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Traditional Sage Stuffing

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This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Thanksgiving Stuffing
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Savour's Notes: This dressing is a classic in my family, and you can't mess with it on pain of death. We gather around the kitchen table on Thanksgiving morning to cut up the ingredients and make the stuffing...
This dressing is a classic in my family, and you can't mess with it on pain of death. We gather around the kitchen table on Thanksgiving morning to cut up the ingredients and make the stuffing, and we always make extra, since nobody can keep their fingers out of the bowl. It's really a traditional stuffing, so it's key to use good ingredients -- a firm white bread and fresh sage. We usually stuff the turkey with it, which adds additional moisture, but if you're not going to stuff it, add a cup of chicken stock and a jar of oysters in their brine before baking.

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Serves 15 lb. turkey

2 large loaves white bread, 2-3 days old Ask a question about this ingredient

1 cup salted butter Ask a question about this ingredient

1 cup minced onion Ask a question about this ingredient

1 cup chopped celery Ask a question about this ingredient

1 teaspoon salt Ask a question about this ingredient

1 teaspoon white pepper Ask a question about this ingredient

5 tablespoons minced fresh sage Ask a question about this ingredient

1 cup chicken stock (optional) Ask a question about this ingredient

Cut bread into 1 inch cubes, set aside into a large bowl.
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In a large and deep skillet, melt butter over low heat.
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Add onion and celery, saute slowly until the vegetables are translucent.
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Add salt and pepper and fresh sage and stir to combine.
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Take a deep breath. Your kitchen smells like Thanksgiving!
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Toss as many bread cubes as the pan will hold in the butter vegetable mixture.
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Pour contents of the skillet over the remaning bread cubes. Use your hands to toss until all the bread has some sagey buttery goodness on it.
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Taste for seasoning. Add more salt, sage or pepper to taste.
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Use the stuffing to stuff a turkey, and roast according to the instructions. If you don't want to stuff the turkey, put stuffing in a casserole dish, pour about 1 c. good, flavorful chicken or turkey stock over the stuffing, and bake covered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
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2 Comments on Traditional Sage Stuffing

Food Blogga added over 2 years ago

This is so similar to my go-to stuffing. Bread, onions, celery, and herb like sage and rosemary. Classic and simple.

TasteFood added over 2 years ago

This is my all-time favorite combination for stuffing that I grew up on. I've made many other kinds of stuffing, but return to this one over and again. The combination of sage, celery, onion and butter can't be beat.