Apples and Sausage Stuffing

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Categories: Dressings- Stuffing- Gravies

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Lb. pork link sausages
  • 4 or 5 crisp eating apples, such as Fuji
  • 1 Tbsp. granulated sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. sage
  • 2 Tbsp. cognac
  • 1/4 cup Port
  • 1/4 cup chicken OR vegetable stock or broth

Directions

  1. In a large skillet, saute sausages until lightly browned. Drain off most of the fat. Place sausages in a bowl and mash roughly with a fork.

  2. Peel, quarter and core apples. Cut quarters into 2 or 3 lengthwise segments. Saute a few at a time in the hot sausage fat in skillet until lightly browned and almost tender but retain their shape.

  3. Remove apples to a plate and sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, salt, sage and cognac.

  4. Pour fat from skillet. Add Port and stock and boil rapidly until liquid has reduced to 2 to 3 tablespoons. Pour over cooked sausages.

  5. Cool and mix apples and sausages together. Stuff mixture loosely into duck cavity and roast according to directions.

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