Christmas Fruit Stuffed Roast Chicken
Ingredients
- 1.5kg chicken
- 5 table spoons olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 25g pine nuts or almonds, chopped
- 225g mixed canned fruit: apples, apricots, pears (chopped up)
- raisins, dried prunes (chopped up)
- Salt and pepper
Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 150-175°C
Step 2
Heat 2 table spoons oil in pan & cook onion until pale gold.
Step 3
Stir in the nuts and cook for 2-3 mins then add the fruit and seasoning. Leave to cool
Step 4
Stuff the chicken with the mixture and truss the bird.
Step 5
Brown the chicken in the remaining oil in a large heavy pot
Step 6
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Step 7
Cover the dish and cook in the oven for 1 1/2 hours, turning the chicken every 30-minutes.
