{"id":250,"date":"2020-04-20T17:37:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T17:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/?p=250"},"modified":"2020-04-20T17:37:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T17:37:28","slug":"sausage-and-sourdough-bread-stuffing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/2020\/04\/20\/sausage-and-sourdough-bread-stuffing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sausage and Sourdough Bread Stuffing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1 pound of sourdough bread cut or torn in \u00bd cubes (about 10 cups)<\/li><li>3 tablespoons of unsalted butter<\/li><li>1 cup of chopped celery<\/li><li>2 cups of chopped onion<\/li><li>15 ounces of Italian sausage with the casings removed<\/li><li>3 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh thyme<\/li><li>3 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh sage<\/li><li>1\/2 cup of dried cranberries<\/li><li>1\/2 teaspoon of black pepper<\/li><li>2 cups of low sodium chicken broth<\/li><li>1 cup of water<\/li><li>1 large egg, lightly beaten<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 1 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0. Arrange \u00bd inch pieces of bread on cookie sheets and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Turn oven off; leave pans in oven for 30 minutes or until bread is crisp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook onions and celery until tender, stirring occasionally. Transfer vegetables to a large bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 3 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Add sausage to the same pan and increase heat to medium high. Saut\u00e9 until browned, stirring to crumble. Remove cooked sausage using a slotted spoon and add to vegetable mixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 4 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Stir in sourdough bread cubes, sage, thyme, dried cranberries, and pepper, mix well. Transfer mixture to a greased 13&#215;19 inch glass or ceramic baking dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 5 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Combine chicken broth, water, and egg in a bowl. Stir well and then pour all over the bread mixture. Mix bread around and leave on counter for 10 minutes so the bread can fully absorb the liquid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 6 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Cover with foil and bake at 350\u00b0 for 25 minutes. Remove foil and cook 20 minutes or until the top is browned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Variations <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Use homemade sourdough bread with lots of Rosemary, Sage, and Thyme. Instead of drying the bread in the oven, cut into 1\/2 pieces and leave spread on a baking sheet on the kitchen counter uncovered a day or two ahead of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use hot italian turkey sausage for a stuffing with a little kick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 1 pound of sourdough bread cut or torn in \u00bd cubes (about 10 cups) 3 tablespoons of unsalted butter 1 cup of chopped celery 2 cups of chopped onion 15 ounces of Italian sausage with the casings removed 3 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh thyme 3 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh sage 1\/2 cup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bread-crumbs","category-dinner","category-side-dishes","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4","has-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/stuffing.jpg?fit=1024%2C823&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255,"href":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandmaingrids.com\/frommykitchen\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}