Sausage and Sweet Potato Thanksgiving Stuffing

Name: Sausage and Sweet Potato Thanksgiving Stuffing
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 pound ground Italian sausage(or your favorite kind of sausage); 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided; 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and diced; 2 medium leeks,halved and thinly sliced, white and pale green parts only; 2 stalks celery,thinly sliced; 1 apple, cored and diced; 5 cloves garlic, minced; 6 cups roughly-diced stale crusty bread*; 1/2 cup chopped pecans; 1/3 cup dried cranberries; 3 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs(I used a combo of fresh parsley, sage, rosemaryand thyme); 2 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable stock; 2 eggs

Prep Time

10m

Cook Time

1h 10m

Total Time

1h 20m

This savory and sweet Thanksgiving stuffing recipe combines ground Italian sausage, sweet potatoes, leeks, celery, apple, pecans, and dried cranberries, all mixed with stale crusty bread and fresh herbs. Baked to perfection with chicken or vegetable stock and eggs, it's a delicious twist on a traditional holiday side dish.

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Servings: 12

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1 pound ground Italian sausage(or your favorite kind of sausage)

2 tablespoons olive oil, divided

2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and diced

2 medium leeks,halved and thinly sliced, white and pale green parts only

2 stalks celery,thinly sliced

1 apple, cored and diced

5 cloves garlic, minced

6 cups roughly-diced stale crusty bread*

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1/3 cup dried cranberries

3 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs(I used a combo of fresh parsley, sage, rosemaryand thyme)

2 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable stock

Sausage and Sweet Potato Thanksgiving Stuffing

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Sausage and Sweet Potato Thanksgiving Stuffing

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