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Cornbread Dressing with Sausage and Apples

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A delectable stuffing/dressing made delicious with a mix of breads, caramelized onions and apples, and Italian sausage.

Ingredients

  • 32 ounces, weight White Button Or Crimini Mushrooms
  • 4 Tablespoons Canola Oil
  • ½ teaspoons Kosher Salt
  • 4 cups Cornbread, Cut Into 1-inch Cubes
  • 4 cups French Bread, Cut Into 1-inch Cubes
  • 4 cups Artisan/crusty Bread, Cut Into 1-inch Cubes
  • ½ pounds Italian Sausage
  • 2 cups Diced Onion
  • 5 whole Granny Smith Apples, Large Dice
  • 5 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
  • 1 cup White Wine
  • ½ teaspoons Kosher Salt
  • 32 ounces, fluid Low (very Low) Sodium Chicken Broth
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Thyme
  • ½ teaspoons Turmeric (more To Taste)
  • 2 teaspoons Rosemary, Leaves Minced
  • ½ teaspoons (additional) Kosher Salt
  • Black Pepper To Taste
  • Fresh Parsley, Minced

Preparation

Allow diced bread to sit out on cookie sheets for several hours or overnight, until dried out.

Preheat oven to 500 degrees.

Wash mushrooms thoroughly and pat dry with paper towels. Toss in a bowl with canola oil and sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Mushrooms will be very coated, but that’s good! Divide mushrooms between two sheet pans and roast in the upper half of the oven for at least 20 minutes, stirring once halfway through roasting. Remove from oven when mushrooms are deep brown. Set aside.

In a large skillet, crumble and brown sausage over medium high heat. Remove sausage from skillet and set aside. Without cleaning the skillet, add in diced onions and brown for five minutes. Increase heat to high and add diced apples, brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, or until deep golden brown.

Decrease heat to medium and pour in wine (be careful if you’re using an open flame). Stir and cook to reduce liquid by half, about two to three minutes. Pour apple/onion mixture into a bowl and set aside.

Return skillet to medium heat (again, without washing) and add thyme, turmeric, rosemary, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper. Heat for a few minutes, then set aside.

Add bread to a large bowl, then add browned sausage, mushrooms, and apple/onion mixture (and juice that might have accumulated.) Next, add broth mixture gradually as you toss the ingredients, being prepared not to use all of the liquid according to your taste.

Check seasonings at the end and add in minced parsley. Pour into a large baking dish (I used an iron skillet) and bake at 375 for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown on top. (Or you can stuff the turkey if you’re into that kind of thing.

Delicious!

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Connie on 11.28.2013

Just made this dressing to take to my daughter-in-law’s home for Thanksgiving and it is FABULOUS! Only comment I have is that the recipe itself does not specify to add the broth into the pan with the herbs/spices but I eventually figured that out. Perhaps PW could add that important little step into the recipe? Otherwise, this is a PERFECT recipe and I hope everyone will enjoy this as much as I do!

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Kelly on 6.11.2013

Pretty tasty! I like my stuffing pieces a little smaller so I will chop everything smaller next time.

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Sandy B on 11.24.2012

A new Thanksgiving tradition at my house! Everyone loved it!

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brownlight on 12.29.2010

I made this for Christmas dinner this year and tested it out on some friends! It was a HUGE hit, so delicious and everyone wanted the recipe!

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Leigh on 11.25.2010

I made this today and EVERYONE raved about it! Absolutely delicious, and actually really easy since I prepped it last night!

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Haley on 11.7.2010

I absolutely loved this stuffing! The italian sausage and mushrooms were my favorite part. It was completely different than my mom’s classic stuffing and I like it! I might bring a casserole dish of this to Thanksgiving to add some variety to our dinner!

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