Favorite turkey stuffing - yankee

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
10cupsWhite bread (firm); in 1 inch cubes
1cupMilk
½cupButter; 1/2 to 3/4 cups
½poundsKielbasa; in small dice Or other garlic sausage
2largesOnions, diced; 4 cups
cupCelery; diced
¾poundsMushrooms (in large dice); 3 cups
½cupPort wine
2largesCloves garlic; minced
½cupParsley; minced
tablespoonFresh thyme; minced Or 1-1/2 teaspoons dried
teaspoonDried sage; rubbed to powder
½teaspoonNutmeg; freshly grated
½cupRaisins
½cupDried apricots; in small dice
1cupPecans; broken in pieces
2poundsChestnuts; roasted peeled, or 2 cups vacuum-packed, roasted peeled, broken in pieces
2largesEggs; 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