Recipe - Apple-Sausage Stuffing For Wild Turkey

Three fourths cup Raisins
3 cup Sweet apple cider
1 tablespoon Butter
2 Stalks celery; cut or sliced up
1 md Onion; peeled and minced
1 pound Sweet fennel sausage; cut
into 1/4inch slices
2 Apples; peeled and minced
3 Leaves fresh sage; finely
chopped
4 cup Dayold sourdough bread;
cubed
One half teaspoon Kosher salt
One fourth teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper

1. Combine the raisins and apple cider in a small saucepan and bring to a
boil over medium heat. Immediately remove from the heat and set aside to
plump the raisins.

2. In a large, nonreactive saucepan or Dutch oven, melt the butter over
medium heat. Add the celery and onions, and cook slowly, stirring until
softened, about 68 minutes.

3. Add the sausage meat and continue cooking until the meat begins to
brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in the minced apples and sage, and cook an
additional 5 minutes.

4. Strain the raisins from the apple cider, reserving the cider, and add
the raisins to the saucepan. Stir in the bread cubes, season with the salt
and pepper, and add the reserved cider. Bring to a boil, then lower the
heat to simmer the stuffing, covered, for One half hour, stirring after 15
minutes. Serve hot, alongside roast Wild Turkey. Yield: 68 servings To
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Busted by Barb on 2/20/98

Recipe by: Union Square Cafe

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "abprice@wf.net" abprice@wf.net on Mar 17,
1998