Kittencal's Sausage and Cranberry Stuffing
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 6 cups bread cubes (use a mixture of whole wheat and white bread)
- 1 lb pork sausage (I use mild Italian sausauges with casings removed)
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh minced garlic
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 small celery ribs, diced
- 2 -3 teaspoons dried sage (start with 2 teaspoons adding in more to taste)
- 2 teaspoons dried rosemary
- 1 large apple (peeled, cored and chopped, use Granny Smith or Golden delicious)
- 1 cup dried craisin (or use dried cranberries)
- 1⁄3 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1⁄2 cup toasted pecans
- 3⁄4 - 1 cup chicken broth
- 1⁄4 cup melted butter
- 1 -2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
directions
- Set oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spread the bread cubes onto a large baking sheet in a single layer.
- Bake about 6-7 minutes or until toasted evenly.
- Transfer the bread cubes to a large bowl; set aside (this may be done a day ahead).
- In a large skillet cook the pork sausage meat with onion, garlic and thyme until browned breaking up any lumps with a wooden spoon while cooking.
- Add in celery, sage and rosemary; cook stirring with a wooden spoon for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour the sausage mixture over the toasted bread cubes in the bowl.
- Add in chopped apple, craisins or dried cranberries, chopped fresh parsley and toasted nuts; toss well to combine and season with black pepper.
- Drizzle the chicken stock and melted butter over the mixture; toss lightly to combine (if the mixture is too dry then add in a little more broth).
- Spoon the mixture loosley into the whole turkey (do not pack in the stuffing you can bake any extra in a baking dish).
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Reviews
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My Aunt always made something similar to this and this was the closest recipe I could find online for my work Christmas party last year. I am making it now for my boyfriend's birthday. I am really excited about it, it is a great recipe!!!! I doubled the recipe and use 1 tube of Italian sausage and 1 tube of sage sausage. Thanks kittencal, you rock!
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I won't rate this until I make it more close to the recipe, bcz I used packaged stuffing and didn't use the cranberries. (I was lucky my DH let me put in the apples! :lol:) We made 1 1/2 of the recipe with 3 (8 oz) bags of stuffing and needed a little over 2 cups of broth (for the 14 lb bird, we had a ton left over to bake in the dish.) It was good, but I want to make again with the homemade bread instead. Will rate then.