Nanas Thanksgiving And Christmas Pan Dressing Recipes

NANA'S THANKSGIVING DRESSING

Steps:

• Cook turkey giblets while preparing vegetables - Save broth - strip meat off turkey neck and save for dressing.
• In deep pan fry sausage and ground beef, use 12 cube butter with meat. Fry until no longer pink.
• Add a few of the diced vegetables, about a cup at a time. Stir and cook, add more butter and vegetables gradually. Also, add spices as you add vegetables. Don't use table salt as the pork has salt in it.
• As vegetables cook down (test carrots for doneness) pour broth and croutons alternately into mixture, keep stirring all the while. The croutons will make the mixture thick, be sure and don't get it soupy. (if you do, add more croutons) add meat from stripped turkey neck.
• May be served like this or put in baking dish and bake about 1 hour at 350*.

NANA'S THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS PAN DRESSING

Steps:

• First, prepare your cornbread which is the base of this dish:.
• Heat oven to 450°F; grease 9-inch cast iron skillet or 9-inch square pan.
• Put it in the oven to heat. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour the batter into greased pan, scraping sides and bottom of bowl. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
• Set prepared cornbread aside to cool. When cool, remove from pan and in a large 4 quart mixing bowl, cube into 1 inch cubes or you can just crumble it with your hand (which is what Nana would do).
• Carefully de-bone the chicken and shred/chunk. You want to end up with at least 3 cups of chicken. More is fine too.
• Finely chop celery and small chunk the onion. In a heavy bottom skillet, combine drippings or cooking fat and 4 TB of stock . Add onions and saute on medium heat, stirring and scraping bottom of pan often until onions are beginning to become clear but not yet limp (about 3-4 minutes). Add more broth at any time you feel you need it- to prevent burning. Add celery and cook about 3 minutes longer until celery is crisp tender and onion is clear and limp and perhaps beginning to caramelize. Remove from heat, stir in all seasonings and set mixture aside for now.
• Grease (or spray with nonstick) your disposable pans. You can use glass and line with foil too. Set aside.
• Combine the cubed or crumbled cornbread and cut/shredded chicken in the same big 4 qt or larger bowl. Add reserved celery and onion mixture.
• In a small bowl, beat the 6 eggs until frothy. Then, add to cornbread, shredded chicken,and cooked celery mixture. Stir minimally. Add 6-8 cups of chicken stock 1 cup at a time until the texture is still bready yet pourable. Take your time because the cornbread will absorb liquid over the course of a few minutes. If you overdo the liquid, add some of your torn whole wheat bread. Nana says: "You want it more moist than dry, ok?" Don't mix until you've let it sit for a few minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• After allowing the cornbread to set for 2 minutes, mix to combine, but don't over-handle.
• Pour (if you can't pour you need more liquid)into your greased and disposable or foil lined glass dishes and bake for 45 minutes or until set and browned on top. If edges are done to a couple of inches in, then the center is probably done enough too.

NANA'S ITALIAN HOLIDAY CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9-inch baking pans.
• Beat 1/2 cup margarine and shortening in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in sugar. Beat in egg yolks until smooth.
• Combine flour and baking soda in a bowl. Add to the margarine mixture in batches, alternating with buttermilk, until batter is smooth. Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; add pecans and coconut.
• Beat egg whites with clean beaters in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold into the batter. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes; invert onto a cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup margarine in a bowl until smooth; stir in confectioners' sugar. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until frosting is combined.
• Spread frosting onto the cooled cake layers. Stack cakes; frost top and sides.

NANNY'S THANKSGIVING DRESSING RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Sauté celery and onion in butter until soft, set aside. Brown meat and drain. (you can do these two steps the day before and refrigerate) Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Add more broth as needed if the mixture appears too dry; it should be moist. Place in buttered casserole dish and bake at 350°F for about 30-45 minutes. If it has been refrigerated bring out of frig a half hour before putting in the oven.

THANKSGIVING IN A PAN

Steps:

• Prepare stuffing mix according to package directions. Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Top with turkey, beans, gravy and pepper. Cover and bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until heated through.