Walnut Currant Cornbread Stuffing Recipes

WALNUT CURRANT CORNBREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Place the diced, crumbled cornbread into a medium-size mixing bowl. Set aside.
• Over medium heat, cook onions and celery or fennel in butter or olive oil until tender, stirring occasionally, but do not brown. Add garlic, fennel leaves, rosemary, cayenne, salt and pepper. Cook 2 minutes.
• Pour this mixture over the cornbread crumbs, mixing well. Cool before using.

CURRANT & WALNUT STUFFING RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cut the bread into pieces and set aside. Toast the walnuts on a sheetpan, set aside. In a large skillet, sauté the onion and garlic in oil over medium heat until the onions are golden. Add the celery, mushrooms, currants and the herbs and cook an additional 5 minutes. Remove and place in a bowl, fold in the remaining ingredients and season to taste. Place in an oiled 8-inch square ovenproof dish, cover and bake for 30 minutes. Remove cover and bake an additional 15 minutes, uncovered, to crisp the top.

CURRANT PECAN STUFFING

Steps:

• Combine currants and Sherry in medium bowl. Let stand until currants are plump, about 30 minutes.
• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, celery and fines herbes. Sauté until tender, about 7 minutes. Set aside.
• Place stuffing cubes in bowl. Melt 1/2 cup better in 2 cups water in saucepan over medium heat. Pour over stuffing cubes. Add currant mixture, vegetable mixture and pecans. Toss to combine. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)

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.

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.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH WALNUT CURRY STUFFING AND RED CURRANT GLAZE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• For the pork; melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat; add in the 4 cups walnut halves, cook stirring for about 1-2 minutes or until lightly toasted; reserve 1 cup for garnish.
• Place the remaining walnuts, curry powder, oil and garlic in a food processor; cover and process until finely ground (about 5-7 seconds).
• Butterfly the pork tenderloins by slicing along the length with a sharp knife to within 1/2-inch.
• Press open then evenly divide and spread the walnut mixture down the center.
• Pull pork together, then secure with skewers, or tie with cooking string.
• In a bowl combine the coriander, cumin, salt and back pepper in a small bowl; rub evenly over the tenderloins.
• Place the pork seam-side down in the baking pan.
• At this point you can cover and refrigerate the stuffed pork for up to 24 hours before roasting.
• Bake for about 1 hour or until the internal temperature reaches 170 degrees.
• Remove from oven and allow to rest while preparing the glaze.
• For the glaze; combine the jelly, sherry, crushed red pepper, vinegar, ginger and shallots in a small saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cook stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes; cover to keel warm.
• Slice the pork into about 1/2-inch slices.
• Arrange 2-3 pieces per plate.
• Spoon the glaze over pork, then sprinkle with reserved toasted walnuts.
• Delicious!

SAUSAGE, LEEK AND CURRANT STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Arrange bread cubes on 2 heavy large baking sheets. Bake until slightly dry, about 10 minutes. Cool completely.
• Heat oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add leeks, sausage, celery, sugar, thyme and sage. Season with salt and pepper and cook until sausage is cooked through and leeks are tender, crumbling sausage with fork and stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Transfer mixture to large bowl. Cool slightly. Add bread cubes and currants to sausage mixture and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Stir beaten eggs into stuffing.

CELERY WALNUT STUFFING

Steps:

• Moisten bread cubes and cornbread crumbs with chicken bouillon or stock.
• Add beaten eggs to bread.
• Melt butter or margarine and simmer chopped onion in it for 1 minute.
• Add to bread mixture with parsley, salt, sage pepper, celery, walnuts and pimiento.
• Makes: enough for a 12 pound turkey.