Chestnut Onion And Currant Stuffing Recipes

CHESTNUT, ONION, AND CURRANT STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325° F.
• In a large shallow baking pan toast bread in middle of oven until just dry, 15 to 20 minutes. Halve onions lengthwise and cut each half into 8 wedges. In a large heavy skillet cook onions in butter over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 25 minutes.
• If using canned chestnuts, rinse and drain. In a saucepan simmer vacuum-packed or canned chestnuts in 2 cups broth 15 minutes. Remove pan from heat and stir in currants. Let mixture stand 5 minutes.
• Chop parsley. In a large bowl toss together bread, onions, chestnut mixture, remaining 1 1/2 cups broth, herbs, and salt and pepper to taste and cool completely. Stuffing may be made up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring stuffing to room temperature before proceeding.
• For cooking stuffing inside poultry:
• Any frozen poultry destined for stuffing should be completely thawed, and the stuffing itself brought to room temperature before it's put into the turkey. Do not stuff your bird the night before you cook it; such a seeming time-saver can have dangerous results. Instead, it is best to loosely fill the bird's neck and body cavities immediately before roasting. And always use a meat or instant-read thermometer: The meat is done when the temperature of the thickest part of the thigh (be careful not to touch the bones) reaches 180°F.; the stuffing baked inside the bird is done at 160°-165°F. After roasting, let your stuffed poultry stand 15 to 20 minutes, a double assurance that the requisite temperatures for food safety have been reached.
• For cooking all or part of stuffing outside poultry:
• In a shallow baking dish bake stuffing in preheated 325° F. oven 45 minutes (for moist stuffing, bake covered entire time; for less moist stuffing with a slightly crisp top, uncover halfway through baking time).
• Garnish stuffing with parsley.

CHESTNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• With a sharp knife, cut slits in the surface of the chestnuts. Place chestnuts in a medium saucepan with enough water to cover, and bring to a boil. Cook 25 minutes, or until tender. Drain, peel, and chop.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt margarine in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in chestnuts, onion, salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning, and cook until onions are tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a medium baking dish, and mix with the cubed bread.
• In a small bowl, beat together eggs and milk, and drizzle over the cubed bread mixture.
• Bake 30 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until surface is crisp and lightly browned.

CHESTNUT, ONION, CURRANT STUFFING

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350°F.
• toast bread in a baking pan until just dry-15 to 20 minutes.
• cut onions into eight and cook in butter oven moderate heat until golden brown-25 minutes.
• simmer chestnuts in 2 cups of broth for 15 minutes.
• remove pan from heat and stir in currants.
• let mixture stand for 5 minutes.
• chop parsley.
• toss together bread, onions, chestnut mixture, and reamining 1 1/2 cups broth, herbs, and salt and pepper to taste
• cool completely.
• preheat oven to 325°F.
• bake stuffing in a shallow baking dish for 45 minutes.
• garnish with parsley.

BEST CHESTNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• Cut slash in chestnuts with sharp knife.
• Roast on a baking sheet in 450 degree oven for 5-6 minutes (up to 15 minutes if needed); cool.
• Peel and coarsely chop.
• In a large skillet cook beef, sausage, onion, and celery till meat is browned and vegetables are tender.
• Drain off fat.
• Add 3 Cups of broth, chestnuts, uncooked rice, raisins, nuts, drippings, salt, cinnamon, and pepper.
• Cover, simmer 30 minutes or until rice is cooked stir to prevent burning.
• Remove from heat.
• Combine remaining 1/2 c broth and eggs; stir into meat mixture.
• Bake covered in a 3 qt casserole at 325 degrees for 30-35 minutes.