Cornbread And Sausage Stuffing

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 lb fresh lamb sausage, casings removed, crumbled (plus optional giblets, diced)
• 1 large onion, finely chopped (2 cups)
• 3 stalks celery, finely chopped (1.5 cups)
• coarse salt
• pepper
• 2 lbs prepared cornbread, cut into 3/4 inch cubes (12 cups)
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 -2 cup chicken broth

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*.
• 2 in a large skillet, cook sausage (and giblets, if using) over med-high heat, stirring often, until browned and cook through, 5-8 minutes.
• 3 set sausage aside.
• 4 to pan, add onion, celery and 1/4 cup water.
• 5 reduce heat to medium; cook, scraping up browned bits with a wooden spoon, until veggies soften, about 10 minutes.
• 6 season generously with salt and pepper.
• 7 add sausage.
• 8 add cornbread, sage and eggs to sausage and veggies.
• 9 bring broth to a simmer in a small saucepan; pour 1/2 cup over stuffing, and toss gently.
• 10 if needed, add up to 1/2 cup more broth, until stuffing feels moist but not wet.
• 11 stuff into turkey.
• 12 spoon remaining stuffing into a baking pan, and bake accordingly.