Artichoke Sausage And Parmesan Cheese Stuffing Food

ARTICHOKE, SAUSAGE, AND PARMESAN CHEESE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Divide bread between 2 baking sheets. Bake until cubes are dry but not hard, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage and sauté until cooked through, breaking up with back of fork, about 5 minutes. Add onions, celery, and garlic. Sauté until celery is soft, about 10 minutes. Mix in artichokes, thyme, and mint; sauté 2 minutes longer. Transfer sausage mixture to large bowl. (Bread and sausage mixture can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately. Store bread at room temperature. Refrigerate sausage mixture and reheat to lukewarm before continuing.)
• Add bread to sausage mixture; toss to blend well. Mix in cheese, then 1 cup broth. Season with salt and pepper.
• To bake stuffing in turkey:
• Loosely fill main cavity and neck cavity of turkey with stuffing. Add enough broth to remaining stuffing to moisten slightly (1/4 cup to 3/4 cup, depending on amount of remaining stuffing). Generously butter baking dish. Spoon remaining stuffing into prepared dish. Cover dish with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake stuffing in dish - alongside turkey or while turkey is resting - until heated through, about 25 minutes. Uncover stuffing in dish. Bake until top of stuffing is slightly crisp and golden, about 15 minutes longer.
• To bake stuffing in dish:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Add enough extra broth to stuffing to moisten (3/4 cup to 1 1/4 cups). Transfer stuffing to prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake until heated through, about 40 minutes. Uncover and bake until top is slightly crisp and golden, about 20 minutes longer.

ROASTED TURKEY WITH ARTICHOKE-SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Place a large skillet over medium-high heat. When pan is hot, add sausage and cook 3 to 5 minutes, until browned and cooked through, breaking up the meat as it cooks. Add mushrooms, onion, garlic, and poultry seasoning and cook 3 minutes, until mushrooms soften. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and add bread cubes, artichoke hearts, cheese, parsley, and 1 1/2 cups broth. Toss to combine, allowing liquid to soften bread cubes. If stuffing seems dry, add more broth to soak cubes.
• Season turkey all over with salt and black pepper. Place turkey in a large roasting pan and season the top and sides with thyme and rosemary.
• Loosely stuff bread mixture into turkey (place any leftover in a shallow baking dish).
• Place turkey in oven and immediately reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Roast turkey 20 minutes per pound, or until an instant-read thermometer registers 180 to 185 degrees F. Bake extra stuffing alongside for 30 minutes. Let turkey stand 10 minutes before carving. Serve 1/2 of the carved turkey with all of the stuffing. Reserve remaining turkey (about 2 to 3 cups shredded) for the empanadas.

ARTICHOKE STUFFING

Steps:

• Place bread cubes in two ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pans. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. , In a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, celery and onion in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the artichokes, cheese and poultry seasoning. Transfer to a large bowl; stir in bread cubes. , In a small bowl, whisk egg and broth until blended. Pour over bread mixture and mix well., Transfer to a greased 3-qt. baking dish (dish will be full). Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-15 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 165°.

SAUSAGE-STUFFED ARTICHOKES

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add pine nuts; cook and stir until toasted and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Fill a large bowl with water. Add lemon juice.
• Trim outer leaves from the artichokes and cut 1 1/2 inches off the leaves. Scrape out the hairs in the center. Immerse artichokes in lemon water.
• Mix pine nuts, sausage, bread crumbs, and parsley together in a bowl to make stuffing. Remove artichokes from lemon water and stuff with sausage mixture.
• Stand artichokes upright in a roasting dish. Fill dish halfway with water. Drizzle olive oil over artichokes. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until sausage is browned, 25 to 35 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle Parmesan cheese over artichokes. Continue baking until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

SAUSAGE STUFFED ARTICHOKES WITH AIOLI

Steps:

• To prepare the artichokes: Fill a large pot with water and add the 2 tablespoons salt and the lemon halves. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the artichokes, cover, and cook for 35 minutes. A large leaf should come off when gently pulled. Set aside and let cool slightly. When cool enough to handle, halve the artichokes down the middle lengthwise. With a spoon or melon baller, carefully scoop out the choke and prickly thorns. Drizzle oil on both the insides and outside leaves of the artichokes. Season with salt and pepper.
• To prepare the sausage stuffing: Combine the bread crumbs, garlic, mint, cheese, cooked onion and sausage in a large mixing bowl. Drizzle with oil to moisten until the stuffing binds together; season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat an outdoor grill or stovetop grill pan. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the artichokes, cut side down, on the hot grill. Cook for 3 minutes and then turn gently with tongs. Grill the other side for 2 minutes. Spoon the stuffing into the cavities of the artichokes. Drizzle with a little more oil. Place the artichokes in the oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes until lightly browned. In the meantime, make the aioli.
• To prepare the aioli: In a blender, combine the egg yolks, garlic, capers, red pepper flakes and lemon; season with salt and pepper. Blend on medium-high speed and very slowly pour the oil through the pouring hole. If the aioli is too thick, add water. Refrigerate while grilling.
• To serve: Put the stuffed artichokes on a platter with the aioli on the side for dipping.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND PARMESAN CHEESE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread bread cubes on large rimmed baking sheet. Bake until bread is dry, about 15 minutes. Transfer to large bowl and cool. Maintain oven temperature.
• Generously butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add sausages and sauté 5 minutes, breaking up with back of fork. Add chicken livers; sauté just until sausages and livers are cooked through, about 7 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer sausage mixture to bowl with bread cubes. Add 1 tablespoon oil to same skillet. Add onions and next 4 ingredients; sauté until onions and celery are tender but not brown, about 10 minutes. Add onion mixture to bread cubes. Stir in 3/4 cup Parmesan, currants, parsley, salt, and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Mix eggs and broth into stuffing; transfer to baking dish. Cover dish with foil. Bake 40 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan and bake until top begins to brown, about 20 minutes.

ARTICHOKE-SAUSAGE STUFFING / DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F (or if cooking inside turkey, preheat to 450°F).
• Place a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• When pan is hot, add sausage and cook 3 to 5 minutes, until browned and cooked through, breaking up the meat as it cooks.
• Add mushrooms, onion, garlic, and poultry seasoning and cook 3 minutes, until mushrooms soften.
• Transfer mixture to a large bowl and add bread cubes, artichoke hearts, cheese, parsley, and 1 1/2 cups broth.
• Toss to combine, allowing liquid to soften bread cubes. If stuffing seems dry, add more broth to soak cubes.
• Bake stuffing at 325°F for 30 minutes in shallow baking dish.
• ** If cooking in turkey: Loosely stuff bread mixture into turkey (extra stuffing can be baked in shallow dish next to the turkey). Place turkey in preheated oven and immediately reduce oven temperature to 325°F Roast turkey 20 minutes per pound, or until an instant-read thermometer registers 180-185°F.