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Prune and Apple Stuffing w/ Sausage




Source of Recipe


"The Way to Cook" by Juilia Child






Recipe Introduction


This is an amazingly delicious stuffing. We made it with a goose (the bird that Julia specifies for this stuffing). We decided that a goose was a LOT of work for not much of a bird. I made Julia’s recipe for goose, so I KNOW it was about the best I could do, but we were really not too impressed with the flavor or texture (although, I will admit that the fat made the best roasted potatoes that I have EVER had). So I will make this next time in a duck or even a turkey. I served it with braised red cabbage and crusty rye bread. Wonderful!!





List of Ingredients



• 1 lb. sausage meat
  
• 4 c. chopped onion
  
• a little butter - if needed for onion saute
  
• 3 c. chopped celery
  
• 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped
  
• 3 c. pitted prunes
  
• 1/2 c. dry white French vermouth
  
• 3 c. toasted crumbs from homemade type white bread
  
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  
• salt and pepper, to taste
  
• 1 t. ground sage
  






Instructions



1. Break up the sausage meat and brown lightly in the frying pan, continuing to break up as it cooks. Remove with a slotted spoon to a large mixing bowl. Sauté the onions in the sausage fat, adding butter if needed, and when tender fold in the celery; sauté slowly 4 minutes, folding, then turn in the apples and sauté 4 minutes more. Turn into the mixing bowl.
   
2. While the onions, etc., are cooking, quarter the prunes, and simmer slowly in a saucepan with the vermouth, tossing and turning frequently until the liquid is absorbed – about 5 minutes. Add to the mixing bowl.
   
3. Stuff and roast your bird.
   






Final Comments


Makes about 12 cups. Enough to stuff a 12 lb. bird.

Make ahead note: If you are making the dressing ahead, the apples and crumbs won’t stand up; omit them until later. Just before stuffing, sauté the apples in a little butter; add them to the stuffing along with the toasted crumbs.

Additional note: The amount of crumbs is correct. It doesn’t seem like enough when you are putting it together, but it comes out perfect.