Favorite turkey stuffing - yankee

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
10 cups White bread (firm); in 1 inch cubes
1 cup Milk
½ cup Butter; 1/2 to 3/4 cups
½ pounds Kielbasa; in small dice Or other garlic sausage
2 larges Onions, diced; 4 cups
1¼ cup Celery; diced
¾ pounds Mushrooms (in large dice); 3 cups
½ cup Port wine
2 larges Cloves garlic; minced
½ cup Parsley; minced
1½ tablespoon Fresh thyme; minced Or 1-1/2 teaspoons dried
1½ teaspoon Dried sage; rubbed to powder
½ teaspoon Nutmeg; freshly grated
½ cup Raisins
½ cup Dried apricots; in small dice
1 cup Pecans; broken in pieces
2 pounds Chestnuts; roasted peeled, or 2 cups vacuum-packed, roasted peeled, broken in pieces
2 larges Eggs; lightly beaten

Directions

Recipe by: Dressed Birds? Stuffed Birds? Yankee Magazine November 1996 For a 15 pound turkey. Spread bread on a cookie sheet and let it dry out overnight. Place it in a large bowl, pour 1 cup milk over, and toss lightly. Set aside. Melt ½ cup butter in a wide skillet over medium heat.

Add the sausage and cook, stirring often, until the meat is lightly browned. Remove it with a slotted spoon. Cook and remove the celery the same way. There should still be a generous film of fat in the pan; if not, add butter. Raise heat ot medium high, add the mushrooms and cook, sitrring often, until browned. Add the mushrooms to the bread bowl and pour the winde into the skillet. Stir it around to loosen all the browned bits, then pour into the bread bowl. Add seasonings, fruit and nuts and toss madly until all is combined. Taste, adjust seasons, then stir/toss in the eggs.

Add more milk only if very dry. Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #270 by Bill Webster <thelma@...> on Oct 15, 1997

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