FARCE A LA TAPENADE - TURKEY STUFFING

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Make and share this FARCE A LA TAPENADE - Turkey stuffing recipe from Food.com.

Provided by kiwidutch

Categories     Christmas

Time 1h35m

Yield 10-12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 lb italian sweet sausage, casings removed
1 cup minced onion
1 turkey liver, minced (optional)
1 lb fresh mushrooms, trimmed,wiped,diced
1 cup black olives, pitted and chopped
3 anchovy fillets, mashed
2 tablespoons capers, squeezed of brine
2 tablespoons orange zest
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1 bay leaf, pulverized
5 cups croutons (5 to 6 cups)
salt and pepper

Steps:

  • Break up sausage meat and sauté in a frying pan over low heat until lightly browned; drain, reserving fat.
  • Place sausage meat in a large mixing bowl.
  • Return 2 tablespoons of sausage fat to the frying pan (if sausage meat didn't render enough fat, substitute olive oil); sauté onions until golden- about 8 minutes; add optional minced liver and sauté with onion an additional 2 minutes.
  • Add onion mixture to sausage.
  • Sauté mushrooms in 2 additional tablespoons of sausage fat (or olive oil) until pieces begin to separate from each other; add to sausage mixture.
  • Add olives, anchovies, capers, orange zest, eggs, garlic, and herbs to sausage meat.
  • Fold in the croutons, add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Loosely stuff front and rear cavities of turkey immediately before roasting, or bake for 50 minutes in a 350 degree F.
  • oven in a covered casserole.
  • Makes about 2-1/2 quarts, or enough to stuff a 16- to 20-pound turkey.

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