Turkey Stuffing

Updated October 11, 2023

Total Time
About 1 hour
Prep Time
1 hour
Cook Time
1 hour
Rating
3(23)
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Ingredients

Yield:Enough to stuff two 12-pound turkeys, with plenty left over
  • 1 quart water

  • 1 quart milk

  • 1 small loaf (1 ½ pounds) Portuguese cornmeal bread

  • 6 Italian rolls (about 11 ounces total)

  • 1 large chourico, about 8 inches long

  • 2 large onions, finely chopped

  • 2 tablespoons sweet paprika

  • ½ cup vegetable oil

  • 1 cup chopped parsley

  • ½ pound Portuguese black and green olives, pitted and cut into small pieces

  • ½ tablespoon tomato paste

  • 1 teaspoon hot sauce

  • White pepper to taste

  • 6 egg yolks

  • Salt to taste

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Bring water and milk to boil in 6-quart pot.

  2. Step 2

    Remove crusts from cornmeal bread and cut bread into small pieces. Break rolls into small pieces.

  3. Step 3

    Reduce heat of boiling liquid to simmer and add rolls and cornmeal bread. Mix, remove from heat and let sit for 20 minutes.

  4. Step 4

    Mash bread with hands, or process it in a food processor.

  5. Step 5

    Put chourico in saucepan, cover with water, bring to a boil and boil 3 or 4 minutes. Skin chourico; grind in meat grinder or food processor and mix into bread mixture.

  6. Step 6

    Saute onions with paprika in 4 tablespoons of hot oil until soft. Add the parsley, olives, tomato paste, hot sauce and white pepper.

  7. Step 7

    Combine onion mixture with bread mixture and mix. Add egg yolks. Season with salt, and saute in remaining 4 tablespoons hot oil.

  8. Step 8

    Cool dressing and stuff turkey.

  9. Step 9

    Bake remaining dressing in covered casserole at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes; this can be done in oven with turkeys, during last half-hour they are roasting.

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A 'make ahead" and freeze recommendations would be helpful.

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