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Mama Losasso's Hot Italian Sausage Stuffing
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Mama knows her stuffing! This hearty Italian sausage stuffing can be served with poultry or pork or as a general side dish.
serves/makes:
ready in:
30-60 minutes
30-60 minutes
1 review
ingredients
3 pounds hot Italian sausage, casing removed
2 loaf day-old Italian bread, crust removed, cut into 1-inch slices
1/4 cup olive oil
2 medium onions, finely diced
4 stalks celery, diced
1/2 teaspoon ground thyme
3 cups chicken stock
2 cups Italian bread crumbs
salt and black pepper, to taste
directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Brown sausage in a large saute pan, drain fat and chop sausage. Set aside.
Pour water over bread in a wide bowl and soak until saturated. Remove bread, gently press out water and chop bread. Set aside.
Heat a medium saucepot over medium heat. Add olive oil. When warm, saute onions and celery until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add sausage and cook for another 3 minutes. Stir in thyme and pour in chicken stock. Bring to a simmer.
Add bread and bread crumbs and mix well. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper.
Turn mixture into a buttered baking dish and bake for 20 minutes.
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reviews & comments
November 22, 2012
If you must, you can use sweet or mild Italian sausage in place of the hot version, but it is amazing with all the spices. I would recommend just buying bulk sausage, it's just easier and won't affect the recipe in any way. You probably wouldn't want to crumble it too fine so you can get some meaty chunks in the stuffing. I liked that the recipe used both bread cubes and bread crumbs. It gave it a good, hearty texture. If you like a firmer stuffing you can skip the step of soaking the bread. Between the sausage and stock I didn't need to add any extra salt so be sure to taste it before adding any.