Indulge your taste buds with Lee Clayton Roper’s apple sausage stuffing. Made with a combination of savory sage sausage, crisp apples, cornbread stuffing, and aromatic spices, this delectable side dish is the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving dinner. We at CCL are excited to once again partner with Lee, an award-winning cookbook author who writes A Well-Seasoned Kitchen blog from her home near Grand Lake.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 pound sage pork sausage
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 14 oz stuffing mix (any flavor, we prefer cornbread)
- 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and chopped (peeled or unpeeled)
- ¾ cup chopped roasted pecans (optional)
- 2 tbsp poultry seasoning
- Kosher salt optional (depending on the saltiness of the broth used)
- Fresh ground black pepper
- 1 ¾ cups chicken broth or more if needed
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9” × 13” baking dish.
In a large sauté pan or skillet over medium heat, brown sausage until no longer pink. Add onions and celery and cook until soft.
Place stuffing mix in a large bowl. Stir in sausage-onion mixture, apple, pecans, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper.
Gradually stir in broth; add more if needed. The stuffing mixture should just start to hold together, but not be so moist that it forms large clumps. (If not baking right away, cover and refrigerate.)
Spoon stuffing into the prepared baking dish and bake, uncovered, for 25 to 30 minutes or until the top is lightly browned and crispy. Servings: 10-12
Note on timing with roast turkey: Once your turkey is roasted and resting at room temperature, adjust the oven temperature (as needed) to 350°F and follow the instructions above.
Recipe and photo courtesy of Lee Clayton Roper
