Sage Dressing with Amish Apple Sausage

Ingredients:

  • 2-3 medium links Amish apple sausage (casings removed)
  • 2 tablespoons butter or bacon grease
  • ½ cup onion (chopped)
  • 2 large cloves garlic (minced)
  • ¾ cups celery (chopped)
  • ¾ of a bag of good quality herb bread cubes for stuffing
  • 1 cup cornbread (cubed)
  • 1½-2 cups chicken or vegetable stock/broth
  • 1 tablespoon dried rubbed sage
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • ½ cup dried cranberries

Directions

If you can find it, use a fine, pre-mixed sausage with apples added to it (Amish style). Otherwise, use 2 cups of fine sausage and add ½ cup sautéed, finely chopped apples to it.

Sauté onion, garlic and celery in butter or grease until softened over medium heat. Add crumbled sausage and cook until browned. Season with salt and pepper and sage, and add cranberries. Add all undrained to the bread cubes. Mix together, and add stock to soften, making sure it does not become soggy: some cubes should still have dry spots.

Stuff into the cavities of a turkey ready to cook. Bake in the bird.

After the meat is thoroughly cooked, remove stuffing straightaway and refrigerate separately.

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