Apple Walnut Stuffing
Doug Roese / Lakewinds Natural Foods
Hearty with apples and walnuts. 12 cups should stuff a 22# bird. Make more to have extra.
yield: 12 cups
Ingredients
3 cups walnuts
8 cups bread, day-old, 3/4" cubes (if fresh, bake for a bit first)
3 cups baking apples, chopped med.
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup parsley
2 cups red onions, 1/2" chop
2 cups celery, 1/8 slices
2 teaspoons tarragon
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup milk
Instructions
PREHEAT OVEN TO 375°F
Toast walnuts in 300° oven for 15 minutes. When cool, chop medium.
Clean and core organic baking apples (Jonagolds) and chop 1/2" cubes
In butter, sauté onion then celery for 5 minutes each.
Add parsley, salt, tarragon, pepper, paprika, nutmeg and cook 5 more minutes.
Put bread cubes and walnuts in large bowl. Add milk to the veggie pan, then pour over the bread. Mix well. You're now ready to stuff the turkey.
Inside turkey, make sure stuffing reaches 165°F. Or bake in oiled cake pan for 45 minutes at 375°.