Special jewelled stuffing

There's got to be lots of stuffing in my house over Christmas....its what makes a good turkey sandwich great. We also go big on bacon ....and this bacon wrapped stuffing  roll  fits the bill perfectly...and you can prepare it in advance ,freeze it and cross one more thing off your list of Christmas preparations!! How cool is that.
What is essential when you make this is to have some festive music blaring and sing your little heart out as you cook....

I recommend this Delia Smith cookery book..the guru of English cooking  -that I have used for ever and get most of my Christmas ideas from.....

 Chestnut and cranberry roll - makes 2 rolls ,each cuts into 8 slices.



1 tbsp olive oil
1 finely chopped onion
2 apples,peeled and finely chopped
3 lb pork sausage meat
12 oz vacuum packed or jarred chestnuts
small bunch parsley ,roughly chopped
small bunch sage and thyme,finely chopped
1 egg
4 oz breadcrumbs-i used gluten free bread to allow one of my Christmas guests with an intolerance to be able to partake.....
6 oz fresh cranberries
24 -yes 24- rashers bacon
butter for greasing

I'm realising as I'm writing this that this is a very English recipe,and I bet the American audience don't recognise the word rasher...we'll see.......

Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the onion for about 5 minutes until softened. In a large bowl, add all the ingredients apart from the cranberries and bacon ,get your hands in and mix it all up. Season well. Keep a couple of handfuls of the stuffing mixture separate and add a few cranberries to this. This can be used to stuff the neck of the turkey. To assemble, butter and season a large sheet of foil. Stretch the bacon rashers slightly with a kitchen knife to make them longer,then overlap 12  rashers on the foil.

Spoon half of the stuffing mix over the bacon,leaving about an inch around the edge. Scatter with half of the cranberries.

Using the foil to help, roll the stuffing up to make a log shape. Repeat to make a second roll.

You can either freeze your two rolls now,or cook.....With the oven at375, place the foil wrapped rolls on a backing sheet and roast for 45 mins. Unwrap,draining off any juice,and finish roasting for 15 mins until the bacon is crisp.