PUMPKIN BREAD STUFFING

PUMPKIN BREAD STUFFING image

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 26

Ingredients

For pumpkin bread (or use 1 1/2 lb prepared):
1 cup sugar
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
3 1/2 cups four
1/2 cup canola oil
4 eggs
2 cups pumpkin puree
For stuffing:
3 tbsp olive oil
3 medium yellow onions, diced
1/4 cup southern comfort bourbon
2 cups dried cranberries
2 tbsp orange zest
1 1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup vegetable or chicken stock
2 eggs
2 cups dry-roasted pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup italian parsley, chopped
1/4 cup fresh thyme
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
turkey gizzards, heart, liver, sauteed until browned and chopped (optional)

Steps:

Pumpkin bread: Preheat oven to 325. In a large bowl, mix together sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and flour. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs. Add canola oil and mix to combine. Add pumpkin puree and mix to combine. Fold pumpkin-egg mixture into flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Butter the bottom and sides of two 9-inch loaf pans. Divide dough between both pans and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Remove to a wire rack and cool completely. Stuffing: Preheat oven to 350. Break into pieces or dice pumpkin bread to yield 8 cups bread pieces. Spread bread pieces in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake until completely dry, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely. In a large pan over medium heat, saute onions in olive oil until translucent. Add bourbon, cranberries and orange zest.; mix well and remove from heat. In a large bowl, our cream over bread cubes and toss until liquid is absorbed. Squeeze excess liquid from bread and discard remaining cream. Fold onion mixture into bread. In a small bowl, whisk chicken stock and eggs and add to stuffing, then add pumpkin seeds, parsley, thyme, salt and pepper (and sauteed gizzard, heart and liver if desired), tossing to combine well. If baking outside turkey, transfer stuffing to a buttered 2 1/2 to 3 quart baking dish covered with foil and bake at 375 for about 20 minutes. uncover dish and bake until crisp, about 20 minutes (occasionally baste with pan drippings for a richer-tasting stuffing). To bake inside turkey, bring stuffing to room temp if prepared in advance. Bake to 165 degrees.