Pumpernickel Fruit Stuffing Food

PUMPERNICKEL, APPLES AND ONION STUFFING

Steps:

• If bread is not stale, place on baking sheet and dry in oven at 350 for 20 minutes. In a large heavy saute pan, cook onions, in oil on low heat, stirring occasionally about 30 minutes. Add garlic, cook 1 minute more. Add onions to bread. To pan add another 1 teaspoon oil. Cook apples, until soft but still crunchy - add sage or thyme, stir and add to bread. Pour broth over bread mixture and stir. You want all the bread to be covered in broth. If stuffing a bird you can do so now, if not, put the pan of stuffing into a 450 degree oven uncovered for about 30-45 minutes, adding 1 teaspoon oil or pan drippings from a chicken or turkey (even better) to the stuffing halfway through.

RYE PUMPERNICKEL STUFFING

Steps:

• Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spread bread cubes in 2 large shallow baking pans and bake, stirring occasionally and switching position of pans halfway through baking, until dry, 20 to 25 minutes total. Transfer bread to a large bowl. 3While bread is drying in oven, cook onions in 1/2 stick butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 20 minutes, then add garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, 1 minute. Add onion mixture to bread, reserving skillet. Add turnips, broth, and 2 tablespoons butter to skillet, then simmer, covered, until tender, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Increase oven temperature to 450°F and butter a 13- by 9-inch baking dish (3-quart capacity).
• Add turnip mixture, parsley, salt, and pepper to bread and toss until combined well. Spoon stuffing into baking dish. Cut remaining 2 tablespoons butter into bits and dot over top of stuffing. Bake stuffing, covered tightly with a sheet of buttered foil (buttered side down), in upper third of oven until heated through, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake stuffing until top is lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes more.

PUMPERNICKEL SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°. In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat, then add the sausage and cook for 5 minutes. Add the celery and onion and cook until the vegetables are tender and the meat is browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and let cool.
• Add the bread cubes, crackers, thyme, eggs, stock and parsley to the bowl and mix well. The mixture should be moist but not soggy; add a little more stock if you like your stuffing wetter. Season the stuffing with salt and pepper. Place in a 9-by-13-inch buttered baking dish and bake for 1 hour. (To keep the stuffing moist, cover the top loosely with foil while it bakes.).

PUMPERNICKEL/RYE BREAD STUFFING WITH APPLE, WALNUTS, AND RAISINS

Steps:

• In a big skillet, melt butter over medium heat; add in the onion; cook, stirring often, until softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add in apples and celery; cook/stir until the onions are golden brown, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in walnuts and raisins.
• Transfer the onion-apple mixture to a bowl; add in pumpernickel and rye bread cubes; toss, sprinkling with apple cider.
• Gradually stir in about ½ cup broth, until stuffing is evenly moistened but not soggy.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Transfer to a lightly buttered casserole dish, sprinkle with ½ cup broth, cover, and bake in a preheated 350° oven for 30 minutes (uncover the last 15 minutes if you want a crusty-topped stuffing).

PUMPERNICKEL FRUIT STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet. Add onion and apple and saute over medium high heat until they are just beginning to brown. Stir in the pear and persimmon.
• Add the raisins, walnuts, orange peel and coriander. Add the bread and moisten with orange juice. Continue cooking until the mixture begins to dry out. Season lightly with salt and pepper.

TO-DIE-FOR THANKSGIVING STUFFING

Steps:

• Saute onions, garlic, and rosemary in 4 tablespoons of the reserved bacon fat until golden and soft.
• In a huge bowl (or the nearest thing you've got--I use the turkey roaster), combine bread cubes, eggs, and remaining bacon fat. Then add onion/garlic mixture, the thyme, and pecans.
• Combine the bourbon and chicken stock; starting with 1 quart, add enough stock to produce the consistency YOU recognize as "stuffing."
• When combined, stuff bird or place in separate large baking dish(es).
• Bake at 350 for at least 45 minutes--longer if you prefer a dark crust on your stuffing.
• Serves 12 or more as part of a Thanksgiving feast.

DILLED PUMPERNICKEL-RYE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°F.
• Cut enough of both breads into 1-inch cubes to measure 6 cups each. Spread bread cubes in 2 large shallow baking pans and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, stirring occasionally and switching position of pans halfway through baking, until bread is dry, 50 minutes to 1 hour total. Cool.
• Increase oven temperature to 400°F.
• Meanwhile, cook carrots, celery, and onions in oil and butter in a 5-quart heavy pot over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and beginning to brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms begin to give off liquid, about 10 minutes.
• Remove pot from heat and stir in bread, dill, parsley, caraway, and salt and pepper to taste. Add broth and toss until bread is evenly moistened. (Use 3 cups broth if you like a moist stuffing, 2 1/2 cups if you prefer it drier.)
• Mound stuffing in a buttered 4-quart shallow baking dish. Cover with buttered foil and bake in middle of oven 30 minutes, then uncover and bake until top is crisp and stuffing is heated through, about 15 minutes more.

PUMPERNICKEL AND MUSHROOM STUFFING

Steps:

• Place slices of bread under broiler and toast both sides.
• Butter each slice liberally. Use additional butter if necessary.
• Stack slices and cut into cubes. Set aside.
• In a large skillet, add 2 tablespoons of oil.
• Add chopped mushrooms and brown 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Season mushrooms with salt and pepper.
• Add celery and water chestnuts as you get them chopped.
• Continue to cook until veggies are all tender, another 5 minutes.
• Add scallions, 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning and the parsley.
• Cut bread into cubes and add.
• Moisten stuffing with 1 cup broth or stock. Transfer to a serving dish.