Stuffing from fresh chestnuts????

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OK I have a bag of them, DP bought them

Can you make stuffing with them, if so can you then freeze it???

Help please

recipe i am hoping to use includes 125g of cooked peeled chestnuts. it says to cool it quickly, bag it and freeze for up to one month. hth.

can I have the recipe please?

am making it for first time myself so don't blame me if it's not nice

chestnut, shallot and orange stuffing

50g butter
6 shallots roughly chopped
4 celery sticks roughly chopped
1 rosemary sprig snipped
1tbsp chopped flat leaf parsely
175g firm white bread cut into rough dice
2 cooking apples peeled cored and chopped
125g cooked peeled chestnuts roughly chopped
zest of 1 large orange
450g coarse sausage meat

melt butter and fry shallots, celery, rosemary for 10 mins until soft. tip into large bowl. add parsely, bread, apple, chestnuts and orange zest into bowl. season and mix well.

divide sausagemeat into walnut sized pieces. fry in batches until golden and cooked through, add to bowl with stuffing mix and stir.

from Good Housekeeping Christmas Entertainment 2007.

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