Sausage and Dried Fruit Stuffing
 
 
This delicious sausage and dried fruit stuffing is savory, tangy, with bread that is soft yet crunchy. that pairs nicely with chicken and turkey and heck- is even tasty at breakfast the next day!
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Ingredients
  • ½ cup diced dried apricots
  • ½ cup diced dried cherries
  • 1½ cups of Triple Sec (divided)
  • 1 c. chopped celery
  • 1 large Spanish onion
  • 1 lb. pork breakfast sausage
  • 1 lb. herb stuffing mix
  • 1 c. slivered almonds
  • 1 c. chicken stock
  • 1 stick unsalted butter
Instructions
  1. Soak the diced dried cherries and apricots in 1 cup of Triple Sec in a small saucepan (unheated) for 10 minutes.
  2. Bring to a dried fruit/Triple Sec mixture to a boil on the stovetop. Remove from heat, and set aside to cool.
  3. Brown the sausage in a large skillet, and then add the celery and onion and saute for 10 minutes. Remove from the stove to cool.
  4. Toast the slivered almonds in the oven- watching closely for them to brown (be careful- they turn from toasted to burnt very quickly!) After the almonds have cooled, dice them by hand or in a food processor.
  5. In a large bowl mix together the stuffing mix, sausage, celery and onion, the dried fruit and liquid, and the almonds. (I found it easies to do this in two batches)
  6. Heat the butter, chicken stock, and remaining ½ cup of Triple Sec in the same saucepan as used before, until the butter melts.
  7. Pour this over the stuffing mixture and then stir to make sure all of the bread cubes are moistened.
  8. Bake in a 13 x 9 pan at 350 degrees, for a total of 15 minutes (10 minutes covered in foil, 5 minutes uncovered).
Recipe by MomOf6 at https://www.momof6.com/food-kids-will-eat/sausage-and-dried-fruit-stuffing/