Best Turkey With Rye Dressing Recipes

THANKSGIVING STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onions and celery in butter until tender; add garlic, cook 1 minute longer. Transfer to a large bowl; add the broth, parsley, sage, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Gently stir in bread cubes until mixed. , Spoon into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish (dish will be full). Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until lightly browned and heated through.

TO-DIE-FOR THANKSGIVING STUFFING

Steps:

• Saute onions, garlic, and rosemary in 4 tablespoons of the reserved bacon fat until golden and soft.
• In a huge bowl (or the nearest thing you've got--I use the turkey roaster), combine bread cubes, eggs, and remaining bacon fat. Then add onion/garlic mixture, the thyme, and pecans.
• Combine the bourbon and chicken stock; starting with 1 quart, add enough stock to produce the consistency YOU recognize as "stuffing."
• When combined, stuff bird or place in separate large baking dish(es).
• Bake at 350 for at least 45 minutes--longer if you prefer a dark crust on your stuffing.
• Serves 12 or more as part of a Thanksgiving feast.

BRINED AND ROASTED TURKEY WITH RYE BREAD STUFFING LOGS

Steps:

• Remove turkey from brine. Rinse, and set aside in roasting pan. Preheat oven to 400. Place bread cubes in large bowl and set aside.
• Heat butter in skillet and saute onion, apples, celery, and garlic until tender. Transfer to bowl with bread cubes. Add nuts, all seasonings, and enough broth to moisten. Mix well.
• Brush turkey with 1 tsp oil. Stuff turkey with half of stuffing. Pour beer over top and baste with syrup or honey. Cover turkey in foil and place on lowest oven rack. Baste with honey or syrup every half hour or so. Bake 4 hours, or until meat thermometer indicates 180-190 degrees.
• Take a large sheet of foil and butter or spray with pam. Lay strips of bacon two across with ends overlapping. Spread remaining stuffing over bacon, leaving approximately half an inch of exposed bacon at each end. Using foil to help, roll into stuffing log, place in baking dish, and place in refrigerator.
• During last hour of turkey cooking, remove log from refrigerator and remove foil, set aside to use as cover. Cook log for 30 mins covered in foil, then roll the log so underside of bacon is exposed. Cook for 30 more minutes Finally, remove foil covering and cook for ten mins, assuring bacon crispness. (Cooking the stuffing log can also be done after turkey is removed and other dishes are cooking).
• Pour broth from roasting pan into pot and drain with gravy strainer. Boil and add flour in small increments until desired thickness is reached.

GRILLED TURKEY REUBEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Warm the sauerkraut and turkey, separately, in a microwave-safe bowls for 30-seconds; set aside. Spread butter generously on one side of each slice of rye bread, then spread the thousand island dressing on the other side. Divide the sauerkraut, turkey, and Swiss cheese on two slice of bread with the butter-side down. Stack the remaining two slices of bread with the butter-side up on top.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat. Arrange the sandwiches on the skillet and grill until lightly browned and the cheese is melted, about 3 minutes on each side.

RYE BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with racks in upper and lower thirds.
• Toast bread chunks in two 4-sided sheet pans in oven until lightly browned, about 15 minutes, then transfer to a large bowl. Leave oven on.
• Meanwhile, cook caraway seeds in 6 tablespoons butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add celery, apples, onion, garlic, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and sauté until vegetables are softened and starting to brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Add stock, scraping up any brown bits. Add mixture to bread cubes, tossing to coat.
• Transfer to a 3-quart baking dish and dot with remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Bake, uncovered, in upper third of oven until stuffing is crisp on top, about 45 minutes.
• What to drink:
• Josmeyer Les Folastries Gewürztraminer '05