Country-Style Peppered Pork and Bread Stuffing Recipe
🕒 Cook Time: 1 hour \ 🕒 Prep Time: 1 hour \ 🕒 Total Time: 2 hours
🥩 Recipe Category: Pork \ 🍽️ Keywords: Vegetable, Meat, Winter, Christmas, Weeknight, Oven, < 4 Hours
📝 Description: Indulge in the delightful flavors of this Country-Style Peppered Pork and Bread Stuffing recipe, perfect for sharing with loved ones during festive gatherings or cozy weeknight dinners.
🥘 Ingredients:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 1 1/2 | Butter |
| 1 | Olive oil |
| 1 | Onion |
| 2 | Celery stalks |
| 2 | Fresh sage leaves |
| 2 | Dry white wine |
| 1/2 | Ground pork |
| 1 | Fresh parsley |
| 1/2 | Celery leaves |
| 1/2 | Eggs |
| 3 | Bread slices |
| 1 | Salt |
| 1/2 | Ground nutmeg |
| 1/2 | Ground black pepper |
| 1 | Low sodium chicken broth |
🔪 Instructions:
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Spread the bread slices on 2 large rimmed baking sheets.
- Bake until golden brown, stirring occasionally, for about 30 minutes. Then, transfer them to a large bowl.
- Melt butter with olive oil in a heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add onions and celery and sauté until tender, which should take about 8 minutes.
- Add fresh sage leaves and sauté for another minute.
- Pour in the dry white wine and let it boil until it evaporates, approximately 1 minute.
- Add ground pork and cook until browned and cooked through, breaking it up with the back of a fork, for about 4 minutes.
- Allow the mixture to cool slightly.
- The bread and pork mixture can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover them separately. Store the bread at room temperature and refrigerate the pork mixture.
- Stir the pork mixture, fresh parsley, and celery leaves into the bread cubes.
- Whisk eggs, salt, ground nutmeg, and ground black pepper in a medium bowl, then mix them into the stuffing.
- To bake the stuffing in a turkey, loosely fill the main turkey cavity with stuffing.
- Add enough chicken broth to the remaining stuffing to moisten it lightly, about 1/4 to 1/2 cup, depending on the amount of remaining stuffing.
- Generously butter a glass or ceramic baking dish.
- Spoon the remaining stuffing into the dish, then cover it with buttered foil, buttered side down.
- Bake the stuffing in the dish alongside the turkey until heated through, which takes about 30 minutes.
- Uncover the stuffing and bake until the top is just crisp and golden, approximately 15 minutes.
- To bake all of the stuffing in a baking dish, preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Generously butter a 13x9x2-inch square glass or ceramic baking dish.
- Add enough chicken broth to the stuffing to moisten it, about 3/4 cup to 1 1/2 cups, then transfer the stuffing to the prepared dish.
- Cover the dish with buttered foil, buttered side down, and bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.
- Uncover the dish and bake until the top is crisp and golden, about 20 minutes longer.
Indulge in the savory aroma and rich flavors of this Country-Style Peppered Pork and Bread Stuffing, perfect for adding a comforting touch to your winter meals or festive celebrations!
