Savory Sausage And Mushroom Stuffing Food

THE BEST STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage and cook, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon and breaking up any clumps, until browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer the sausage with a slotted spoon to a large bowl.
• Add the wine to the skillet and cook until almost all the liquid has evaporated, scraping up any browned bits, about 2 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon of the butter to the skillet, and then add the mushrooms. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and some pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms brown and have cooked down to about half their original volume, about 5 minutes. Transfer the mushrooms with a slotted spoon to the bowl with the sausage.
• Melt the remaining 7 tablespoons butter in the skillet. Then add the celery, onions, sage and thyme and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the broth and bring to a simmer.
• Beat the eggs and parsley in another large bowl. Add the bread cubes and toss. Add the reserved sausage and mushrooms and toss together. Pour in the vegetables and broth and toss again until evenly coated. Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish and cover with foil. Bake for 30 minutes. Then uncover and continue to bake until golden, about 30 minutes more. Garnish with celery leaves if using.

SAVORY SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat 4-6 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. In a stockpot, melt butter over medium heat. Add mushrooms, celery and onions; cook and stir 3-4 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from heat. , Stir in sausage. Add bread cubes and sage; toss to combine. Add chicken stock and wine. Stir in cranberries and, if desired, sunflower kernels. Transfer to a greased 6-qt. slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low 2-3 hours or until heated through, stirring once.

MAKE-AHEAD SAUSAGE AND MUSHROOM SAVORY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix eggs, whipping cream and broth. Add bread; toss to coat in egg mixture.
• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add sausage; cook 7 to 9 minutes or until browned. Using slotted spoon, transfer sausage to bowl with egg mixture.
• Add onions, mushrooms and salt to fat in skillet; cook over medium-high heat 9 to 12 minutes or until mushrooms are browned. Stir in garlic; remove from heat. Cool 3 minutes. Stir into egg mixture; stir in cheese. Pour mixture into baking dish. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours but no longer than 12 hours.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until at least 165°F in center and knife inserted 1 inch from edge comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes. Top with herbs.

SAUSAGE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray and set aside.
• Wipe mushrooms clean with paper towels. Remove stems and dice. Hollow out the caps if necessary. Brush each cap with olive oil.
• In a large skillet over medium heat add 2 tablespoons olive oil and mushroom stems, cook for 1 minute and then add sausage; breaking up any clumps. Saute for 3 minutes. Add the leeks and saute for another 3 minutes or until sausage is completely browned and leeks are tender. Remove from pan and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine stuffing mix and hot broth. Let sit for 2 minutes or until slightly softened.
• Stir in browned sausage mixture, sage, garlic, and 2 tablespoons Parmesan into stuffing.
• Fill each mushroom with stuffing mixture and arrange caps on prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle mushrooms with remaining 2 tablespoons of Parmesan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden. Serve immediately.

MUSHROOM AND SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Coat a large wide pot with olive oil and toss in the celery and onions. Season with salt and cook the veggies over medium-high heat until soft and very aromatic, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for an additional 1 to 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the sausage and cook, breaking it into really small pieces with a metal spoon or spatula, until it's really brown and yummy, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Add the white wine and cook until it has evaporated by half. (The mix will be pretty soupy, and that's okay.)
• Combine the bread with the sausage mixture in a large bowl. Toss in the walnuts and sage and pour about half the chicken stock into the bowl. Using your hands, work to combine everything well -- really get in there and squish it up; it's fun! Add the remaining stock as needed to create a really moist mix. Taste and season with salt, if needed.
• Transfer the mixture to a 9-by-13-inch baking dish and cover with foil. Bake until the stuffing is hot all the way through, about 30 minutes, then remove the foil and bake to brown the top, another 15 minutes.

SAVORY STUFFED ONIONS, MUSHROOMS, SAUSAGE AND BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Divide stuffing into three bowls.
• In three small fry pans: Brown a cup of favorite sausage and drain on paper toweling.
• Sauté a cup of minced onion in butter or cooking spray.
• Sauté a ½ cup of minced celery in a bit of butter or cooking spray.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Stuffed Peppers: Add browned sausage, 1/3 cup sautéed onions, ½ tsp oregano and/or dried basil to 1/3 stuffing mixture.
• Add 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened.
• Mix well and stuff pepper halves.
• Place on a baking sheet, and bake in the preheated oven 20 to 25 minutes, until stuffing is lightly brown and bubbly.
• Stuffed Onions: Brush onions with olive oil.
• Add 1/3 cup sautéed onions, ½ cup sautéed celery, ½ tsp poultry seasoning to 1/3 stuffing mix.
• Top onion slices with a mound of stuffing and place on a baking sheet.
• Drizzle a bit of butter on top and sprinkle w/ grated cheese.
• Bake 20-25 minutes.
• Stuffed mushrooms: Remove stems from mushrooms.
• Chop stems fine.
• Coat mushroom caps with oil and set aside.
• Add 1/3 cup sautéed onions, and chopped mushroom stems to stuffing mixture.
• Stuff caps with mixture.
• Place mushrooms on baking sheet.
• Drizzle tops with a bit of butter and a sprinkle of grated cheese.
• Bake 20-25 minutes.

SAUSAGE MUSHROOM DRESSING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain. Reserve 2 tablespoons drippings. Saute the mushrooms, onion, celery and garlic in the drippings and butter until tender. Stir in the sage, salt and pepper., In several large bowls, combine the mushroom mixture, bread cubes, sausage, broth and bacon; toss to coat. , Transfer to two greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dishes. Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Uncover; bake 10-15 minutes longer or until lightly browned.

SAVORY SAUSAGE AND MUSHROOM STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat; add in onion and garlic; cook/stir often, until the onion is softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add in sausage, basil, and marjoram; cook/stirring often and breaking up the meat with a spoon, until the sausage is cooked through, about 10 minutes; scrape into a big bowl.
• Add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil to the skillet and heat over medium heat.
• Add mushrooms; cook until mushrooms give off their juices, they evaporate, and the mushrooms begin to brown, about 8 minutes.
• Add the mushrooms to the sausage in the bowl; mix in the bread crumbs, mushrooms, Parmesan cheese, and parsley.
• Gradually stir in about 1 1/2 cups of broth; season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Transfer to a lightly buttered casserole; drizzle with 1/2 cup broth; cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes (uncover the last 15 minutes for crustier top).