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Wild Rice Stuffing With Mushrooms

This is a wonderful, traditional stuffing to serve for an elegant Thanksgiving dinner. Not only is it a change from the routine bread stuffing, for one thing, but wild rice has a delicious nutty flavor that goes perfectly with turkey. To make it completely perfect, kids love this stuffing. If you're wondering where to come up with the chestnut puree, it's available at Earthy Delights. So is the wild rice. Just go to www.Earthy.com.

Type: Side dish
Courses: Vegetables

Recipe Ingredients

5 oz 142gWild rice
2 oz 56gUnsalted butter
8 oz 227gFresh mushrooms - trimmed, sliced
  = (clamshell, oyster, and portabello)
1   Yellow onion - chopped
3   Garlic cloves - peeled, diced fine
1   Celery stalk - chopped
3 tablespoons 45mlChestnut puree
6 oz 170gGround pork sausage - fully cooked
1/2 tablespoon 7.5mlFinely-snipped fresh parsley
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlFinely-chopped fresh sage
2 teaspoons 10mlSalt
2 teaspoons 10mlCoarsely-ground black pepper

Recipe Instructions

Cook the rice according to package instructions and melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the mushrooms, onions, garlic, and celery and cook for about four minutes. Stir constantly. Set aside the cooked mushrooms until needed.

Drain the rice and set it aside to cool. Use a food processor to mix and chop the mushrooms, chestnut puree, cooked sausage, parsley, sage, and salt and pepper. Blend until mixed, but not totally pureed. Remove the mixture and place it in a mixing bowl.

Add the cooked rice to the mixing bowl with the mushroom and sausage combination. Use a wooden spoon to mix the rice into the mushrooms. Rinse and drain the turkey cavity, then salt and pepper the inside of the cavity before adding the stuffing.

This recipe yields ?? servings.

Source:
Earthy Delights at http://earthy.com

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