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Help for your holiday meal? Class is in session!

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and what better way to prepare than with expert advice from Jamie Oliver, aka the Naked Chef. He was invited on the “Today” show for a special week-long holiday-cooking school series to offer tips and dishes to help you with that holiday meal. Here are the recipes:Lesson 1: Day 1Lesson 2: Day 2Jamie’s Thanksgiving StuffingJamie OliverMakes enough for a
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and what better way to prepare than with expert advice from Jamie Oliver, aka the Naked Chef. He was invited on the “Today” show for a special week-long holiday-cooking school series to offer tips and dishes to help you with that holiday meal. Here are the recipes:

Lesson 1: Day 1



Lesson 2: Day 2

Jamie’s Thanksgiving StuffingJamie Oliver

Makes enough for a 9- to 10-pound turkey

Finely chop the celery, shallots, sage, and pancetta and add with butter to a hot frying/sauté pan. Fry gently on medium heat until everything is  lightly golden brown. Take off the heat. To prepare the fresh breadcrumbs, take a loaf of day-old bread, remove the crust and place the chunks of bread in a food processor until the bread is coarsely chopped. Add the breadcrumbs and coarsely chopped apricots and chestnuts to the celery, shallots, sage, pancetta and butter mixture. Season well to taste with salt and pepper. Mix well and chill.



When the stuffing is cold, add the pork, nutmeg, and egg. Refrigerate until ready to use.

91232262867733091celery sticks22 celery sticks, finely choppedshallots44 shallots, finely choppedSmall handful of fresh sage, finely choppedpancetta66 strips pancetta, finely choppedbutter2ounce2 ounces butterBig handful of fresh breadcrumbs (bread stuffing), coarsely choppedHandful dried apricots, coarsely choppedSalt and pepperchestnuts 65 or 6 chestnuts (roasted or jarred), coarsely chopped pork0.75pound3/4 pound freshly ground porkPinch of grated nutmegegg11 egg



Lesson 3: Day 3

Lesson 4: Day 4





Recipes excerpted from “Jamie's Dinners: The Essential Family Cookbook,” by Jamie Oliver. Copyright © 2004 by Jamie Oliver. Published by Hyperion. No part of this excerpt can be used without permission of the publisher.