Vegan stuffing recipe

Ingredients

• 500 g fresh or vac-packed chestnuts
• 2 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 head of celery, tough outer stems removed, finely chopped
• 12 plump prunes, stoned and roughly chopped
• 6 –8 sage leaves, chopped
• 2 sprigs of thyme, leaves picked
• 1 small bunch of parsley, leaves picked and chopped
• 100 g fresh (or stale) breadcrumbs
• 50 g hazelnuts, roughly bashed, and/or pumpkin seeds (optional)
• 1 pinch each sea salt and black pepper