Celery Walnut Stuffing Recipes

CRANBERRY-WALNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly butter a 2- to 3-quart glass or ceramic baking dish.
• In a dry saute pan set over medium heat, toast the walnuts until lightly golden brown, about 5 minutes; cool and chop.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up any clumps with a wooden spoon, until brown, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and add the celery, onion and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 8 minutes. Stir in the cranberries and cook to just slightly plump them, about 1 minute, and then remove from the heat.
• In a large mixing bowl, add the stuffing mix, sage, thyme and walnuts. Mix together the stock and egg in a large measuring cup, then add it to the mixing bowl along with the sausage-vegetable mixture. Add 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper and stir gently to combine thoroughly.
• Transfer the stuffing mixture to the baking dish and bake until hot and golden brown on top, 30 to 40 minutes. Serve hot.

BREAD AND CELERY STUFFING

Steps:

• Let bread slices air dry for 1 to 2 hours, then cut into cubes.
• In a Dutch oven, melt butter or margarine over medium heat. Cook onion and celery until soft. Season with poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. Stir in bread cubes until evenly coated. Moisten with chicken broth; mix well.
• Chill, and use as a stuffing for turkey, or bake in a buttered casserole dish at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 40 minutes.

WALNUT-HERB STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees, with racks in middle and lower thirds. On two rimmed baking sheets, arrange bread in a single layer. Toast until dry and pale golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, lightly butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium. Add onion, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until onion and celery are softened, about 7 minutes. Add raisins, walnuts, sage, oregano, rosemary, and thyme leaves and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Transfer to a large bowl and season with salt and pepper.
• Add parsley, eggs, and bread; stir to combine. Add broth in two additions, stirring until absorbed after each addition. Season generously with salt and pepper and transfer stuffing to dish. Bake on middle rack until deep golden brown on top, 25 to 30 minutes. Let sit 5 minutes before serving.

CELERY STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt butter in saucepan. Saute onion in melted butter until soft, but not brown. Add celery and stir well. Add 2 cups chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Place bread cubes into large mixing bowl. Add eggs, salt, pepper, sage, thyme, and marjoram. Add onion-celery mixture; combine thoroughly. If still too dry, add more chicken broth. Makes enough to stuff a 10 to 15 pound turkey.

CELERY, APPLE AND WALNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• Soften the onions and the apples with the garlic, celery and thyme in four tablespoons butter.
• In a separate pan, brown the giblets in the remaining tablespoon butter. Remove the liver and add the stock. Simmer over low heat for 45 minutes, or until the heart and gizzard are tender. Reserve the cooking liquid. Dice the heart, gizzard and liver and set aside.
• Place the bread crumbs in a large bowl. Add the onion-celery mixture and the giblets. Add the walnuts, parsley and sage and add enough stock to moisten the stuffing. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

STUFFING WITH GOLDEN RAISINS AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 by 13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place the raisins in a small bowl and cover with 1 cup hot water. Set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and celery, season with salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning, and cook until softened, 6 to 7 minutes.
• Drain the raisins, reserving the liquid, and put them into a large bowl with the bread, walnuts, parsley, and sage. Add the cooked onions and celery. Mix everything together, pour over the chicken broth, season with salt and pepper, and mix again. If the mixture seems too dry, add some of the reserved soaking liquid from the raisins. Spoon the stuffing into the prepared baking dish (stuffing can be made ahead to this point, covered, and refrigerated overnight). Bake until the top is golden brown, about 30 minutes.

WALNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• In a small skillet, saute onion and garlic in butter until tender. In a bowl, combine the bread crumbs, walnuts, cheese, rosemary, salt and pepper; stir in onion mixture. Beat eggs and broth; add to the bread mixture. , Transfer to a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until browned.

APPLE WALNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small skillet over medium-high heat; add onion and celery, and cook, stirring constantly, until tender.
• Combine apples, bread cubes, and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in vegetable mixture, egg, and remaining ingredients.
• Spoon into a lightly greased 11x7x1 1/2-inch baking dish.
• Bake at 350* for 30 minutes.
• Yield: 6 servings (4 1/2 cups).

MUSHROOM AND WALNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high. Add onions and celery; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft, 5 to 7 minutes; transfer to a large bowl. Add 1 tablespoon oil, mushrooms, and sage to skillet; season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring often, until mushrooms are browned, 5 minutes. Add wine and cook, stirring and scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon, until wine is almost evaporated. Transfer to bowl with vegetables; add walnuts, bread, and enough broth to moisten (stuffing should feel moist but not soggy). Season with salt and pepper and toss to combine.
• Add eggs to bread mixture and toss well to combine. Reserve 4 cups stuffing for turkey. Spoon remaining stuffing into a lightly oiled 2-quart baking dish. (To store, cover and refrigerate, up to 1 day.) Preheat oven to 400 degrees, with rack in upper third. Bake, uncovered, until golden brown on top, 30 minutes.

TURKEY WITH PRUNE WALNUT AND CELERY STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine the ingredients for the turkey broth and simmer for one hour. Strain and reserve the broth. Wipe the turkey inside and out with paper towels and set aside.
• Saute the sausage meat over medium heat, separating it with a fork. Drain off the fat and put the sausage meat into a mixing bowl. Meanwhile, soak the bread and the milk in a small bowl. Simmer the prunes in the wine for 20 minutes, covered. Set aside.
• With a paper towel, wipe out the frying pan in which you sauteed the sausage. Add the butter and oil and cook the onion, garlic and celery until soft. Sprinkle with thyme, salt and pepper and add to the sausage meat with the parsley and walnuts.
• Drain the bread from the milk, squeeze it and add it to the sausage meat. Add the prunes with their cooking juices and mix thoroughly.
• Season both cavities in the turkey with salt and pepper and fill with the stuffing. Truss with skewers or needle and thread. Tie legs together and tuck in wings. Place turkey breast-side-up in roasting pan. Brush generously with melted butter and place the bacon strips on top. Cover breast with foil.
• Roast turkey two hours, basting every 30 minutes with pan drippings. Uncover and continue roasting for one to two hours longer, depending on size of turkey, until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 170 degrees.
• Place turkey on a serving dish and cover loosely with foil. Pour the fat from the roasting pan. Add two cups turkey broth to the pan and bring to boil, scraping up any cooked particles. Add the wine and bring to boil, stirring. Reduce to one-and-a-half cups. Season with salt and pepper and serve separately in a warm sauce boat.

APPLE-WALNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons of the butter and the walnuts in 10-inch skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until walnuts are lightly toasted. Remove walnuts from skillet, using slotted spoon; place in small dish. Stir honey and nutmeg into walnuts until glazed; set aside.
• Melt remaining 6 tablespoons butter in same skillet over medium heat. Cook celery and onion in butter 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender.
• Spray 4- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place stuffing cubes in cooker. Add cooked celery and onion with butter and the mushrooms to stuffing cubes; mix lightly. Add applesauce and water; stir gently to mix.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 4 to 5 hours. Sprinkle with glazed walnuts before serving.