Wild Rice Stuffing with Mushrooms
This is a wonderful, traditional stuffing to serve for an
elegant Thanksgiving dinner. Not only is it a change from the
routine bread stuffing, for one thing, but wild rice has a
delicious nutty flavor that goes perfectly with turkey. To make
it completely perfect, kids love this stuffing.
Ingredients:
5 ounces wild rice
2 ounces unsalted butter
8 ounces fresh
mushrooms: White
Clamshell mushrooms,or Trumpet Royale mushrooms trimmed, rinsed and sliced
1 yellow onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled and diced fine
1 celery stalk, chopped
3 tablespoons
chestnut cream
6 ounces ground pork sausage, fully cooked
1/2 tablespoon fresh parsley, snipped fine
1/4 teaspoon fresh sage, chopped fine
2 teaspoons Sea salt
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
Preparation:
Cook the rice according to package instructions.
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the mushrooms, onions, garlic, and
celery and cook for about four minutes. Stir constantly. Set
aside the cooked mushrooms until needed.
Drain the rice and set it aside to cool.
Use a food processor to
mix and chop the mushrooms, chestnut puree, cooked sausage,
parsley, sage, and salt and pepper. Blend until mixed, but not
totally pureed. Remove the mixture and place it in a mixing
bowl.
Add the cooked rice to the mixing bowl with the mushroom and
sausage combination. Use a wooden spoon to mix the rice into the
mushrooms.
Rinse and drain the turkey cavity, then salt and
pepper the inside of the cavity before adding the stuffing.
Directions:
This is a wonderful, traditional stuffing to serve for an elegant Thanksgiving dinner. Not only is it a change from the routine bread stuffing, for one thing, but wild rice has a delicious nutty flavor that goes perfectly with turkey. To make it completely perfect, kids love this stuffing.
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