Festive Chicken Roast Stuffed with Sausage and Apple

Ingredients

• 3kg Fox River Whole Chicken
• 300g Wicks Manor Sausage Meat
• 1 Apple, peeled and diced (about 150g)
• 1 Onion, diced and sauteed (about 120g)
• 1 tbsp Fresh sage, chopped 
• 1 tbsp Thyme, chopped (split into two portions)
• 1 cup Bread Crumbs
• 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil (1 tbsp for sauteing)
• 2 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Black Pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. In a bowl, mix sausage meat, diced apples, sautéed onions, breadcrumbs, and herbs.
   
3. Stuff cavity generously.
4. Rub chicken with olive oil, the other half of the thyme, salt & pepper.
5. Roast at 180°C for 2 hrs 20 mins, until stuffing reaches a safe temperature.
6. Let it rest for about 20 minutes. Slice, serve with stuffing tumbling out warmly.

Recipe inspiration here