Photo: Country Bread and Sage Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound hot Italian sausage, removed from casings
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for greasing dish
- 1 large red onion, finely diced
- 2 stalks celery, finely diced
- 1 large carrot, finely diced
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 6 fresh sage leaves, chopped
- 1 large egg, slightly beaten
- 4 cups stale country bread, cut into 1-inch dice
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 1/2 to 2 cups warm chicken stock
Directions
Heat large saute pan over high heat. Add the sausage and cook until golden brown. Remove the sausage with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels. Add butter to the rendered fat in the pan, and then add the onions, celery and carrots and cook until soft. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Remove the mixture from the heat and fold in the sage. Scrape the mixture into a large bowl and let cool slightly.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
When the vegetable mixture has cooled slightly, add the sausage to the bowl. Add the egg and bread and mix to coat. Add the chicken stock until the mixture is moist. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Butter a large baking dish and scrape the mixture into the dish. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
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By sarah.sauntry_9...
Cincinnati, OH
on March 03, 2013
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A new family favorite!
By Toni K.
Maryland
on December 15, 2011
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Came out delicious! I used a yellow onion, no carrots, no garlic, and no bay leaves though. Will be making this every year at Thanksgiving.
By lifedream=chef
on October 16, 2011
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Substitutions: used a rustic, crusty Tuscan loaf, 2 smallish yellow onions instead of 1 large red onion, 2/3 of a lb. of hot country sausage instead of a whole lb., and no carrots. The stuffing was OK, but not great. I'm glad I didn't use all the sausage, as recommended by previous reviewers - I can't imagine how much that would be! It was still overwhelming in the stuffing. Previous reviews mentioned the garlic being overwhelming; I did not find that was the case. I probably will not make this again, and will look for a meatless stuffing recipe.
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