This sweet and savoury homemade stuffing recipe is my husband’s creation. Normally baking is where he excels and I come up with the entree and side dish recipes. However, he did such a great job creating this recipe that I had to share it. Traditionally, at least in my family, stuffing is heavy and savoury with chunks of onion and celery. I love that stuffing, so I was a little hesitant to try stuffing with apples and cranberries but I let him do his thing.
Sweet and Savoury Homemade Stuffing
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup hard butter
- 2/3 cup chopped cranberries
- 1/2 grated apple
- 5 cups bread squares
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
- One eigth tsp allspice
- 1/8 tsp cayenne
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp apple juice
- 2 tbsp melted butter
Instructions:
- Saute onion, celery and garlic in butter in a large frying pan until the onion is soft. Remove from heat.
- Add ingredients 5 through 14 and mix well. Add enough apple juice until the stuffing is moist and holds together when squeezed. Stuff your turkey loosely.
- Check the temperature of your turkey to ensure it is cooked (180 degrees F in the thigh and 170 degrees F in the breast) and let it sit for ten minutes.
- Remove the stuffing from the bird and serve!
The Finished Product
He did a good job! The stuffing looked amazing and was delicious. The sweet fruity flavours were complimented well by the savoury side dishes like green bean casserole and butter and parsley carrots. I am still partial to the stuffing I grew up with, but change is good and I am definitely open to having him make the stuffing again. I would be crazy to pass up help with a holiday dinner!
Pair this recipe with some of my other Thanksgiving recipes, like Candied Yams, for a delicious homemade Thanksgiving.
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