Sausage and Cornbread Stuffing
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 6 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Calories
- 346
- Total Fat
- 14.6 grams
- Saturated Fat
- 3.1 grams
- Cholesterol
- 18 milligrams
- Sodium
- 795 milligrams
- Carbohydrates
- 43 grams
- Dietary Fiber
- 6 grams
- Protein
- 13 grams
- Total: 3 hr 20 min
- Prep: 30 min
- Inactive: 1 hr
- Cook: 1 hr 50 min
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, sliced
6 ounces (about 2 links) Italian turkey sausage, removed from casing
3 celery stalks, thinly sliced on diagonal
1 bulb fennel, cored, quartered and sliced crosswise, plus 1/4 cup chopped fronds
1 medium Bosc pear, cored and chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh herbs, such as rosemary, sage and thyme
1/4 cup chopped fresh herbs, such as rosemary, sage and thyme
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 recipe Quick and Healthy Cornbread, cooled and coarsely crumbled, recipe follows
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 to 1 1/2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
Quick and Healthy Cornbread:
1 large egg white
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 (8.5 ounce) box corn muffin mix
1/4 cup toasted wheat germ
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly mist an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
- Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat; add the onion, garlic and sausage. Cook, breaking up the sausage with a spoon, until the onion is tender, about 10 minutes. Add the celery and fennel; cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl.
- Toss the vegetable mixture with the pear, herbs, reserved fennel fronds, walnuts and cornbread; season with salt and pepper. Gently toss the stuffing mixture with 1/2 cup broth to moisten (adding more to moisten if needed); transfer to the prepared baking dish. Lightly mist a piece of foil large enough to cover the dish. Pour 1/2 cup broth over the stuffing and cover with the foil.
- Bake for 30 minutes. Uncover the stuffing and bake until golden around edges, about 30 minutes more.
Quick and Healthy Cornbread:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Lightly mist an 8 by 8-inch baking pan with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, stir together the egg white, water and buttermilk; stir in the muffin mix and wheat germ until incorporated. Pour into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center tests clean, 25 to 30 minutes.