Traditional Easter Stuffing with Nettle

Name: Traditional Easter Stuffing with Nettle
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 1 portion
Ingredients: 6 pcs bread roll; 300 ml milk; 300 g pork; 6 pcs eggs; 2 handfuls nettle; 1 handful parsley; 80 g butter; 1 teaspoon salt; 0.5 teaspoon black pepper; 0.5 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 l water

Eduard LáskaFestiveCzech Cuisine x se líbilo

Easter stuffing with nettle belongs on the spring holiday table and is one of the few recipes worth pulling on gloves and heading out for fresh nettles. The young shoots lose their sting the moment they are blanched and sauteed in butter, and together with smoked pork and milk-soaked bread they give the stuffing a fresh, green taste of spring. Eggs make it fluffy as it bakes and bind it into a golden loaf that crisps nicely on top. It is cut into portions and tastes great warm, or cold the next day with a slice of ham or roast meat.

Příprava: 40min

Vaření: 50min

CELKOVÝ ČAS: 1h 30min

Step by step process

Preparing the Ingredients

1
Preheat the oven to 180 °C (fan) for the Easter stuffing and grease the baking dish with butter.
2
Cut the bread rolls into small cubes and place them in a large bowl.
3
Warm the milk, pour it over the chopped bread, and stir. Let soak for 10 minutes.
4
Briefly blanch the young nettles in boiling water using a sieve, then finely chop them. Finely chop the parsley as well.
TIP:
Submerge nettles in boiling salted water for 15-30 seconds, then quickly transfer them to an ice bath to keep them bright green and crisp. Finally, dry them thoroughly.
5
Cut the smoked pork into small cubes.

Mixing and Baking

6
Melt butter in a pan and briefly saute the chopped nettles until wilted. Let cool slightly.
7
Add the warm nettles, parsley, and chopped smoked pork to the milk-soaked bread and mix.
8
In another bowl, whisk the eggs with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
9
Carefully fold the egg mixture into the bread mixture. Add a little more milk if needed.
10
Transfer the mixture to the greased baking dish, smooth the surface, and brush with melted butter.
11
Bake in the preheated oven for about 50 minutes, until the surface is golden and a skewer inserted comes out dry.

Serving

12
Allow it to cool briefly, then cut into portions and serve warm or cold. It also works great as a side dish to roast meat or with a vegetable salad.