembered we have a loaf of bread that we didn't take away with us, in the fridge. Roasty for tea with stuffing tonight then I think. Thanks for this Snadge.

Like wot she sez...............

[Piggle]

gawd when my mother makes it with a well known brand you could bounce it off the walls ... sorry mum but it's like rubber. I think I will take homemade this year - I've only just got her off jar cranberry sauce.

[Hilary B]

I know stuffing cooked on its on is nice (at least to a lot of people) it's the 'name' thing, surely it's only "stuffing" if it's stuffed INTO something? (but then what else DO you call it when it isn't?).
I was simply wondering whether anyone had an alternative name.

[maytreefrannie]

Sounds delicious - I usually make thyme and onion stuffing with breadcrumbs; never made sage and onion stuffing but I definitely plan to make it in the next day or two, since we've loads of sage.

We usually have it on its own and call it stuffing - though perhaps purists could then call it unstuffed?

[zazen999]

Sounds delicious - I usually make thyme and onion stuffing with breadcrumbs; never made sage and onion stuffing but I definitely plan to make it in the next day or two, since we've loads of sage.

We usually have it on its own and call it stuffing - though perhaps purists could then call it unstuffed?

Sage and onion stuff?

[SarzWix]

It is stuffing though, just because it hasn't actually stuffed anything doesn't mean it's something else!

[zazen999]

It is stuffing though, just because it hasn't actually stuffed anything doesn't mean it's something else!

Exactly. It's just stuffing that hasn't been used to stuff anything.

[taff]

or it could be crispy bread pudding

[Snadger]

Exactly. It's just stuffing that hasn't been used to stuff anything.

Unstuffed stuffing?

[Flummery]

I love it either way - in, out, you could shake it all about and I'd still eat it! any left over (ha!) can go into a soup with your chicken carcass and a few chopped veg. Hmm. Food of the gods!

[zazen999]

Oh my goodness Snadger.

I've just made sage and onion stuff. Balls. If you must know.

And been in t'oven to turn them and had a little pinch taste of one.

AMAZING. I haven't made sage and onion stuff for a while and revisited the recipe above; with sage from the garden natch - and by eck it's good.

So thanks for making me revisit this. Can't wait for proper roasty in about 45 mins when Mr Z comes home.