Porcini Bread Stuffing
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup dried porcini mushrooms or 1 cup morel ⓘ
- 1 cup calvados or 1 cup cognac
- 3 onions, thinly sliced ⓘ
- salt and black pepper ⓘ
- 10 -12 cups torn sourdough bread (1 large loaf)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley ⓘ
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh rosemary ⓘ
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped sage ⓘ
- 1 cup applesauce ⓘ
- 3/8 cup raisins or 3/8 cup dried cherries ⓘ
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans ⓘ
- 1 -2 cup vegetable stock ⓘ
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees, and butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
- Soak mushrooms in 2 cups warm water about 30 minutes.
- Drain, reserving liquid.
- Thickly slice mushrooms.
- Meanwhile simmer Calvados in a saucepan until reduced to about 5 ounces.
- Melt remaining butter in large pan, add onions, and saute until transparent.
- Sprinkle with salt if onions are browning too fast.
- Add sliced mushrooms, and saute 2 minutes.
- Add bread, mushroom liquid, chopped parsley, rosemary and sage.
- Stir in reduced Calvados, applesauce, raisins, nuts and enough stock so mixture is moist but not wet.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Turn into buttered baking dish.
- Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour, until firm and crusty.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
908
kcal
45% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).