Apple Sausage And Parsnip Stuffing With Fresh Sage Food

APPLE, SAUSAGE, AND PARSNIP STUFFING WITH FRESH SAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Bake bread cubes on 2 large rimmed baking sheets until lightly toasted, about 20 minutes.
• Sauté sausages in very large skillet over medium-high heat until cooked through, breaking into pieces with spoon, about 15 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer to large bowl; add bread.
• Add onions and celery to same skillet and sauté until golden brown, about 10 minutes; transfer to bowl with bread. Melt 1/4 cup butter in same skillet over medium-high heat. Add apples and sauté until tender, about 8 minutes; mix apples into stuffing. Melt 1/4 cup butter in same skillet over medium-high heat. Add parsnips and sauté until golden, about 10 minutes; mix into stuffing. Melt 1/4 cup butter in same skillet. Add sage and sauté until dark green, about 2 minutes. Mix sage and butter into stuffing. Season with salt and pepper.
• Butter 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish. Stuff turkey. Transfer remaining stuffing to prepared dish; drizzle with 1/2 cup chicken broth. Cover with foil. (Can be prepared 4 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake stuffing covered until heated through, about 1 hour. Uncover and bake until beginning to brown, about 10 minutes.

SAGE, SAUSAGE AND APPLE DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Put the stuffing cubes in a large bowl and set aside. Butter a 3-quart casserole dish.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and break it up with a wooden spoon. Cook until it loses most of its pink color, but not so much that it's dry, about 5 minutes. Add the sausage and pan drippings to the stuffing cubes. Melt the remaining butter in the pan. Add the onion, apple, celery, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook until the vegetables get soft, about 5 minutes. Add the broth and parsley and bring to a boil.
• Pour the vegetable mixture over the stuffing cubes and toss until evenly moistened. Mix in the walnuts and eggs. Loosely pack the dressing in the prepared pan and cook uncovered until the top forms a crust, about 40 minutes. Drizzle about 2 tablespoons of turkey pan drippings or melted butter over the top. Cook until the top is crisp and golden, about 20 minutes more.

APPLE SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven 375 and butter a large baking dish (15x10x2).
• Toast bread on a baking sheet for 15 minutes, then remove. Toast pecans in oven for about 7 minutes.
• In large mixing bowl, combine bread, dried thyme, rubbed sage, and salt and pepper. Add pecans and mix gently.
• Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat and add onions, celery, and mushrooms. Sauté until slightly tender. Add fresh parsley, sage, thyme, and rosemary and cook for another minute.
• Remove vegetables from skillet and place in bowl with bread. Stir gently to mix.
• Add sausage to skillet and cook until browned. Remove sausage with slotted spoon and stir into bread mixture.
• Pour in chicken stock, one cup at a time, stirring until mixture is fairly wet. Start with 2 cups and add more if needed. Should be slightly wet but not soggy.
• Chop apples and stir into bread mixture.
• Spread stuffing in prepared baking dish.
• Bake uncovered about 45 minutes, or until browned and toasty.

APPLE SAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large pan, melt butter on med-high heat.
• Saute onion, celery, garlic and apple.
• Add sage, pinch of nutmeg and the bread cubes.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Add stock and fresh herbs.
• Season and taste.
• Remove from heat; place in an oven-proof roasting pan.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.

APPLE SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Broth Mixture- Combine gravy mix, melted butter& broth.
• Bring to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat until slightly thickened.
• Stuffing Mixture- In a large skillet fry sausage and bacon until almost crisp then remove to a large bowl.
• Discard all but 2 tbl of the bacon drippings; add onion, celery, mushrooms, apples, parsley& herbs.
• Sauté mixture for 5 minutes.
• Mix in stuffing cubes.
• Add to the bowl with bacon& sausage.
• Pour broth mixture over ingredients.
• Mix well.
• Season to taste with salt& pepper.
• Place stuffing into 9x13 pan, cover with foil and heat in 350F oven for 30 to 45 minutes until hot.

FRESH SAGE, APPLE, SAUSAGE & PARSNIP STUFFING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Bake bread cubes on 2 large rimmed baking sheets until lightly toasted, about 20 minutes.
• 2. Sauté sausages in very large skillet over medium-high heat until cooked through, breaking into pieces with spoon, about 15 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer to large bowl; add bread.
• 3. Add onions and celery to same skillet and sauté until golden brown, about 10 minutes; transfer to bowl with bread.
• 4. Melt 1/4 cup butter in same skillet over medium-high heat. Add apples and sauté until tender, about 8 minutes; mix apples into stuffing.
• 5. Melt 1/4 cup butter in same skillet over medium-high heat. Add parsnips and sauté until golden, about 10 minutes; mix into stuffing.
• 6. Melt 1/4 cup butter in same skillet. Add sage and sauté until dark green, about 2 minutes. Mix sage and butter into stuffing. Season with salt and pepper.
• 7. Butter 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish. Stuff turkey. Transfer remaining stuffing to prepared dish; drizzle with 1/2 cup chicken broth. Cover with foil. (Can be prepared 4 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) **OR transfer all stuffing to a large, buttered baking dish & proceed as directed.**
• 8. Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake stuffing covered until heated through, about 1 hour. Uncover and bake until beginning to brown, about 10 minutes.