Sausage and Apple Stuffing
This Sausage and Apple Stuffing is the most flavorful Thanksgiving stuffing recipe! Made with Italian sausage, green apples, white wine, stock, and herbs, this stuffing is bound to be a hit side dish at your Thanksgiving meal!
Servings: 8 people
Ingredients
- 1 lb Italian pork sausage casing removed
- 1 medium shallot diced
- 1 apple diced
- 1 cup diced celery
- Kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves of garlic minced
- 2 teaspoon finely chopped thyme
- 2 teaspoon finely chopped sage
- ½ cup white wine
- 12 ounces stuffing bread cubes
- 1 ½ cups low-sodium chicken stock perferrably homemade or high quality
- ¼ cup butter melted
- freshly cracked black pepper
- 2 Eggs beaten
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375℉ and lightly coat a 9x13 pan with cooking spray or butter.
- Heat a medium skillet on medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up with the back of a spoon, until browned and no longer pink, about 7 minutes. Remove the sausage into a large mixing bowl to let cool.
- To the same pan, add the shallot, apple, celery, and a pinch of salt. Add a tablespoon of olive oil to the pan, if the pan is dry. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3-5 minutes, or until the apples and vegetables are beginning to soften. Add the garlic, thyme, and sage, and cook until fragrant, about 1-2 more minutes. Turn off the heat and add the wine scraping up any brown bits on the bottom of the pan. Allow the wine to reduce from the residual heat for 30 seconds while stirring. Add the apple wine mixture to the bowl with the sausage.
- Stir the bread in with the sausage and apple mixture. Gently mix in the stock and butter. Taste, seasoning with salt and pepper, as desired, before stirring in the eggs.
- Pour the mixture into the 9x13 pan. Bake uncovered for 30-40 minutes, or until the top has turned lightly golden brown.
