Bread Free Stuffing Balls Food

BASIC STUFFING BALLS WITH VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Line a baking sheet with foil paper and lightly grease the foil for easy clean up.
• Heat butter or margarine in a large skillet.
• Add onion and celery and sauté gently until soft.
• Combine remaining ingredients with the celery and onion mixture, adding any variations you like.
• Shape mixture into 8 balls. Dampen hands with cold water if necessary.
• Place stuffing balls on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes or until set.

GRANDMA DOT'S STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil; grease with cooking spray.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in salt, poultry seasoning, and pepper; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Whisk eggs and chicken broth together in a large bowl. Fold in bread cubes and parsley. Pour in onion mixture; mix together until combined.
• Shape mixture into 2-inch balls and arrange on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake until golden and crisp, about 20 minutes.

BREAD-FREE STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Add the oil to a large pot and turn heat to medium. Finely chop the mushrooms until they're roughly the size of peas. Add chopped mushrooms to the pot along with minced garlic and a pinch of salt. Stir until combined. Sauté for about 6 to 8 minutes, until the water from the mushrooms cooks off, reducing heat to low if necessary to prevent burning.
• Meanwhile, tear the kale into large pieces and place into a food processor. Pulse (do not process) the kale until finely chopped (pieces roughly the size of almonds), being careful not to overprocess it. Remove and place into a bowl for later.
• To the processor (no need to clean it out!), add the rolled oats. Process the oats until they're finely chopped and resemble coarse flour, about 30 seconds.
• Add the drained lentils and walnuts to the processor bowl with the oat flour. Pulse the mixture, stopping to check on it every few pulses, until it's coarsely chopped. Be sure not to overprocess it into a paste as you still want a lot of texture and crunchy walnut pieces. Set aside.
• To the pot with the mushrooms and garlic, add the herbs and sauté for 30 seconds until fragrant. Stir in the kale and chopped dried cranberries, then turn off the heat.
• Stir the flax and water together in a small cup (no need to let it sit).
• Now add all of the food processor contents, vinegar, and flax mixture to the pot. Stir until thoroughly combined. The dough should be heavy and dense. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• With lightly wet hands, shape and roll about 14 to 15 balls, roughly 3 to 4 tablespoons of dough each. Place them on the prepared baking sheet about two inches apart.
• Bake for 22 to 24 minutes, until golden on the bottom and firm to touch. Remove and let cool for 5 minutes.
• While the Bread-Free Stuffing Balls are baking, make the Cranberry-Pear Sauce. Add the cranberries, pear, maple syrup, and salt to a medium pot. Bring to a low boil over high heat and then reduce to medium. Simmer uncovered for 10 to 20 minutes until thickened. Use a potato masher to mash up the pear near the end of cooking, if desired.
• Leftover balls can be refrigerated in an airtight container for a few days. To reheat, add oil to a skillet and fry over medium heat, tossing occasionally, until heated through.

STUFFING BALLS / BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degree Gather ingredients. You can pull the bread apart the day before using, and let dry. Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don't. It really makes no difference.
• 2. In an extra large bowl, or I use a canner or turkey roasting pan; so to have enough room to mix. Pull apart bread into bite sized pieces. Add the salt, pepper, parsley and poultry seasoning. I use my hands to mix well throughout.
• 3. Now, chop the onion and celery. In a skillet or saucepan; saute the vegetables just till tender in butter or oil, I used butter, about 3 tablespoons.
• 4. Add the vegetables to the bread, along with the soups and broth. Mix well; again I use my hands. Next, whisk the eggs lightly and add to the bread. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, add to the bread; Mix well.
• 5. The bread should now have the texture when squeezed together of a meatball. If it is not staying together, I have added more broth , soup, or another egg or two. Now, make the stuffing balls to the size of your liking. Mine are about the size of the bottom of a small soup can in diameter.
• 6. Now, place in a greased roasting pan, I added a little chicken broth to the pan also. Bake 40 - 50 minutes; unless you are going to finish in a crock pot with gravy. If so, just cook long enough so that the egg in them cooks enough to hold them together; about 25 to 30 minutes.
• 7. You can serve them as is or w/ gravy. I placed mine into my 8 quart crock pot; covered with gravy; cooked on low for about 3 hours. I then turned down to warm; till time to serve..They suck up a lot of the gravy, so don't plan on using that gravy for mashed taters..
• 8. Enjoy!..these really do have a wonderful, savory flavor..

SAVORY STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2. Saute onions in butter in large skillet over medium heat for 10 minutes.
• 3. Stir in celery, parsley, sage, thyme, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring, over medium heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• 4. Add bread cubes to onion mixture; toss thoroughly to coat.
• 5. Mix together the egg and 3/4 cup of the broth.
• 6. Add to stuffing to moisten. If stuffing is too dry to stick together add a small additional amount of broth, but do not over moisten.
• 7. Shape stuffing into 24 small balls (about 1 and 1/2" diameter). If you prefer, you can make the balls a little larger. Place the balls in one layer on a greased baking sheet. Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees, for 20 minutes.
• 8. Pour remaining broth over the balls (use a little more broth to just moisten balls if needed).
• 9. Bake, uncovered, an additional 15 minutes, or until balls are the dry/moist level you desire.

BREADLESS STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Cook the mushrooms, garlic, celery, and onion in the olive oil 3 to 5 minutes. Add the water and bouillon; cook and stir until the bouillon is dissolved.
• Combine the garbanzo beans, egg, sage, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Mash together with your hands until thoroughly mixed; stir in the vegetable mixture; transfer to the prepared baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven 30 minutes; remove the foil and bake uncovered another 10 to 15 minutes.

BASIC BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees, with racks in middle and lower thirds. On two rimmed baking sheets, arrange bread in a single layer. Toast until dry and pale golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, lightly butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium. Add onion, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until onion and celery are softened, about 7 minutes. Cook, stirring, 1 minute. Transfer to a large bowl and season with salt and pepper.
• Add parsley, eggs, and bread; stir to combine. Add broth in 2 additions, stirring until absorbed after each addition. Season generously with salt and pepper and transfer stuffing to dish. Bake on middle rack until deep golden brown on top, 25 to 30 minutes. Let sit 5 minutes before serving.

STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add celery and onion; cook and stir until tender, 3-5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in remaining ingredients. Shape into eight balls. , Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake until a thermometer reads 160°, about 20 minutes.

STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Open the loaves of bread and allow the bread to get stale for a day.
• Tear the bread into 1-1/2" pieces including the crusts.
• Beat the eggs with the milk and water; sparingly, drizzle this mixture over the bread and mix it in just to moisten.
• Saute the celery, onions, and green pepper in the butter until translucent. Salt and pepper to taste.
• Add the warm celery and butter mixture to the bread.
• Add the parsley and sprinkle in a little rubbed sage.
• Cover lightly with poultry seasoning.
• Gently toss with your hands.
• Gently push the stuffing mixture into the corner of your mixing pan and allow to sit for 30 minutes to absorb the liquid in the bread.
• Form the stuffing into small balls similar to a baseball.
• You may freeze the balls at this point by arranging on a baking sheet and flash freezing.
• When frozen, place stuffing balls in the bread bag wrappers.
• When ready to bake, place balls in a 9 x 13 inch pan with about 1/4" hot broth in the bottom of the pan.
• You can bake them frozen or defrosted, adjust your time accordingly.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 30 minutes, basting a few times until browned.