This is a basic stuffing that requires three ingredients: rice, minced meat and pine nuts. The mingling of flavours inside the roasting chicken gives this stuffing a moist succulent taste. However, in order to achieve a better texture, it is advisable to soak the rice before stuffing the cavity.

The quantity below is suitable for a medium chicken (about 1.5 kg / 3¼ lb), serving four people.

Ingredients

·         100 g / 4 oz long grain white rice

·         75 g / 3 oz lamb minced meat

·         30 g / 1 ¼ oz pine nuts

Seasoning:

·         salt & freshly milled black pepper

·         1 tsp ground allspice

·         ½ tsp ground cinnamon

Method

·         Soak the rice in water for about 15 minutes, drain and keep in the colander.

·         Tip the minced meat into a suitable sized bowl, season then add pine nuts, the drained rice and mix well. The stuffing is now ready.