Free-range chicken stuffed with chestnuts

Ingredients

6 servings

• 1 chicken (1.5 kg)
• 500 g whole cooked organic chestnuts
• 3 poultry livers
• 1 egg
• 500 g sausage meat
• 2 slices of bread
• 15 cl milk
• 5 cl oil
• 4 strips of bacon fat
• salt and pepper

Steps

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 180°C.

2. 2

   In a large bowl, mix the sausage meat, livers, chestnuts, milk-soaked bread, and egg to make the stuffing.

3. 3

   Stuff, sew, and cover the poultry with bacon strips, then brush with oil.

4. 4

   Season well with salt and place in a hot oven for 1 hour and 30 minutes for a 1.5kg chicken.