Recipe - Nutty Wild Rice Sausage Stuffing

1 One fourth cup Uncooked wild rice
1 One fourth cup Uncooked longgrain rice
16 ounce Bulk sausage
2 tablespoon Butter or margarine
4 lg Celery ribs; cut or sliced up
5 ounce Medium sized fresh mushrooms
cut or sliced up
1 lg Onion; minced
Salt; to taste
Fresh ground black pepper
to taste
1 cup Chopped walnuts; toasted
(see note)

Prepare wild rice and longgrain rice according to package directions; toss
together in large bowl; set aside. In 12" skillet over high heat, cook
sausage, stirring frequently until well browned. With slotted spoon, remove
sausage to bowl with rice. Add butter to drippings remaining in skillet;
melt over medium heat. Add celery, mushrooms, onion and salt and pepper;
cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender. Remove
from heat; add vegetable mixture to rice mixture in bowl along with
walnuts; toss well to mix. Makes 12 to 14 cups, just, enough to stuff 12 to
14 pound turkey. Note:To toast walnuts; In dry small skillet over very low
heat, toast walnuts 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently until golden brown.
Cool before adding to stuffing.

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