Slow Cooker Christmas Stuffing

• 2 chopped onions
• 4 stalks thinly sliced celery
• 1 diced tart apple, peeled and cored
• 12 cup butter
• 1 cup chopped fresh sage
• 2 teaspoons mixed herbs, marjoram, thyme parsley
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 12 cups chicken stock or 1 12 cups vegetable stock
• 1500 g sausage meat
• 1 cup dried cranberries

1. In a large fry pan or wok, saute onions, celery and apple in butter until onion is just translucent.
2. Stir in sage, mixed herbs, salt and pepper and mix well.
3. stir in breadcrumbs and parsley and mix well.
4. Pour stock over mixture, mixing well.
5. Spoon into your slow cooker.
6. Add sausagemeat and dried cranberries to slow cooker and mix well
7. Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours.
8. you may need to decant some of the oil off the top.
9. take off lid and place under grill to brown off the top for 5-10 minutes (optional).
10. let it rest on a cool table surface for 1/2 hour.
11. you may need to decant some more of the oil off the top.
12. after the mixture has cooled down, it is ready to serve.
13. it isn't best to serve this piping hot so would really recommend the cooling down period of 1/2 hour.
14. this allows you to get all your other christmas dinner bits ready.

onions, stalks, tart apple, butter, fresh sage, mixed herbs, salt, pepper, breadcrumbs, fresh parsley, chicken, sausage meat, cranberries

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/slow-cooker-christmas-stuffing-492390 (may not work)