Susans Peach Stuffing Recipes

SPINACH-SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt 1 stick butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook 1 pound crumbled sausage in the butter. Add 2 cups each diced onion and celery and 1 tablespoon each minced sage and thyme; add salt and pepper and cook 5 minutes. Add 3 cups chicken or turkey broth and 4 cups chopped spinach; bring to a simmer. Beat 2 eggs with 1/4 cup chopped parsley in a large bowl; add 6 cups cubed stale cornbread and 8 cups white bread and 1/3 cup each pine nuts and grated parmesan, then pour in the vegetable-broth mixture and toss. Transfer to a buttered baking dish and dot with butter. Cover and bake at 375 degrees F, 30 minutes; uncover and bake until golden, about 30 more minutes.

CLASSIC SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚. Butter a 3-quart baking dish. Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a large wide pot over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up the meat, until no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the onions, celery, sage and thyme and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken broth, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Bring to a boil, then remove from the heat.
• Whisk the eggs and parsley in a large bowl. Add the bread cubes and sausage-broth mixture and toss until evenly combined. Transfer to the prepared baking dish, dot with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and cover with foil.
• Bake the stuffing until hot, about 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes. Let cool at least 15 minutes before serving.

SUSAN'S PEACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Arrange bread in a single layer on a baking sheet, and let stand, uncovered, at room temperature overnight. (Alternatively, bake bread in a 300 degrees oven until dry but not browned, about 15 minutes.)
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions, celery, and garlic, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in herbs, and cook for 2 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Add bread, and toss to combine.
• Whisk peach syrup into orange juice concentrate, and add to bread mixture with peaches.
• To cook stuffing in a turkey: Loosely stuff into a turkey, and roast until center of stuffing registers 165 degrees on an instant-read thermometer. Spoon the remaining stuffing into a buttered 9-by-13-inch baking dish, cover with parchment, then foil, and bake for 25 minutes. Uncover, and bake until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. To bake all of the stuffing outside a turkey: Stir in stock, spoon into a buttered 9-by-13-inch baking dish, and bake at 375 degrees as directed above.

SUSAN'S ONE-DISH STUFFED PORK CHOPS SWEET POTATOES AND APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Peel potatoes, halve them and boil them until about half done; set aside.
• Heat oil in large skillet and brown chops on both sides--salt and pepper. Remove from pan and cool. Make stuffing. Cut a deep slit in the side of each chop and fill with stuffing. Put chops and potatoes in large baking pan.
• Peel, halve and core apples (arrange in pan among the chops and potatoes) and sprinkle on raisins. Sprinkle each apple with cinnamon. Cover the pan tightly with foil. Bake 50 minutes and serve.
• To make stuffing: Melt butter in skillet; add onion and celery and cook slowly 'til soft. Add parsley, breadcrumbs and salt & pepper. Mix well and correct consistency w/ more breadcrumbs or butter.
• It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder.

CHICKEN WITH PEACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Drain peaches, reserving juice; set the peaches aside. Add enough water to juice to measure 1 cup; set aside., In a large skillet, brown chicken on both sides in oil. Gradually stir in the peach juice mixture, butter, brown sugar, vinegar and allspice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170°. Stir in stuffing mix and peaches. Cover and remove from the heat. Let stand for 5 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.

SAUSAGE-STUFFED PEACHES

Steps:

• Drain peaches, reserving 4 peach halves and 1/4 cup syrup (refrigerate remaining peaches and syrup for another use). In a bowl, combine bread crumbs, onion, egg, salt and pepper. Add sausage; mix well. Shape about 1/4 cupfuls of sausage mixture into balls; place each ball in the indentation of a peach half. Place peaches in a small greased baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes; drain. Pour reserved syrup over sausage; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until meat is no longer pink and syrup is heated through.

LISA'S TRADITIONAL STUFFING

Steps:

• Place bread cubes in a large bowl.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add onions, celery, 1/2 cup butter, and garlic. Saute until onions appear translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add sage, parsley, savory, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, marjoram, thyme, and nutmeg; mix well. Stir in 1 cup broth.
• Slowly pour broth and sausage mixture over bread cubes, stirring continuously as you pour. Add additional broth and butter as desired.
• Stuffing is ready to bake in the oven or stuff in the bird.

SOUTHWESTERN SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.
• Add sausage to a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir with a spatula, breaking apart the sausage until cooked, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Mix poultry seasoning, salt, cumin, chili powder, black pepper, cayenne, oregano, sage, and garlic powder into the sausage mixture.
• Combine cornbread crumbles and bolillo pieces in a large bowl. Mix in sausage mixture. Add creamed corn, chicken broth, green chiles, eggs, and cilantro; stir to combine.
• Transfer stuffing mixture to the prepared baking dish. Cover with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Uncover and continue to bake until golden, about 15 minutes more.