Description
This Thanksgiving stuffing is fantastic! It is very flavorful and fresh-tasting. This recipe will stuff a 10-pound turkey (which serves six) plus extra. I replaced the usual pork sausage with much healthier turkey sausage. Other dried fruits may also be used in place of cranberries.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups cubed whole wheat bread
- 3 ¾ cups cubed white bread
- 1 pound ground turkey sausage
- 1 cup chopped onion
- ¾ cup chopped celery
- 2 ½ teaspoons dried sage
- 1 ½ teaspoons dried rosemary
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 Golden Delicious apple, cored and chopped
- ¾ cup dried cranberries
- ⅓ cup minced fresh parsley
- 1 cooked turkey liver, finely chopped
- ¾ cup turkey stock
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Spread white and whole wheat bread cubes in a single layer on a large baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until evenly toasted
- 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer toasted bread cubes to a large bowl.
- Cook sausage and onions in a large skillet over medium heat
- stirring and breaking up lumps
- until evenly browned
- 6 to 8 minutes. Add celery
- sage
- rosemary
- and thyme; cook and stir until flavors blend
- about 2 minutes.
- Pour sausage mixture over bread in bowl. Mix in chopped apple
- dried cranberries
- parsley
- and liver. Drizzle with turkey stock and melted butter; mix lightly.
- Allow stuffing to cool completely before loosely stuffing a turkey.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Servings: 10