Apple Stuffing with Sausage
This isn't your Grandma's stuffing. This Apple Stuffing with Sausage is everything you've been dreaming about and the perfect side dish for your Thanksgiving feast.
Ingredients
- 16 ounce roll of ground sage breakfast sausage or your favorite ground breakfast sausage
- 1/2 cup butter plus more for buttering the pan
- 3 medium apples chopped
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 ribs celery with leaves chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4 cups chicken broth stock
- 16 ounces premade cornbread
- 4 cups of loaf bread torn (brioche, french, italian)
- 2 large eggs beaten
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- In a large skillet over medium heat melt 2 tablespoons of the butter.
- Add the sausage and cook until it browns and crumbles.
- Add the onion, celery and apple to the sausage and continue to cook until the sausage is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour in the chicken stock and add the remaining butter to the pan. Bring to a simmer.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the bread and cornbread.
- Beat the eggs in a small bowl and then add them to the stuffing mixture, stirring gently to blend.
- Place the stuffing a greased 9x13 dish. If you started by using a cast iron skillet - you can bake it in the skillet instead of transferring to a baking dish.
- Bake for 60 minutes until golden brown.