Cornbread And Dried Fruit Dressing
Ingredients
- 4 cups cornbread cubes, dried (I use healthy cornbread Healthy Cornbread) ⓘ
- 4 ounces lean Italian turkey sausage, casing removed ⓘ
- 1 tablespoon canola oil ⓘ
- 1 cup chopped yellow onions or 1 cup white onion ⓘ
- 1/4 cup chopped celery ⓘ
- 1/4 cup chopped carrot ⓘ
- 1 small garlic clove, crushed ⓘ
- dried apricot, coarsely chopped ⓘ
- pitted dried plum, coarsely chopped ⓘ
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme ⓘ
- 3/4 teaspoon dried sage ⓘ
- 1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram ⓘ
- 1 cup fat-free low-sodium chicken broth ⓘ
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley ⓘ
- 1/2 teaspoon salt ⓘ
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- canola oil cooking spray ⓘ
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F. Place cornbread cubes in large bowl and set aside.
- In small nonstick skillet, cook sausage over medium-high heat, crumbling and stirring until brown and cooked through. Drain well and set aside.
- In large nonstick skillet, heat canola oil over medium heat. Stir in onions, celery and carrot; cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute longer, but don't allow garlic to brown. Stir in sausage, apricots, plums, thyme, sage, marjoram and 1/4 cup broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat; pour vegetable mixture over cornbread. Add parsley and stir well. Season with salt and pepper. (Dressing may be prepared to this stage a day ahead and refrigerated, covered.).
- Whisk together egg and remaining 3/4 cup broth and pour over cornbread mixture, tossing well. Spray 2-quart baking dish with canola oil cooking spray (use larger baking dish if not reserving dressing for Turkey Roulade) and transfer all but 1 1/2 cups of dressing to baking dish. Cover dish with foil and set aside.
- After Turkey Roulade has been in oven 30 minutes, place covered baking dish of dressing in oven. After 15 minutes (or when internal temperature of roulade, measured with instant-read thermometer, is 155 °F), remove roulade from oven and remove foil from baking dish with dressing. Continue baking dressing for about 15 minutes or until top begins to brown.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
1133
kcal
57% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).