Dressed Up Dressing… My family likes the Basic Dressing recipe for our Thanksgiving meal. But, if your family is a little more adventurous you can add dried cranberries, chopped dried apricots or chopped mushroom, as pictured, for the Dressed Up Dressing version.
- 12 to 14 ounces package toasted, herb seasoned bread cubes
- 8 ounces bulk pork sausage
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 yellow onion finely chopped
- 3 stalks celery chopped
- 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried sage or 1 teaspoon chopped fresh
- 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 5 tablespoons butter
- Put bread cubes in a large mixing bowl. Set aside. Heat olive oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large sauce pan. Add sausage and cook for 5 minutes. While browning sausage, break up into small pieces. Add onion, celery and seasonings. Cook 5 minutes more. Stir in apricots and cranberries and 1/2 cup of the broth.
- Heat remaining broth and remaining butter in a sauce pan until butter has melted. Combine bread cubes and sausage mixture. Add hot broth to mixture and toss until well combined. Place in a casserole dish and bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
This dressing can be made, baked and reheated (covered) in a 300° oven before serving. For my Thanksgiving dinner, I place the dressing in a large piece of heavy duty foil and form the mixture into a long roll like a meatloaf and roll up and seal. I then can fit it in the side of my oven along side other dishes while heating the dressing up for dinner. It saves a great deal of oven space.
Note; Dressed Up Dressing... My family likes the Basic Dressing recipe for our Thanksgiving meal. But, if your family is a little more adventurous you can add dried cranberries, chopped dried apricots or chopped mushroom, as pictured, for the Dressed Up Dressing version.