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RECIPE: Sage Stuffing

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If you bake the stuffing in a cast iron pot, it should stay warm until serving time. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times

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Updated: December 17, 2011 8:06AM



MAKES 8 TO 10 SERVINGS

8 cups bread (baguette, Viennese, pumpernickel,
sourdough or
combination)

1 ta blespoon grapeseed oil

8 ounces breakfast
sausage

1 medium yellow onion, small dice

2 celery stalks, small dice

1 large red apple, small dice

1/2 cup golden raisins, chopped

1 cup milk

2 cups chicken stock

2 to 3 tablespoons dried sage

Salt and pepper

4 eggs

Cut bread into (1-inch) cubes. Lay on sheet tray and dry out in 200-degree oven for about 1 hour.

Remove bread and turn oven to 375 degrees. Butter a large baking dish or wide, heavy pan; set aside.

Heat large saute pan over medium heat and add grapeseed oil. Add sausage and saute, stirring constantly, until cooked through and golden brown, about 4 minutes. Add onion and celery and continue to saute until softened.

Place dried-out bread cubes in large mixing bowl and toss with sausage mixture. Stir in apples, raisins, milk and stock. Season with sage, salt and pepper. Whisk eggs together in bowl until thoroughly blended, and fold into stuffing.

Pour stuffing into prepared dish and bake, uncovered, until top is golden brown and crisp, about 1 hour.

Note: This makes a very moist stuffing. For a drier version, use less milk, chicken stock and eggs.

Shelley Young,
the Chopping Block

Nutrition facts per serving: 295 calories, 12 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 154 mg cholesterol, 35 g carbohydrates, 13 g sugars, 13 g protein, 790 mg sodium, 2 g fiber

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