Currant Walnut Stuffing Recipe 45

WALNUT-HERB STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees, with racks in middle and lower thirds. On two rimmed baking sheets, arrange bread in a single layer. Toast until dry and pale golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, lightly butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium. Add onion, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until onion and celery are softened, about 7 minutes. Add raisins, walnuts, sage, oregano, rosemary, and thyme leaves and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Transfer to a large bowl and season with salt and pepper.
• Add parsley, eggs, and bread; stir to combine. Add broth in two additions, stirring until absorbed after each addition. Season generously with salt and pepper and transfer stuffing to dish. Bake on middle rack until deep golden brown on top, 25 to 30 minutes. Let sit 5 minutes before serving.

CLASSIC STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet. Add onions and celery, and cook over medium heat until onions are translucent, about 10 minutes. Add sage, stir to combine, and cook 3 to 4 minutes. Add 1/2 cup stock, and stir well. Cook for about 5 minutes, until liquid has reduced by half.
• Transfer onion mixture to a large mixing bowl. Add all remaining ingredients, including the remaining stock; mix to combine.

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.

CURRANT & WALNUT STUFFING RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cut the bread into pieces and set aside. Toast the walnuts on a sheetpan, set aside. In a large skillet, sauté the onion and garlic in oil over medium heat until the onions are golden. Add the celery, mushrooms, currants and the herbs and cook an additional 5 minutes. Remove and place in a bowl, fold in the remaining ingredients and season to taste. Place in an oiled 8-inch square ovenproof dish, cover and bake for 30 minutes. Remove cover and bake an additional 15 minutes, uncovered, to crisp the top.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH WALNUT CURRY STUFFING AND RED CURRANT GLAZE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• For the pork; melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat; add in the 4 cups walnut halves, cook stirring for about 1-2 minutes or until lightly toasted; reserve 1 cup for garnish.
• Place the remaining walnuts, curry powder, oil and garlic in a food processor; cover and process until finely ground (about 5-7 seconds).
• Butterfly the pork tenderloins by slicing along the length with a sharp knife to within 1/2-inch.
• Press open then evenly divide and spread the walnut mixture down the center.
• Pull pork together, then secure with skewers, or tie with cooking string.
• In a bowl combine the coriander, cumin, salt and back pepper in a small bowl; rub evenly over the tenderloins.
• Place the pork seam-side down in the baking pan.
• At this point you can cover and refrigerate the stuffed pork for up to 24 hours before roasting.
• Bake for about 1 hour or until the internal temperature reaches 170 degrees.
• Remove from oven and allow to rest while preparing the glaze.
• For the glaze; combine the jelly, sherry, crushed red pepper, vinegar, ginger and shallots in a small saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cook stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes; cover to keel warm.
• Slice the pork into about 1/2-inch slices.
• Arrange 2-3 pieces per plate.
• Spoon the glaze over pork, then sprinkle with reserved toasted walnuts.
• Delicious!