POTATO AND CRACKER STUFFING

Potato and Cracker Stuffing image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Yield Makes about 10 cups (enough for one 20 - pound turkey)

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 pounds small white boiling potatoes
8 ounces mixed white and shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 medium white onions, coarsely chopped
3 celery stalks, thinly sliced
1/2 cup pine nuts, lightly toasted
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
2 teaspoons coarse salt
7 ounces cream crackers (about 26), broken into bite-size pieces

Steps:

Cover potatoes with cold water in a pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain.
Cook mushrooms in 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over high heat, stirring, until golden brown, about 5 minutes; set aside. Cook onions and celery in skillet in remaining 2 tablespoons butter, stirring, until soft, about 5 minutes.
Peel potatoes; mash, but leave whole pieces. Add pine nuts, mushrooms, onion mixture, spices, and salt. Stir in crackers.
To bake stuffing: Cover with foil in a 3-quart baking dish. Bake in a 350 degree oven 15 minutes. Remove foil; bake until heated through and golden, about 15 minutes more. To cook in turkey: Immediately pack loosely in turkey cavity; cook until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of stuffing registers 165 degrees.