Country Harvest Stuffing Recipes

COUNTRY HARVEST STUFFING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place the bread cubes in a large bowl and toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil, thyme, salt, and pepper to taste. Spread the bread cubes on two baking sheets and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly toasted, shaking pans occasionally. Return to the bowl.
• 2. Brown the sausage in a heavy pan over medium heat. Using a slotted spoon, remove the sausage to the bowl, discarding any fat. Place the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in the pan and sauté the onions, celery, garlic, and sage over medium-low heat for 15 to 20 minutes or until wilted, stirring often. Combine with the bread cubes, cranberries, pecans, and prunes.
• 3. Drizzle the broth over the mixture to moisten as desired, then toss well. Season with salt and pepper. Bake, covered with aluminum foil, in an oven-to-table dish at 350°F for 30 to 45 minutes. Serve from the dish.

HARVEST SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• In large skillet, brown sausage; pour off fat.
• Add celery, mushrooms and onion; cook until onion is transparent.
• Dissolve bouillon in water. Add to sausage mixture; cook until mixture boils.
• In large bowl, pour sausage mixture over stuffing mix, mincemeat, water chestnuts and poultry seasoning. Mix well.
• Lightly stuff turkey just before roasting. Place any remaining stuffing in greased baking dish; cover. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until hot. Refrigerate leftovers.

AUTUMN HARVEST STUFFING

Steps:

• Arrange bread in a single layer on a baking sheet, and let stand, uncovered, at room temperature overnight. (Alternatively, bake bread in a 250-degree oven until dry but not browned, 25 to 30 minutes.)
• Transfer bread to a large bowl. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, toss squash with 2 tablespoons olive oil until coated; season with salt and pepper. Arrange squash in an even layer on a baking sheet; transfer to oven and roast until squash is tender, about 15 minutes. Transfer squash to bowl with bread cubes.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add shallots, celery, and leek. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Fold in mustard greens and cook until just wilted, about 1 minute. Transfer to bowl with bread and squash.
• Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to bowl with bread and vegetables.
• Heat chicken broth in a small saucepan with butter and over medium-low heat until butter is melted; pour over bread mixture. Add sage, parsley, and thyme to bread mixture; season with salt and pepper; mix until well combined. Let stuffing mixture cool completely if stuffing in turkey.
• To cook stuffing in a turkey: Loosely stuff into a turkey, and roast until center of stuffing registers 165 degrees on an instant-read thermometer. To bake all of the stuffing outside a turkey: Spoon into a buttered 2-quart baking dish. Cover dish with parchment paper-lined aluminum foil. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes more.

COUNTRY HARVEST STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Place bread cubes in a large bowl and toss with 2 tbsp olive oil, thyme, salt and pepper to taste. Spread the bread cubes on two baking sheets and bake for 15-20 mins, or until lightly toasted, shaking the sheet occasionally. Return cubes to bowl. Brown the sausage in a heave pan over medium heat. Using a slotted spoon, remove the sausage to the bowl, discarding any fat. Place the remaining 2 tbsp of olive oil in the pan and saute the onions, celery, garlic, and sage over medium-low heat for 15-20 mins or until wilted, stirring often. Combine with the bread cubes, cranberries, pecans and prunes. Drizzle the broth over the mixture to moisten as desired, then toss well, adding broth 1/4 cup at a time and stirring, to avoid sogginess. Season with salt and pepper. Bake, covered with aluminium foil, in an oven-to-table dish at 350 for 30-45 mins. Serve from dish