sage and onion stuffing recipe
Preparation time less than 30 mins
Cooking time 10 to 30 mins
Vegetarian Quick Recipe
Ingredients
4 large onions
10 sage-leaves
125g/¼lb of breadcrumbs
40g/1½oz butter
salt and pepper to taste
1 egg
Method
1. Peel the onions, put them into boiling water, let them simmer for 5
minutes or rather longer, and just before they are taken out, put in
the sage-leaves for a minute or two to take off their rawness.
2. Chop both these very fine, add the bread, seasoning and butter, and
work the whole lot together with the yolk of an egg, when the stuffing
will be ready for use.
3. It should be rather highly seasoned, and the sage-leaves should be very finely chopped.
4. Many cooks do not parboil the onions in the manner just stated, but
merely use them raw. The stuffing then, however is not nearly so mild,
and to many tastes, its strong flavour would be very objectionable.
5. When made for goose, a portion of the liver of the bird, simmered
for a few minutes and very finely minced, is frequently added to this
stuffing; and where economy is studied, the egg and butter may be
dispensed with.