Roast Chicken with Apple, Cranberry and Lemon Stuffing Balls | Lilydale Free Range

Ingredients

• 1 whole Lilydale Free Range chicken (approx. 1.6kg)
• salt and pepper, to season
• olive oil, to drizzle
• salad greens and lemon wedges, to serve
• 150 g butter
• 1 brown onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 2 apples, grated
• 10 fresh sage leaves, roughly chopped, plus a few extra whole leaves to serve
• ½ cup roughly chopped parsley, plus extra to garnish
• grated rind of and juice of 1 lemon
• 400 g fresh sourdough breadcrumbs (about 7 slices)
• 50 g dried cranberries, plus extra to garnish
• 1 tsp chicken stock powder
• 1 egg
• salt and black pepper, to taste