Stuffing Balls Food

STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF.
• Cook meat in large skillet until cooked through, stirring frequently; drain. Place in large bowl; cool slightly. Stir in stuffing mix.
• Add cranberry sauce, egg and water; mix well. Shape into 16 balls; place on foil-covered baking sheet. Brush with butter.
• Bake 20 min. or until done (160ºF).

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.

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.

PIGS-IN-BLANKETS CHRISTMAS STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Put the stuffing mix in a bowl and pour over 150ml boiling water. Leave the mix to absorb. When cool, add the sausagemeat, chestnuts and cranberries and bring everything together with your hands. Cut each rasher of bacon in half lengthways so you get 24 long strips of bacon.
• Cross two bacon strips, then roll a walnut-sized ball of the stuffing mix and sit it on the cross. Wrap the stuffing in the bacon and sit on a lightly oiled baking tray, cross-side up. Repeat to make 12 stuffing balls. Can be made up to two days ahead and chilled. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and roast the stuffing balls for 25-30 mins until the bacon is crisp and the stuffing is cooked.

HEALTHY STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Gently heat the oil in a shallow saucepan then add the onion, celery and garlic. Keep everything sizzling on a medium heat for 15 mins until soft. Tip into a food processor with the rest of the ingredients, except the egg, plus a small pinch of salt, if you like. Pulse until everything is chopped, then add the egg and pulse until combined. Use wet hands to roll the mixture into walnut-sized balls, then place on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment.
• Bake in the oven for 25-30 mins until golden and hot through. Will freeze for up to three months; defrost fully before reheating.

EASY SAGE AND ONION STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 200C / 180C fan / gas mark 6 / 400F and grease a tin big enough to hold all the stuffing balls - I usually use a small roasting tin.
• Drizzle a tablespoon of olive oil into a saucepan. Add the diced onion and put the lid on. Cook over a low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion is soft but not brown.
• Meanwhile grate the bread for the breadcrumbs and place in a large bowl. (see note)
• When the onions are ready, tip into the bread crumbs. Add the herbs, salt and pepper and stir thoroughly.
• Allow the mixture to cool slightly and then add the beaten egg and stir together. Divide the mixture into 12 and shape into balls. Place in your greased tin and cook for 30 minutes or until they are golden brown and cooked through.

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.

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:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degree F. Grease a rimmed baking sheet. Add the butter to a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are soft, about 6 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Combine the beaten eggs and broth in a bowl and whisk to combine. Stir the onion and celery into the egg mixture. Add the parsley, sage, poultry seasoning, black pepper, and nutmeg. Mix well. Place the bread cubes in large bowl. While stirring, pour the broth mixture into the bread cubes and continue to stir until completely coated. Form the stuffing into 2-inch balls. Place on the greased baking sheet. Drizzle each stuffing ball with a little melted butter. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes or until crisp on the outside and heated through. Serve hot, garnished with sage leaves if desired.

SAGE, ONION AND SAUSAGE STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a low heat until foaming. Add the onions and fry gently for 8-10 minutes, or until softened. Remove from the heat.
• Stir in the remaining ingredients and season generously with salt and pepper. Mix until well combined.
• If you are making stuffing balls, lightly grease a baking tray and, using wet hands, shape the stuffing into balls about 2½cm/1in in diameter and place on the prepared tray. If preferred transfer the stuffing mixture to a 20cm/8in square tin and press down to smooth the surface. Cover with cling film and transfer to the fridge for at least 30 minutes, but up to two days (assuming the meat is fresh). (The stuffing can be frozen at this stage, but will need to be thoroughly defrosted before cooking.)
• When ready to cook, preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
• Roast the stuffing for 30-40 minutes until cooked through (balls will take about 30 minutes, and a tray 40 minutes).

SIMPLE STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a small non-stick frying pan and gently fry the onion for 3-4 minutes, or until softened and lightly browned, stirring regularly. Tip into a large bowl and leave to cool.
• Squeeze the sausagemeat out of the skins and into the bowl with the cooked and cooled onion. Add the lemon zest, breadcrumbs, thyme and plenty of salt and pepper. Mix well with clean hands and form into 12 small balls. Place on a generously oiled baking tray (with the pigs in blankets, if making) and leave to chill in the fridge until ready to cook.
• Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until the stuffing balls are lightly browned and cooked through, turning after 10 minutes. Serve.

STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Chop the celery and onion.
• Melt butter in a skillet; add celery and onion; cook until limp.
• Cut or rip up bread; add onion and celery in a large bowl.
• Add 1/2 can of cream of chicken soup, pepper, salt.
• Make into balls; put into lasagna style pan (if you like the edges crispy you can use a cupcake pan instead).
• In a separate bowl, mix the rest of the soup into the bowl with 1/2 cup of water.
• Pour this mixture over the stuffing balls.
• Cover with foil.
• Bake 45 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Remove foil, bake for 15 minutes at 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

SAGE AND ONION STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Cut the bread slices into chunks, and add them to a food processor to blitz until you get breadcrumbs - alternatively you can used store-bought breadcrumbs.
• Add the breadcrumbs to a bowl together with the egg, sage leaves chopped finely, and ground pepper.
• Chop the onion finely.
• In a pan, melt the butter, add the onion and salt, and fry gently on a low to medium heat until the onions are soft, but not brown.
• Leave to cool, then add them to the rest of the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (390 Fahrenheit).
• With wet hands, shape 12 balls out of the stuffing mixture.
• Drizzle 1- tablespoons of oil over the roasting tray, arrange the stuffing balls, then spray generously with cooking oil spray.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden.

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.

LEFTOVER STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and form into balls.
• Place on a greased baking sheet and bake at 350°F for about 8 minutes or until warmed and "set".

HOW TO MAKE SAUSAGE STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• In a large frying pan, fry the onions in 1 tbsp of the vegetable oil on a low-medium heat until softened and golden. Remove from the pan and set aside to cool a little.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the sausage meat, breadcrumbs, lemon juice and zest, parsley, sage, salt and pepper, cooked onions, and chicken stock. Make sure the ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
• Cut some baking paper to size to fit on a large baking tray. With clean hands, take a small handful of the stuffing mixture and shape into balls. Place onto the baking tray. Depending on how small or large you like them, this should make between 12 and 20 stuffing balls.Cover the tray with cling film and chill in the fridge for at least an hour, two is best.
• Heat the remaining vegetable oil in a large frying pan on high heat. Fry the stuffing balls for about 5 minutes, turning several times until each side is golden brown.
• Place the part-fried stuffing balls back on the baking tray. At this point, you can refrigerate or freeze the stuffing balls once cooled ready to be baked.
• Preheat the oven to 200C. Bake the stuffing balls for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.

TURKEY AND STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a large pan, heat oil over medium high heat. Add in turkey meat. Brown 5-7 minutes, drain if necessary. Add in onion, celery, salt, pepper and sage. Continue cooking for an additional 2-3 minutes, or until vegetables become tender. Remove from heat and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
• In a large mixing bowl, add in stuffing, eggs, and water. Mix together. Gently fold in meat.
• Create quarter cup amounts of balls. Add balls to grease lined oven pans. Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until a golden color.
• Allow balls to rest for a few minutes before serving, so to not have them break.

EASY AIR FRYER STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat your air fryer to 180°c and set the timer for 8 minutes.
• Place the dried stuffing mix in a large bowl.
• Pour over 425ml of boiling water and mix with a spoon.
• Let the mixture stand for 8 minutes.
• Roll the mixture into 12 equal balls. Spray one side with olive oil spray and place oil side down into the air fryer basket, then spray the upward facing side of each stuffing ball.
• Air fry for 5 minutes.
• Remove the air fryer basket from the air fryer and turn each stuffing ball with a tong. Air fry for a further 3 minutes until crispy on the outside.

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.

STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Cook pork in large skillet until no longer pink; drain. Place in a large bowl. Add dry stuffing mix, Mix well.
• Add 1 cup water, cranberry sauce and egg.
• Mix until well blended.
• Shape mixture into 16 balls. Place in a single layer on a foil-covered baking sheet.
• Brush evenly with butter.
• Bake 20 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through (160 degrees).
• Prepare (without baking) and freeze these stuffing balls for up to a month before you need them. Thaw in refrigerator when needed, and bake as directed.