Dried Cherry And Italian Sausage Stuffing

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup butter
• 6 stalks celery, finely diced
• 2 medium onions, finely diced
• 1 loaf french bread, cut into 1 inch cubes and toasted (10 cups)
• 1 cup dried cherries
• 3/4 lb italian sausage, casings removed,cooked and crumbled (i use sweet, not hot)
• 3/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans chicken broth

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat.
• 2 cook the celery and onions until translucent; about 5-7 minutes.
• 3 in a large bowl combine the celery and onions with the bread, cherries, sausage, parsley, salt and pepper.
• 4 add the broth and stir well until combined.
• 5 loosely stuff the mixture into your turkey just before roasting.
• 6 cover and bake any unused stuffing in a 325 oven for 1 hour; uncover and bake another 15 minutes.
• 7 note: i baked the whole pan separately and also made it the day before- it still turned out great!