Thanksgiving


This Recipe will make about 12 cups

12 Tablespoons of unsalted butter

4 onions diced

10-16 celery stalks dices.  I like celery so I use closer to 16

10 large fresh sage leaves, chopped.

5 cups of Chicken Stock.  I use low sodium.

1 cups of dry white wine

2 loves of stale white bread cut into 1 inch cubes.  French or Sourdough will work too.

2 teaspoons of salt

4 teaspoons of fresh ground pepper

3 cups of flat leaf parsley coarsely chopped.

6-8 Chinese sausages (lap cheung) diced.  I cook mine in a steamer for about 15 minutes before cutting.

Melt butter in a large skillet.  Add onions and celery, and cook over medium heat until onions are translucent.  Add sage, stir to combine and cook about 10 min.  Add 1/2 cup of chicken stock and 1/2 cup of white wine.  Cook for about 5 – 10 minutes, until liquid has reduced by about half.

Transfer mixture to a large mixing bowl.  Add all remaining ingredients.  Mix well to combine.

Place enough cheese cloth in the cavity of the turkey so that it is hanging out over the sides.  Fill the turkey with stuffing.  Do not pack full, just fill loosely.  The point of the cheese cloth is to make it easy to remove the stuffing!  To cook remaining stuffing, or if you do not like to stuff the turkey, butter or spay a baking dish with cooking oil and bake for 45 minutes at 375°

I have been know to want stuffing with dinner in May!  My lazy way to make it:  1 box of original flavored stuffing.  1/2 onion diced.  3 celery stalks.  4 sage leaves and 2-3 Chinese sausages.  Steam Chinese sausage.  Saute onion, celery and sage.  Substitute some of the water for white wine and add to onion celery and sage mixture.  Follow the instructions on box and when mixing add Chinese sausage.

Not being a big fan of the traditional Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallow on top I came up with this.

4-6 lbs of sweet potatoes

4 Tbs of Bourbon

1 stick of butter, softened

2 cups pecan halves

1 tsp. kosher salt

2 Tbs. packed dark brown sugar. Light will work just as well.

Preheat oven to 425°

Prick sweet potatoes with a fork and bake in oven about 1 hour.  When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel potatoes cut into quarters and put in food processor.  Add bourbon and 6 Tbs. of butter.  Puree about 1 min.  Transfer to a 2qt shallow baking dish.

Reduce oven temp to 325°

In a shallow baking pan spread pecans in a single layer and bake about 10 min.  In a small bowl toss pecans with the remaining 2 Tbs. of butter and kosher salt.

Evenly spread pecans on top of puree and sprinkle with brown sugar.  Bake till heated through and pecans are slightly brown.  About 30 min.

Laura's Stuffing

Laura

Submitted by Laura Levy

Here is a recipe for you Kim…. Since Thanksgiving is coming up… this seemed appropriate…

Sausage, Wild Mushroom and Sourdough Stuffing

Every Thanksgiving I make this stuffing. It uses the best ingredients from my Wine Country heritage – wine (of course), sourdough bread, fresh herbs and wild mushrooms! It is simple and can be a bit of “chef’s delight” as each batch is a little different. I never stuff the turkey as I believe it increases cooking time and really doesn’t add to the stuffing’s flavor. Additionally, this should always be made on Thanksgiving and not assembled in advance. It’s best if it is done just before you intend to serve it.

This recipe is more of a guideline – as you should taste as you go to perfect the flavor to your personal; tastes. I guarantee this recipe will not be dry and is loaded with good flavor if you make sure you use all fresh, good quality ingredients.

Ingredients:

1 pound sourdough bread, cubed 1/2 inch thick
1 pound bulk Boulder pork sausage
1/4 stick butter (possibly more)
1 large yellow onion, chopped
3-5 large celery stalks, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
3/4 cup, good quality chicken stock/broth (not low sodium)
1/4 cup dry white wine
1.5 pounds crimini, oyster and other wild mushrooms that chop well, chopped – not too small
1/2 cup (or more) chopped fresh poultry seasoning (not dried!)
1/2 – 3/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
2 eggs, beaten until blended
Instructions:

Place bread cubes on a large baking sheet… toast at 400 degrees until lightly brown (about 12 min) Transfer the bread to an extra large bowl.

In a large frying pan over medium heat, cook the sausage until well cooked and crumbled (about 10 min.) Drain fat… transfer to the large bowl with the bread.

Add the butter to the drippings in the pan, reduce the heat to low/medium and melt the butter while scraping the bits of the pan. Add the onion and celery and saute’ for 1.5 minutes. Add garlic at the very end until fragrant (about 1 min). Transfer to the bowl with the bread.

In the same pan, add some butter and a splash of wine and saute’ the mushrooms until juices are rendered. Add to the bread. Add the poultry seasoning, parsley and fold in the eggs until all bread/mixture is well-coated. Dust with salt and petter and pour just a little bit of dry white wine (1/4 cup or less) into the mix and blend. Mixture should be very well blended and moist.

Butter a large, deep baking dish (at least 13 x9). Add stuffing mixture to dish and bake covered with foil at 325 degrees for 30 minutes. Uncover, stir mixture and bake until the top is lightly crisp (about 30 minutes longer)

Happy Thanksgiving!

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