Herbed cornbread dressing, part 1 of 2
8 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Cornmeal, yellow |
| ½ | cup | Flour, all-purpose |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | tablespoons | Baking powder |
| 1 | Egg (lightly beaten) | |
| 3 | tablespoons | Vegetable oil |
| 1 | cup | Milk |
| Vegetable oil | ||
| 1 | Turkey neck (skin removed) | |
| Giblets and gizzard from 1 turkey | ||
| Leaves from 4 celery stalks | ||
| 1 | Celery stalk | |
| 1 | small | Onion, quartered |
| 12 | cups | Water |
| 12 | ounces | Bread cubes (herbed) |
| 1 | large | Yellow onion, chopped fine |
| 3 | Celery stalks, chopped fine | |
| 3 | cups | Rice, cooked (cooled uncovered overnight in a shallow dish) |
| ½ | pounds | Mushrooms, sliced |
| 2 | cups | Pecans, roughly chopped |
| Butter (or margarine) | ||
| Salt | ||
| Black pepper | ||
| Rubbed sage | ||
| Thyme | ||
Directions
CORNBREAD
TURKEY BROTH
DRESSING
MAKE CORNBREAD: The night before, make the cornbread. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Thinly coat the bottom of a standard Pyrex pie plate, or 9-inch square baking pan, with vegetable oil. Put pan in oven while it is preheating and you are mixing the cornbread batter.
In a mixing bowl, blend together the cornmeal, flour, salt and baking powder. Stir in the egg and about 3 T vegetable oil. Add milk and mix thoroughly by hand. The consistency should be a thick, but not "doughy," liquid. It may be necessary to add a little more milk.
Pour into preheated pan and bake for 30 minutes or until slightly brown on top.
Let cool in pan for 30 minutes. Remove from pan and break up into very large chunks in a large mixing bowl. Let stand overnight, uncovered. This will ensure that it is dry and stale.
MAKE TURKEY BROTH: The night before, make the turkey broth. Bring about 12 C of water to a boil in a large pot. Thoroughly rinse turkey neck, giblets and gizzard. Add turkey parts, onion, celery leaves and celery stalk to water, cover and reduce heat to a low simmer. Simmer on very low heat for 2 hours. Strain the broth, cover, cool quickly and refrigerate.
: Continued in Part 2
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