Best Stuff That Bird Italian Style Recipes

STUFF THAT BIRD ITALIAN STYLE

Steps:

• Chop the bacon into 1/2 inch pieces and saute until fat rendered. Remove and pour off excess fat drippings. Saute sausage, onion and celery until softened and mostly done.
• As to the cornbread and bread cubes. I make my own. I often have cornbread made in the freezer from chili dinners and I just defrost it. The bread dries almost over night. Don't let it get too hard before you slice it into cubes with a bread knife. (Or buy Jiffy mixes or bagged cubes if you desire) I really think homemade is better
• Add all the ingredients into a large bowl except for the chicken broth. Stir until everything seems evenly distributed.
• Place in a buttered baking dish and add broth until when a spoon is pressed down on the dressing, you can see liquid. Don't get it too wet. You can always add more.
• You can make the night before and refrigerate at this point. Bring to room temperature before reheating.
• If your baking dish is about 2-3 inches deep, 350 for a hour is about right. Covered.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and butter a shallow 3-quart baking dish. Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, stirring and breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until lightly browned and no longer pink, about 6 minutes.
• Add the celery and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sage. Add the broth, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper; bring to a simmer, then remove from the heat.
• Whisk the eggs in a large bowl. Add the parsley, bread cubes and sausage-broth mixture and stir until combined. Transfer the stuffing to the prepared baking dish. Cut the remaining 2 tablespoons butter into small cubes and scatter evenly over the stuffing. Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes, then uncover and bake until golden, 20 to 30 more minutes.

SAUTEED STUFFED VEAL BIRDS

Steps:

• Cut scaloppines in half diagonally so you have 12 pieces.
• To prepare filling, toss together all ingredients except 3 tablespoons olive oil, wine, butter and lemon juice.
• Place generous teaspoonful of stuffing on wide end of each scaloppine and roll tightly, securing with toothpick or kitchen thread.
• Heat 3 tablespoons oil and 3 tablespoons butter in 10-inch frying pan and when bubbling subsides, brown veal birds on all sides slowly. Add 1 cup wine and 1/2 cup stock. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes; check to see if more moisture is needed in pan, in which case add water or stock.
• Remove veal to heated platter. Skim fat from pan juices. Add remaining butter and about 1 tablespoon lemon juice to pan and bring to boil over high heat, stirring in coagulated meat juices. Pour over veal and serve with steamed rice.

LUCIA'S ITALIAN STYLE TURKEY STUFFING

Steps:

• Prepare stuffing as indicated, but replace water with wine.
• Saute onions, celery and mushrooms.
• In seperate pan, cook sausage thoroughly and remove grease. You can substitute salami for sausage if you like and also provolone for mozzarella, or both!
• Add ingriedients and mix well.
• Enough for 14lb. bird.