Spoon Dressing
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
6 ozs dried tart cherries
1 cup Madeira
14 slices day old dense-textured white bread, toasted and torn into small pieces (about 8 cups
1 1/2 cups toasted pecan pieces
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 cup finely chopped onion
1 cup finely chopped celery
1/2 cup finely chopped shallots
3 crisp apples, peeled and coarsely chopped
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup finely chopped flat-leaf (Italian) parsley
2 tsp dried tarragon, crumbled
1 tsp dried thyme
10 to 12 dried sage leaves, crumbled
1 tsp salt, or to taste
1 tsp freshly ground pepper, or to taste
Recipe
In a small bowl, soak the cherries in the Madeira for several hours or overnight.
In a large bowl, combine the bread pieces with the pecans. Drain the cherries, reserving the Madeira, and add them to the bread mixture.
Melt the butter in a large skillet. Saut� the onion, celery, and shallots until the vegetables are softened, then add to the bread mixture. Add the apples, raisins, parsley, tarragon, thyme, sage, salt, pepper, and the reserved Madeira; toss the stuffing well. Cool, then stuff bird as usual.
Note: Makes enough for an 18 lb. turkey
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