Sausage And Fruit Stuffing Recipes

SAUSAGE, FRUIT AND NUT STUFFING RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large skillet, brown the sausage over medium high. While the sausage cooks, chop the vegetables & fruit.
• Pour the cooked sausage into a large greased baking pan/casserole dish. In the skillet, add about 3 T butter and sauté the onions and celery. Add apples just for a couple minutes (you don't want them to be mushy.
• Pour stuffing bread crumbs in the pan over sausage, then add the sauteed vegetables, fruit, and nuts. Then, pour approximately 1.5 cups of liquid over the mixture. Stir to mix well.
• Melt the rest of the butter and pour over the top of the mixture.
• Baked covered for 20 minutes, then bake uncovered for approximately 10 additional minutes.

SAUSAGE AND HERB STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Place the bread cubes in a single layer on a sheet pan and bake for 7 minutes. Raise the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Remove the bread cubes to a very large bowl.
• Meanwhile, in a large saute pan, melt the butter and add the onions, celery, apples, parsley, salt and pepper. Saute over medium heat for 10 minutes, until the vegetables are softened. Add to the bread cubes.
• In the same saute pan, cook the sausage over medium heat for about 10 minutes, until browned and cooked through, breaking up the sausage with a fork while cooking. Add to the bread cubes and vegetables.
• Add the chicken stock and cranberries to the mixture, mix well, and pour into a 9 by 12-inch baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes, until browned on top and hot in the middle. Serve warm.

SAUSAGE AND DRIED FRUIT STUFFING

Steps:

• Soak the diced dried cherries and apricots in 1 cup of Triple Sec in a small saucepan (unheated) for 10 minutes.
• Bring to a dried fruit/Triple Sec mixture to a boil on the stovetop. Remove from heat, and set aside to cool.
• Brown the sausage in a large skillet, and then add the celery and onion and saute for 10 minutes. Remove from the stove to cool.
• Toast the slivered almonds in the oven- watching closely for them to brown (be careful- they turn from toasted to burnt very quickly!) After the almonds have cooled, dice them by hand or in a food processor.
• In a large bowl mix together the stuffing mix, sausage, celery and onion, the dried fruit and liquid, and the almonds. (I found it easies to do this in two batches)
• Heat the butter, chicken stock, and remaining ½ cup of Triple Sec in the same saucepan as used before, until the butter melts.
• Pour this over the stuffing mixture and then stir to make sure all of the bread cubes are moistened.
• Bake in a 13 x 9 pan at 350 degrees, for a total of 15 minutes (10 minutes covered in foil, 5 minutes uncovered).

SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Cook sausage. Drain.
• Melt margarine. Add enough to sausage drippings to make 1 cup.
• Saute; onions and celery in margarine/dripping mixture until onion is tender. DO NOT BROWN. Stir in about 1/3 bread cubes. Put in big bowl and add remaining bread cubes, poultry seasoning, and pepper. Watch your hands, it's hot. Mix well.
• Stuff turkey. You can also omit the sausage, increase the bread cubes to 9 cups, and add a teaspoon or two of salt. You can also add apples, giblets, oysters, etc. This recipe is very adaptable. When cooking extra in the oven, place the stuffing in a buttered casserole dish, and place in a pan of hot water. Cover, and baste with turkey drippings occasionally. It comes out really good.

BEST SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Place sausage in a large, deep skillet; cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown, about 10 minutes. Remove sausage from the skillet and let drain on paper towels. Combine melted margarine with the sausage drippings until there is 1 cup of drippings and margarine combined.
• Cook and stir onion and celery in the margarine-dripping mixture in the same skillet over medium heat until onion is tender but not browned, about 10 minutes . Stir in about 1/3 of the bread cubes. Pour onion mixture into a large bowl and stir in remaining bread cubes, sausage, poultry seasoning, and pepper. Watch your hands, it's hot. Mix well. This stuffing is ready for baking.

FRUIT AND NUT STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• In a large skillet set over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the celery, apples and onions and cook, stirring, until fragrant and softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the parsley, sage, thyme, fennel, salt and pepper and cook for 1 more minute. Add the chicken broth and scrape up any brown bits that have formed on the bottom of the skillet, cooking for an additional minute. Remove from the heat and cool slightly.
• In a large bowl, combine the cooled mixture with the stuffing, apricots, cherries, pecans and beaten eggs and mix well. Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish.
• Bake until golden brown on top, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

SAUSAGE AND FRUIT STUFFING

Steps:

• Crumble sausage into large pan. Brown meat over medium heat. Remove with slotted spoon. To pan drippings, add butter, celery, onion, apple, pear, apricots, thyme, salt & pepper.. Cook, stirring, until fruits and vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in bread, parsley, egg and sausage. Stuff turkey according to directions on turkey. May also be made in a greased, 2 quart shallow baking dish. Bake, covered, at 325~ for 40 minutes. Uncover last 10 minutes for crispy top.

FRUIT & NUT ANDOUILLE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a Dutch oven, heat butter over medium heat. Add sausage, dried fruit, walnuts and pepper; cook and stir 6-8 minutes or until sausage is lightly browned. Add stuffing cubes; toss to combine. Stir in enough water to reach desired moistness., Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake 25-30 minutes or until heated through.

SAUSAGE, CRANBERRY, AND PECAN STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Toast bread in a large shallow baking pan in middle of oven until dry and pale golden, about 20 minutes.
• Cook sausage in a large heavy skillet over moderately high heat, stirring and breaking up large lumps, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes, then transfer with a slotted spoon to a large bowl.
• Add butter to fat remaining in skillet and cook onions, stirring, until softened, about 7 minutes. Add celery, apple, and garlic and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Transfer to bowl with sausage and stir in bread, pecans, cranberries, sage, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Transfer stuffing to a buttered 3- to 4-quart shallow baking dish and drizzle with broth. (Use 1 1/2 cups broth if you like a moist stuffing, 1 cup if you prefer it drier.) Cover with foil and bake in middle of oven 30 minutes, then uncover and bake until bread is golden and stuffing is heated through, 20 to 25 minutes more.

CORNBREAD STUFFING WITH SAUSAGE & FRUIT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• Brown sausage in a large skillet until no longer pink; drain fat.
• Add butter, chopped pear and apple, and salt to the pan.
• Stir to combine with cooked sausage and cook 1 minute.
• Mix together the dry stuffing mix with the raisins and nuts.
• Add the sausage mixture to the dry mixture and toss to coat.
• Add enough water to moisten.
• Use this mixture to stuff turkey or other meat and cook according to your recipe for the stuffed meat.
• Or, put the mixture into a 2 quart casserole and bake, covered with foil, at 325 F for 40 minutes or until heated through.

DRIED FRUIT AND SAUSAGE DRESSING

Steps:

• Crumble sausage into a small skillet; cook over medium heat until no longer pink. Drain and set aside. In the same skillet, saute onion and celery in butter until tender. Add wine; simmer for 2 minutes., Cut crusts from the bread if desired; tear bread into small pieces. Place in a bowl; add the sausage, onion mixture and remaining ingredients. Mix lightly. Transfer to a greased shallow 1-1/2-qt. baking dish., Cover and bake at 325° for 40 minutes. Uncover; bake 10 minutes longer or until lightly browned.