Fruity Christmas stuffing

• dried cranberries↗100g g
• olive oil↗½ tbsp ½ tbsp
• onion↗1

  thinly sliced

• blanched almond↗50g g
• clementines↗2

  peel on, quartered

• dried fig↗100g g

  roughly chopped

• eating apple1

  grated

• cinnamon↗¼ tsp ¼ tsp
• allspice½ tsp ½ tsp
• fresh breadcrumb↗350g g
• chopped rosemary1 tbsp tbsp
• large knob of butter

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Tip the cranberries into a bowl and cover with boiling water. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan and soften the onion. Tip into a large bowl and leave to cool. Add the almonds to the same pan and toast until golden brown. Leave to cool, then roughly chop. With their peel on, whizz the clementine quarters in a food processor until puréed. Drain the cranberries.

2. 2

   Add the nuts, clementine purée, cranberries and the remaining ingredients, except the butter, to the onion, with plenty of seasoning. Stir everything together, then tip into a casserole dish. Dot with butter, cover with foil and roast in the oven for 30 mins. Uncover, then roast for a further 15 mins until crisp and golden.