During the autumn season in italy, turkey is often deliciously paired with a stuffing of chestnuts and sausage. The wild turkey was brought to europe from the new world, and once domesticated, returned there to breed as the classic festive bird. It also became one of the large courtyard fowl animals in lombardy. With italy being one of the largest producers of chestnuts, it was expedient to put the two together in another happy marriage of new and old world.