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New England Apple, Cranberry and Sausage Stuffing
15 Servings (About 20 cups)16 ounces (1 loaf) white bread, cut into 3/4-inch cubes (about 14 cups)
1 pound SWEET Italian sausages, with the casings removed. Do not use HOT.
1/3 cup (5 Tablespoons) fresh butter
6 cups sliced leeks (white and pale green parts only; 3 to 4 large leeks from your garden)
1 pound tart green apples, peeled, cored, chopped. Get a bushel from your local orchard
1 green pear, peeled, cored, chopped
2 cups fresh garden celery, chopped with the leaves
4 teaspoons of poultry seasoning from your pantry, or herb mixture from your garden
1-1/4 cup fresh cranberries. Use 1 cup dried, about 4 ounces, if out of season. Visit the cranberry bogs.
4 teaspoons fresh garden rosemary, chopped
2/3 cup fresh garden parsley,chopped
3 fresh eggs, beaten to blend
salt and pepper to taste
1-1/2 cups chicken broth (Homemade or canned)
1 roll heavy duty aluminum cooking foil
Preheat your oven to 350°F.
Divide bread cubes between 2 large baking sheets. Bake until slightly dry, about 15 minutes. Cool completely.
Cook sausages in a Dutch oven or large heavy skillet over medium-high heat until cooked through. Crumble sausages coarsely with back of a fork. Cook them about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, move the cooked sausage to large stainless steel bowl. Pour off any drippings from skillet. Save dishes by melting butter in same skillet over medium-high heat. Add the leeks, apples, pear, celery and poultry seasoning to skillet. Cook until leeks soften, about 10 minutes. Mix in the cranberries and rosemary. Add this mixture to bowl with the sausage, then mix in dry bread and fresh parsley. Season stuffing to taste with salt and pepper. (This can be prepared 1 day ahead of time. Cover and refrigerate.) Mix eggs into stuffing.
To bake the stuffing in your turkey:
Fill main turkey cavity with stuffing. Mix enough chicken broth into remaining stuffing to moisten (about 3/4 to 1 cup chicken broth, depending on amount of remaining stuffing). Spoon remaining stuffing into buttered baking dish. Cover with buttered aluminum foil. Bake any extra stuffing in a casserole dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 45 minutes. Uncover stuffing and bake until top is golden brown, about 15 minutes more.
To bake ALL the stuffing in a pan:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 10x15x2-inch baking or casserole dish. Mix 1-1/2 cups chicken broth into the stuffing. Transfer to prepared dish. Cover with buttered aluminum foil and bake until heated through, about 45 minutes. Uncover and bake until top is golden brown, about 15 minutes more.
This stuffing recipe gets its Yankee Harvest flavor from local apples and cranberry bogs. This should become a regular Thanksgiving and Christmas day stuffing recipe for your family and friends.
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