Italian Sausage and Parmesan Stuffing Recipe

Ingredients

• 75g of butter
• 3 shallots, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
• 450g of Italian pork sausage, skins removed
• 140g of white breadcrumbs
• 50g of Parmesan, finely grated
• 2 tsp chopped sage, plus 12 small whole leaves
• 2 tsp basil, torn
• 2 tsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• 1 egg, beaten
• sea salt
• pepper
• 12 slices of smoked pancetta