Recipe Cranberry, Sausage and Apple Stuffing (Christmas)

Required Ingredients:

• 12 cups white bread cubes, baked until slightly dry
• 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
• 1/4 cup butter
• 6 cups coarsely chopped leeks
• 4 teaspoons poultry seasoning
• 2 cups chopped celery
• 3 tart apples - peeled, cored and chopped
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 2 teaspoons dried rosemary, crushed
• 1 1/3 cups chicken stock
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste

Preparing/Cooking:

• Saute; sausage in a large skillet over medium heat, crumbling coarsely, for about 10 minutes.
• Remove sausage to a large bowl with a slotted spoon.
• Empty pan of grease.
• Into the same pan melt the butter.
• Add the leeks or onions, apples, celery and poultry seasoning.
• Saute until softened, about 10 minutes.
• Add the rosemary, dried cranberries and cooked sausage.
• Mix all with the dried bread cubes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Moisten with the chicken stock.
• Stuff turkey with about 5 cups for a 14 pound turkey.
• Add additional chicken stock to moisten stuffing if needed.
• Remaining stuffing can be baked in a covered buttered casserole at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 45 minutes.
• Uncover and bake for another 15 minutes to brown top.

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