Chestnut, bacon & cranberry stuffing

Name: Chestnut, bacon & cranberry stuffing
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100g dried cranberries; 50ml ruby port; 1 small onion chopped; 2 rashers unsmoked back bacon cut into strips; 50g butter; 2 garlic cloves chopped; 450g sausagemeat; 140g fresh white or brown breadcrumbs; 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley; ½ tsp chopped fresh thyme leaves; 140g peeled, cooked chestnuts roughly chopped; 1 medium egg lightly beaten