Panettone Holiday Dressing
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 8
- 1 (2 1/4 lb) panettone
- 1/2 cup sweet butter
- 2 bunches fresh sage, leaves minced
- 1/2 cup dried apricot, julienned
- 1/2 cup dried sour cherries
- 1/2 cup golden raisin
- 1 1/2 cups minced yellow onions
- 1 cup minced celery or 1 cup fennel
- 1 cup minced carrot
- up to 2 cups chicken stock (or turkey if you have it)
- 2 eggs
- salt and pepper, to taste
Recipe
- 1 cut the panettone into 3/4-inch squares and place in large bowl.
- 2 melt half of the butter in a saucepan over medium heat and continue to cook until light brown, about 5 minutes.
- 3 take off the heat and add half the sage; season with salt and pepper.
- 4 pour the sage butter over the bread and toss gently but swiftly.
- 5 spread out on 2 cookie sheets and place in a 350°f oven until light brown, about 15 minutes.
- 6 remove from the oven and place back into the bowl.
- 7 meanwhile, place the dried fruit in a large bowl; add boiling water to cover and then set aside for at least 10 minutes; this will plump and soften the fruit for cooking. drain fruit once plumped.
- 8 raise the oven temperature to 375°f.
- 9 melt the remaining butter and add onion, celery, and carrot.
- 10 saute on medium-low heat until soft.
- 11 add dried fruit and remaining sage; toss into cooled croutons.
- 12 gently toss and add chicken broth to moisten; add more broth if you like a softer stuffing.
- 13 stir in beaten eggs; adjust salt and pepper.
- 14 turn out into an oven-proof casserole and bake uncovered until golden brown on top, about 40 minutes.
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