Sage, Sausage and Apple Dressing

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Show: How To Boil WaterEpisode: A Starter Thanksgiving

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Cook Time:
1 hr 0 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 to 10 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
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Cook: 1 hr 0 min
Total:: 1 hr 20 min

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Ingredients

16-ounce bag stuffing cubes
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for greasing the pan and topping
1 pound fresh sage sausage, casing removed
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cooking apples, such as Gravenstein, Rome, or Golden Delicious, peeled, cored, and chopped
1 to 2 ribs celery with leaves, chopped
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
3 cups chicken broth, homemade or low-sodium canned
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1/2 cup walnut pieces, toasted (See Note)
2 eggs, beaten

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Put the stuffing cubes in a large bowl and set aside. Butter a 3-quart casserole dish.

Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and break up with a wooden spoon. Cook until it loses most of its pink color, but not so much that it's dry, about 5 minutes. Add the sausage and pan drippings to the stuffing cubes. Melt the remaining butter in the pan. Add the onion, apple, celery, and salt. Cook until the vegetables get soft, about 5 minutes. Add the broth and parsley and bring to a boil.

Pour the vegetable mixture over the stuffing cubes and toss until evenly moistened. Mix in the walnuts and eggs. Loosely pack the dressing in the prepared pan and cook uncovered until the top forms a crust, about 40 minutes. Drizzle about 2 tablespoons of turkey pan drippings or melted butter over the top. Cook until the top is crisp and golden, about 20 minutes more. Set immediately or warm.

Tips: Put the dressing in the oven during the last hour of cooking the turkey

Note: To toast nuts, spread them out on a baking sheet and toast in a 350 degree F oven until golden, about 7 minutes.

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recipe Sage, Sausage and Apple Dressing
Yosha Palatine, IL 12-20-2008
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So Good!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was an amazing dressing recipe. It was moist and flavorful and wonderful. Everyone loved it and asked for seconds. It... was even better the next day as leftovers. This will become a Thanksgiving staple for my family. Read more
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abbie Fairfield, CA 12-03-2008
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A BIG HIT WITH 12 BUNKO LADIES
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I was the host for our Bunko Christmas dinner. Let me tell you this was the boom. I made a roasted turkey with giblet... dressing and made this one as an extra side dish. I did make some changes. I could not find sage sauage anywhere. So I used Johnsvilles Maple and Brown Sugar breakfast links. I added about 1 tsp. of frest chopped sage to the sauage just before the sauage was done cooking. It had the great taste of sage and just the right amount of sweetness from the sauage. I used one can of chicken broth (14 oz) and 1 cup of turkey stock. I used turkey gravy the last 10 minutes of cooking on top. ( I always make stock out of the neck of the turkey , that way I have it on hand). Thanks to all the reviews, because with them I don't think I would of tried this out.Read more
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Sandy houston, TX 12-01-2008
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Delicious, moist, an all-round hit-a real chef even said so!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this recipe for thanksgiving...only I substituted cornbread for the bread cubes. And it was delicious. Everyone loved... it and the contrast of the sweetness of the cornbread with the sausage was "out of this world". The sage and spices and apple and all the flavors put together is phenomenal. A personal chef and close friend of ours could not believe I made it, and said it was one of the best stuffings he had ever tasted!!! Music to my ears! Read more
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Shawen Gainesville, FL 12-01-2008
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Perfectly cooked even without eggs
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Just wanted to add a note that I made this without eggs due to an allergy, and my whole family loved it!! They didn't even... notice that I left out what most would consider to be an important ingredient. I would definitely recommend it if you happen to have a similar allergy or find yourself without eggs in the fridge :)Read more
recipe Sage, Sausage and Apple Dressing
susie hackettstown, NJ 11-29-2008
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YUM, Yum, Yum!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Made this again this year, everyone loves it. Makes lots of leftovers! This year I used cornbread stuffing cubes -... wonderful. Can't go wrong. Don't worry about the "sage sausage", if you really want the extra sage flavor just add more chopped fresh sage.Read more
recipe Sage, Sausage and Apple Dressing
debera creedmoor, NC 11-28-2008
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The dressing was the star of Thanksgiving dinner!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Wow, what a hit this recipe was with my family. The only change I made was to delete the nuts (family member with food... allergy), and I threw in some dried cranberries. This recipe is definitely a keeperRead more