INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

The night before cooking, spread all the bread out in a single layer
on sheet pans or towels and allow to dry out overnight. The next
morning, in a large bowl, break the bread into coarse 1-1/2 inch
pieces (Don't worry about being precise) Cut the sage leaves into  thin
stripps Melt the butter in a large saucepan over low heat,  making sure
not to burn it. Add the celery, onions and apple and cook  over low
heat for 5 minutes. Add the stock or water. Increase the  heat to
moderate and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat and allow to  cool for
3 minutes. Pour the mixture over the bread. Remove the  leaves from the
thyme sprigs and add the leaves to the bread mixture.  Add the sage to
the bread mixture. Add the raisins, salt and pepper,  and mix well.
Either stuff a 14-16 pound turkey with the mixture and  roast
immediatly, or put the misture in a large roasting pan and  cover with
foil. If baking seperatly, bake the stuffing in a 375 deg  oven,
covered for 30 minutes. Remove foil, bake for another 30 min  and serve
alongside roast turkey.  NOTES : Need to taste before adding the salt -
I'm not sure if I used  salted butter, or if it calls for too much
salt. Can use much more  sage. "We like to cook this stuffing, in
particular, outside of the  bird, in a seperate pan;  the chunks of
bread achieve a crunchy,  chewy texture that way.  In fact the dish
seems more like a delicious  bread pudding than a stuffing.  The amount
of butter in the recipie  may raise an eyebrow or two, but at holiday
time, who's counting.  Amazingly, the dish ends up tasting intensely
buttery without being  greasy. If you love the taste of butter, this
highly unusual stuffing  is for you." Recipe by: The Dean and DeLuca
Cookbook  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #913 by "Karrie Brothers"
<K_Brothers@classic.msn.com> on Nov 17, 97

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 16172
Calories From Fat: 9736
Total Fat: 1103.6g
Cholesterol: 3637.2mg
Sodium: 32581.7mg
Potassium: 3334.8mg
Carbohydrates: 1047.4g
Fiber: 38.8g
Sugar: 141g
Protein: 559.6g