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Sage, leek & onion balls
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Sage, leek & onion balls

10 ingredients 20 min Makes 16 small balls, plus 250g extra to stuff a 5kg turkey openrecipes
Sage, leek & onion balls

Too good to be kept for Christmas, why not make double of these stuffing balls and keep some in the freezer?

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1049
Calories
36g
Protein
51g
Fat
109g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pork Sausage 100g cooked 301
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Sage 1 tsp ground (0.7g) 2
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Meat not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
  • 2 onions , finely chopped
  • 1 leek , finely sliced into rings
  • 2 celery sticks, finely chopped
  • 450g pack good-quality pork sausages , meat squeezed out
  • 20g pack sage , leaves finely chopped
  • 140g white breadcrumbs
  • 1 large egg
  • 8 smoked dry-cured streaky bacon rashers, halved and stretched out a bit
  • sage sprig, to garnish (optional)

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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