Pesach Stuffing

Our thanks to VJ's Pesach Kitchen for this delicious Pesach recipe!

Stuffing is usually made with bread, so here's your chance to enjoy our Pesach alternative, enough for a 5lb chicken!

Ingredients:

1 large onion
1 medium green pepper
2 garlic cloves
1/4 a cup of oil
1 cup of matzah meal
1-2 grated carrots
one half of a cup of sliced mushrooms
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon of pepper
2 stalks of diced celery
2 eggs
1 small zucchini, diced

Method:

Sautee onion, green pepper and garlic in oil for 5 minutes OR simply cook these without sauteing and add.
Remove from heat and stir in the rest of the ingredients.
Leave to cool and stuff chicken.

For Mushroom Stuffing:
1. Leave out the carrots in the original mixture.
2. Add one cup of mushrooms and stir-fry with onion, green pepper and garlic.

For Prune and Apple Stuffing:
1. Leave out carrots and mushrooms in the original mixture.
2. Add 1 cup of pitted prunes, soaked in boiling water for 20 minutes, and cut into quarters or cubes.
3. Add 1 large peeled and diced apple.
4. Add 1/8 a teaspoon of cinnamon or nutmeg.
5. Add 1/2 a cup of raisins, and 3 tablespoons of honey.

If you have leftover stuffing, simply add 2 more eggs and 2-3 tablespoons of oil to it and bake it as a delicious side dish.