Buttermilk Corn Bread
6 tb Butter; (3/4 stick)
1 lb Andouille or other spicy
-fully cooked; (such as hot
-links),
; smoked sausage, diced
3 c Chopped red bell pepper
3 c Chopped green onions; (about
-2 bunches)
1 c Chopped shallots; (about 8)
1 c Chopped celery
2 tb Chopped garlic
2 tb Chopped fresh thyme or 2
-teaspoons dried
2 ts Dried rubbed sage
1 ts Ground allspice
3/4 ts Cayenne pepper
1/2 ts Minced bay leaves; (about 8
-small)
4 lg Eggs; beaten to blend
1 1/2 c Canned low-salt chicken
-broth; (about)
Preheat oven to 350F. Arrange corn bread on large baking sheet. Bake
until slightly dry and toasted, about 20 minutes. Transfer to very
large bowl; cool.
Melt butter in heavy large Dutch oven over high heat. Add sausage,
pepper, green onions, shallots, celery, garlic, thyme, sage,
allspice, cayenne and bay leaves and saute until vegetables are just
tender and mixture is very moist, about 15 minutes. Stir vegetable
mixture into corn bread. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can
be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) Mix eggs into
stuffing.
To bake stuffing in turkey:
Add 1/2 up chicken broth to stuffing and mix thoroughly. Fill main
turkey cavity with stuffing. Mix enough chicken broth into remaining
stuffing to moisten (about 1/2 to 3/4 cup chicken broth, depending on
amount of remaining stuffing). Spoon remaining stuffing into buttered
baking dish. Cover tightly with buttered aluminum foil. Bake stuffing
in dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 30
minutes.Uncover stuffing and bake until top begins to brown, about 15
minutes.
To bake all stuffing in pan:
Preheat oven to 350F. Butter 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Mix 1 1/2 cups
chicken broth into stuffing. Transfer stuffing to prepared baking
dish. Cover tightly with buttered aluminum foil. Bake until stuffing
is firm and heated through, about 45 minutes. Uncover stuffing and
bake until just beginning to brown to top, about 15 minutes.
Makes 10 servings.
Yields
1 servings