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Sausage Stuffing at WCNC-TV’s Charlotte Today

November 15, 2016 By Cynthia Ferich (Goch)

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It’s almost time to stuff the Turkey!  Or, stuff the mushrooms, squash, or whatever else you may want to stuff 🙂

This is the family-favorite recipe taken from my cookbook, “MaMa Mia Cucina”, a recipe passed down through the generations and now to each of you.

As demonstrated on NBC’s WCNC-TV’s Charlotte Today:

Sausage Stuffing for Turkey 

1 pound of sweet sausage (without skin)

1 stick of butter

1 large onion, peeled and chopped

2 cups chopped celery

1 cup sliced mushrooms

1 small carrot, diced

1 tablespoon dried thyme, or 2 tablespoons fresh thyme

1 teaspoon dried sage, or 2 teaspoons fresh sage

1 tablespoon dried parsley, or 2 tablespoons of fresh-chopped parsley

1 teaspoon garlic salt

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

15 oz. bag of unseasoned bread cubes

1-1/2 cups homemade or canned chicken stock

In a skillet, crumble sausage and cook well.  Drain fat and set aside.  In a skillet, sauté butter, onion, celery, mushrooms, and carrots until tender.  In a large bowl, add vegetables, seasonings and cooked sausage, bread cubes and chicken broth.  Combine well.  Reserve 4 cups to stuff a 14-18 pound turkey.  Place remaining stuffing in a buttered casserole pan.  Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

I remember Thanksgiving being more about the stuffing than about the turkey!  This is our traditional family favorite ~ Enjoy!

Notes: 

Serve up as a side dish stuffed in a vegetable if you simple want to roast your bird.  A nice presentation. Easy!

Vegetarian Options:  Omit the sausage and substitute a vegetable broth.  Great vegetarian options would be to stuff portabella mushrooms or a squash of your choice.  Bake.

Gluten-free Options: Substitute gluten-free bread for traditional.  Also, if you purchase chicken stock, read the labels to ensure the ingredients are gluten-free. 

© 2016 Cynthia Ferich All Rights Reserved

MaMa Mia Cucina ~ A Flavor of Good Food and Good Family

 

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About Cynthia Ferich (Goch)

After writing and self-publishing “MaMa Mia Cucina” in 2007, Cynthia's writing, cooking and culinary teachings evolved into being as an entity surrounding food, fun, family and friends.

In an effort to capture her family’s ‘old world’ Italian recipes for future generations to enjoy, her grandmother, ‘Noni’, and Cynthia joined forces. "She measured, I wrote, and we cooked."

During her grandmother's latter 80 years, she traveled in memory through her life, as they shared in stories of a lifetime and long ago. As they shared this final chapter in her life, what Cynthia soon discovered through all of the measuring, cooking, sharing in the love of a family, and in the love of a friendship, was the passion for cooking, and a love that nourishes us all… It’s all about the FOOD!

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