Name: Festive Easter Wild Garlic Stuffing
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 53 min
Total time: 91 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Czech
Ingredients: 300 milliliter Whipping Cream 33%; 5 piece Chicken Eggs; 3 gram Nutmeg; 100 gram Nettle; 8 gram Salt; 3 piece French Baguette; 5 gram Black Pepper; 100 gram Wild Garlic; 400 gram Smoked Pork Leg; 1 piece Red Onion; 150 gram Unsalted Butter; 250 gram Frozen Peas; 1 clove Garlic

Traditional Easter Bread Stuffing with Wild Garlic

Step-by-step method

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At a glance

You're looking at a springtime stuffing that comes together by combining cubed stale bread, smoked pork, and a vibrant mix of wild garlic and nettles with a creamy egg base. The process involves frying the bread cubes until crispy, preparing an egg yolk mixture with butter and cream, cooking peas with onion, then gently folding in whipped egg whites before baking. The main time commitment is letting the bread dry and the 30–40 minute bake, though the actual hands-on preparation moves along fairly quickly.

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Stale bread and smoked pork leg

Use bread that's at least two days old. Cut a baguette into small cubes. Cut the meat into small cubes too.

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3 piece
French Baguette

400 gram
Smoked Pork Leg
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Fry the bread

Fry the baguette pieces in a little butter until crisp. Set aside.
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Egg yolk mixture

Separate the yolks from the whites. Mix melted butter and cream into the yolks, then season with salt and pepper.

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5 piece
Chicken Eggs

150 gram
Unsalted Butter

300 milliliter
Whipping Cream 33%

5 gram
Salt

5 gram
Black Pepper

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Fry the onion and peas

Fry finely chopped onion in butter, add the peas, and season with salt and garlic. Cook for about five minutes, then leave to cool.

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1 piece
Red Onion

250 gram
Frozen Peas

3 gram
Salt

1 clove
Garlic
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Whisk the egg whites

Whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks.
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Mix everything together

Add the crispy bread cubes to the egg yolk mixture and stir through. Add the cubed meat and the cooled peas, then season again with salt and pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg if you like.

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3 gram
Nutmeg
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Herbs

Stir in the chopped wild garlic and young nettles as well.

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100 gram
Wild Garlic

100 gram
Nettle
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Fold in the egg whites

Mix well. Right at the end, gently fold in the whisked egg whites, then transfer to a buttered baking dish. Bake at 180°C for about 30 to 40 minutes.