Bread Stuffing Nothing Compares With This
When dh & i go to the u.s., i always bring home 2 lrg bags of pepperidge farm dressing mix. Like all of us i expect, i “doctor” it up a bit to suit our preferences. The simple truth is that after many yrs of making many versions of bread stuffing, i finally decided you just can’t beat it for flavor & ease of prep. After returning from the u.s. Last mo w/my pfdm, dh went to greece & i was alone at thanksgiving. While not a holiday here, a local hotel advertised what they called a typical u.s. Thanksgiving meal & served it as a lunch buffet, so a friend & i went to ck it out. I really didn’t expect to learn much that would improve my own fare, but i was so wrong! I learned how to make the best bread stuffing i have ever put in my mouth! for me at least, an added bonus was that it has a distinct eastern european flavor (czech, polish or german in my view), will be perfect to accompany our roast duck on christmas eve & would also be excellent w/roast pork & turkey. As good as this
Steps
Put dried cranberries in a 1 cup measuring cup , fill w / boiling water & set aside to plump.
Preheat oven to 250f.
Tear dark rye bread into small bite-size pieces & place in oven baking dish lrg enough to have them generally in 1 layer.
Allow to crisp somewhat , but not go completely dry & crunchy.
While rye bread is crisping , put 2 tbsp olive oil in lrg dutch oven.
Saute diced celery 1st for 1 min over med-heat , add diced onion & saute mix till veggies are beginning to soften.
Remove from heat & stir in diced apple just to combine.
Caution: do not cook further once the apple is added.
The apple will cook slightly just by virtue of being added to the hot veggie mix.
If you cook further , the apple will likely turn to mush.
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Dump entire pkg of seasoned stuffing mix over the apples & then the slightly crisped rye bread atop the stuffing mix.
Dot surface as evenly as possible w / 8 tbsp of butter or margarine & sprinkle the caraway seeds atop the mixture.
Heat chicken .
Ingredients
dried cranberries, dark rye bread, celery ribs, red onions, apples, olive oil, herb seasoned stuffing mix, butter, caraway seeds, canned chicken broth