{"id":11294,"date":"1999-04-19T11:53:52","date_gmt":"1999-04-19T18:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=11294"},"modified":"2013-11-17T11:57:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T18:57:28","slug":"sausage-dressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=11294","title":{"rendered":"Sausage Dressing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>2 baguettes (long French bread), stale, cut into 1&#8243; cubes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>1 T. Canola oil<\/p>\n<p>1 lb. breakfast sausages<\/p>\n<p>2 C. finely chopped onion<\/p>\n<p>6 ribs celery, peeled, split lengthwise, thinly sliced<\/p>\n<p>2 medium apples, peeled, cored, diced<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 C. chopped fresh parsley leaves<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 C. chopped fresh sage leaves<\/p>\n<p>4 eggs, slightly beaten<\/p>\n<p>2 C. chicken broth<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp. salt<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper<\/p>\n<p>6 T. unsalted butter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bread should be completely stale. If not, spread the cubes on a baking sheet and put in a low oven (250 degrees) for about 1 hour to dry them out. Heat oil in a large skillet. Add the sausage meat and brown it, breaking up the meat.\u00c2\u00a0 Drain excess fat from skillet. Add onion and celery to the skillet and cook for 1 minute.\u00c2\u00a0 Add the apples and cook for 2 more minutes. If any fat remains, drain. Add bread cubes, parsley, and sage. Combine the eggs, broth, salt, and pepper. Pour liquid mixture over the sausage and\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 gently toss. Don&#8217;t over mix. Generously butter a 16&#8243; baking pan with 2 T. Spread the dressing mixture in the pan and dot with 4 T. butter. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 50 to 60 minutes. The top should have a nice golden brown crust.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yield:<\/p>\n<p>Calories:<\/p>\n<p>Fat:<\/p>\n<p>Fiber:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 baguettes (long French bread), stale, cut into 1&#8243; cubes 1 T. Canola oil 1 lb. breakfast sausages 2 C. finely chopped onion 6 ribs celery, peeled, split lengthwise, thinly sliced 2 medium apples, peeled, cored, diced 1\/4 C. chopped fresh parsley leaves 1\/4 C. chopped fresh sage leaves 4 eggs, slightly beaten 2 C. chicken broth 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 6 T. unsalted butter &nbsp; The bread should be completely stale. If not, spread&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=11294\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sausages-mixed-meats","category-starches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11295,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11294\/revisions\/11295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}