Sausage, Apple and Dried Cranberry Stuffing
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups cubed whole wheat bread
- 3 3/4 cups white bread cubes
- 16 ounces bulk seasoned turkey sausage
- 1 cup diced onion
- 3/4 cup chopped celery
- 2 1/2 teaspoons dried sage
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 medium Golden Delicious apples - peeled cored and diced
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/3 cup chopped parsley
- 3/4 cup cooked turkey giblets and meat liver, heart, gizzard and neck, picked and diced
- 1 1/2 cup turkey stock
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F (175 degree C).
- Bake the whole-wheat and white bread cubes until evenly golden brown. Transfer toasted bread cubes to a large bowl and let them cool.
- adjust oven to 375 degrees F
- In a large skillet, cook the sausage and chopped onions over moderate heat, stirring and breaking up the lumps until fully cooked. Add the chopped celery, sage, rosemary and thyme; cook for 2 minutes while stirring.
- Add the sausage mixture to the bread with the chopped apples, dried cranberries, parsley, stock and reserved liver. Toss mixture well.
- Pour into baking pan and drizzle the melted butter over the mixture; toss stuffing well.
- Bake at 375 degrees F for 35 minutes and serve.