Ingredients

  • 225 g fresh breadcrumbs
  • 75 g dried apricots (roughly chopped)
  • 35 g pine nuts (toasted)
  • 75 g prunes (roughly chopped)
  • 1 lemon, zest of
  • 30 g butter
  • 1 onion, small diced
  • 3 teaspoons rosemary, finely chopped
  • 1 egg (lightly whisked)
  • 1 teaspoon maldon sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Method

  • In a medium sized bowl combine breadcrumbs, apricots, pinenuts, prunes and lemon zest.
  • In a small fry pan melt butter and saute onion over a medium heat until soft and transparent but not brown. Stir in rosemary.
  • Add onion to the breadcrumb mixture and combine. Add egg and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  • Stuff the chicken and bake as per chicken size. This quantity was ample for a size 26 Tegel chicken.