Macadamia Nut Dressing For Turkey Thanksgiving Recipes

ROAST TURKEY WITH HAZELNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• Prepare Turkey:
• Rub salt all over turkey, inside and out. Cover turkey with cold water and let sit for one hour in the sink (this will get rid of blood and gamey taste).
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix spices with apples.
• Put 1/2 of apple mixture inside turkey under white meat (front). Using the other half of apple mixture and quartered orange, stuff under the dark meat (back) inside turkey.
• Prepare basting sauce #1 by heating butter and adding juices and spices.
• Put turkey in roasting pan and add basting sauce.
• Roast, covered with foil, for 2 hours.
• Prepare Stuffing:
• Put hazelnuts in food processor and chop to medium coarseness.
• In a large skillet, brown pork sausage and drain. Add 3 teaspoons of butter to pan and fry chicken until done. Sauté onions, celery, and sage until translucent. Add ham and rest of vegetables in large bowl, adding the pork, chicken and bread, mixing well. Add eggs and Amaretto. Finally, add turkey stock to moisten.
• Put in baking pan and bake 1 hour at 350 °F.
• Finish Roasting Turkey:
• Remove foil and roast until internal temperature is 175°F, basting every 15 minutes.
• Prepare #2 basting sauce by heating butter and maple syrup.
• Remove bird from oven when it reaches 175°F. Let rest - turkey will continue to cook, reaching 180°F in the next 15 minutes.
• Baste with #2 sauce until all sauce is gone.
• Remove fruit from inside.

MACADAMIA AND GINGER STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place bread cubes on baking sheet. Bake until dry and firm, stirring occasionally, about 18 minutes. Transfer to very large bowl.
• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage, shallots and ginger. Sauté until sausage is cooked through, breaking up meat with back of spoon, about 10 minutes. Transfer to bowl containing bread cubes. Mix in green onions and next 4 ingredients. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)
• Butter 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Mix enough chicken broth into stuffing to moisten. Season with salt and pepper. Mix in eggs. Transfer stuffing to prepared dish. Cover with foil. Bake 45 minutes. Uncover and bake until golden brown on top, about 10 minutes longer.

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.

MACADAMIA NUT DRESSING FOR TURKEY (THANKSGIVING)

Steps:

• Pour the turkey drippings into a very large frying pan.
• Saute onions and celery until tender but still slightly crisp.
• Stir bread cubes, macadamia nuts and pineapple. if desired, into the onions and celery.
• Pour over the stock and beaten eggs. Fold in thoroughly.
• Season with salt and pepper and serve in a warmed casserole.