Making packing for your Christmas turkey can be an imaginative, enjoyable and even a rewarding experience when your guests rave about how good it tastes! Do not hesitate to experiment with seasonings this holiday season. You’ll begin to feel like a real chef or an artist working on a masterpiece when you let your imagination take control of the process.
With a range of packing dishes to select from, you are specific to discover an idea or more to incorporate into your own tailored stuffing recipe. Here are some ideas and recipes that are well worth attempting.
Mighty Melba’s Turkey Stuffing
( Yields 9 cups packing. Enough for a 12-lb. turkey).
1-3/4 cup finely chopped onion.
1-1/2 cups chopped celery.
2 red peppers, chopped.
1/2 cup butter.
9 cups soft breadcrumbs.
2 teaspoons salt.
1-1/2 teaspoons dried sage leaves.
1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves.
1/2 teaspoon pepper.
In a big frying pan, stir onion, celery, and red pepper in butter. Cook until onion hurts.
Next add about one-third of the bread cubes. Turn the mix into a big deep bowl, add remaining components and toss together, mixing thoroughly. Stuff turkey prior to roasting.
Granny’s Southern Cornbread Stuffing.
Among the most tasty stuffing dishes that originated in the 0ld South is corn bread stuffing. Making packing with this dish will bring memories of years gone by if you’re from that region of the nation.
Let’s start by making the cornbread from scratch.
Fresh Cornbread Recipe:.
1-1/2 cups cornmeal.
1/2 cup all purpose flour.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
1 teaspoon sugar.
1 teaspoon salt.
1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
3/4 cup butter, melted.
1-1/2 cups buttermilk or kefir milk.
2 eggs.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix all dry active ingredients in big bowl. Mix all damp active ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Pour damp components into bowl with dry ingredients. Beat vigorously for 30 seconds.
Put into a square baking pan, 8x8x2 inches. Bake up until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
Cool bread thoroughly before slicing or cubing.
You might want to double the dish so you have fresh cornbread with butter for a meal and also the cornbread stuffing. Bake the cornbread the day prior to making packing so that the cornbread can easily be cut into cubes without crumbling. Replace the cornbread for the breadcrumbs in the above dish.
Variation 1: Add giblets to the cornbread stuffing. To do this, prepare the heart and neck of the turkey 1 to 2 hours in a pot of water, simmering until tender. Include the liver throughout the last 15 minutes of cooking. Drain giblets, chop and contribute to the remaining active ingredients in the above dish.
Variation 2: Another variation of making packing with either recipe above is by using vacation cranberries. To the dish, add 2 cups dried cranberries or 1 cup fresh cranberries to the stuffing components.
You may also replace the cranberries for 2 cups breadcrumbs, reducing the breadcrumbs from 9 cups to 7 cups. And for a sweeter recipe, add 3 cups diced apples and 3/4 cup raisins.
Variation 3. For those who remain in love or want to be more romantic, consider adding oysters to the stuffing. Simply reduce the overall breadcrumbs from 9 cups to 8 cups and include 12 ounces sliced fresh oysters. If not able to discover fresh ones, two 8-ounce cans will do. Simply drain the oysters, chop carefully and mix into the other components.
See how enjoyable making stuffing can be? No matter what kind of packing you choose for your Christmas Dinner, any of these dishes will enhance a variety of vegetables or dessert.
