Spicy Italian Sausage And Homemade Crouton Stuffing Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and butter a shallow 3-quart baking dish. Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, stirring and breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until lightly browned and no longer pink, about 6 minutes.
• Add the celery and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sage. Add the broth, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper; bring to a simmer, then remove from the heat.
• Whisk the eggs in a large bowl. Add the parsley, bread cubes and sausage-broth mixture and stir until combined. Transfer the stuffing to the prepared baking dish. Cut the remaining 2 tablespoons butter into small cubes and scatter evenly over the stuffing. Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes, then uncover and bake until golden, 20 to 30 more minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Place the bread cubes in a single layer on a sheet pan and bake for 7 minutes. Raise the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Remove the bread cubes to a very large bowl.
• Meanwhile, in a large saute pan, melt the butter and add the onions, celery, apples, parsley, salt and pepper. Saute over medium heat for 10 minutes, until the vegetables are softened. Add to the bread cubes.
• In the same saute pan, cook the sausage over medium heat for about 10 minutes, until browned and cooked through, breaking up the sausage with a fork while cooking. Add to the bread cubes and vegetables.
• Add the chicken stock and cranberries to the mixture, mix well, and pour into a 9 by 12-inch baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes, until browned on top and hot in the middle. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F and butter a 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish. Bake the bread pieces on 2 large rimmed baking sheets for about 20 minutes, tossing occasionally, or until lightly toasted.
• Sauté the sausages in a large sauté pan over high heat until cooked through, breaking them up into large bite-size pieces with a spoon, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the sausages to a large bowl.
• Add the toasted bread and toss to combine well. Melt the butter in the same sauté pan with the pan drippings. Add the onion, celery and garlic to the pan and sauté for 12 minutes or until the onions are very tender.
• Add the sage and sauté for 2 minutes or until the sage is dark green. Stir the onion mixture into the stuffing. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Toss the stuffing with the eggs to combine well. Add enough broth to moisten the stuffing slightly.
• Transfer the stuffing to the prepared dish. Cover with foil. The stuffing can be prepared up to this point 8 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F Bake the stuffing covered for about 1 hour or until heated through. Uncover and bake until the stuffing begins to brown on top, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
• Spread the bread cubes in a single layer on 2 large cookie sheets.
• Bake until lightly browned and crisp, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer to a large bowl to cool.
• Crumble the sausage meat into a large skillet and brown over medium heat until cooked through.
• Add to the bread cubes using a slotted spoon.
• In the same skillet, cook the onion and celery until transparent.
• Add to the bread cubes, again with a slotted spoon.
• Mix in the water chestnuts, pecans, parsley and sage.
• Add the stock and the butter and toss until fully mixed.
• The mixture will look kind of dry.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• You could stuff a bird with this, but I just put it into a big pan and bake after the turkey is done for about 45 minutes at 350 degrees.