Pre heat oven to 180C (fan) / 200C conventional / 400F or Gas Mark 6
Add 100 g paxo stuffing to a bowl with 250 ml boiling water and leave for 5 minutes
After the water has been absorbed into the pax mix, add 400 g pork sausage meat, finely chopped 180 g chestnuts, 1 egg and salt & pepper
Mix throughly until all combined
Evenly spread the stuffing mixture into a oven-proof dish and top with fresh sage leaves (optional) and 30 g salted butter (cut into small cubes) - you can choose to freeze the stuffing at this stage if preparing ahead of time
If cooking from room temperature - 40 minutes OR from refrigerated - 45 minutes OR from frozen - 50-60 minutes.
Notes
Oven Dish: 9.5in x 8in / 24cm x 20cm - sausage meat stuffing is about 1.5in / 4cm in height (depth) in this dishOven Dish: If using a different sized oven dish then your timings will vary. This will be dependant on how large the dish is and how thick your sausage meat stuffing is as a result. The timings I have included is for the size above, but if your dish is bigger - reduce timing as the stuffing will cover a larger surface area and be thinner. Whereas if your dish is smaller - increase cook time to ensure its cooked all the way through.The best way to determine if the stuffing is fully cooked is to use a meat thermometer - it should have an internal temperature of 68C/155F