Not stuffing anything with this, so ‘dressing’ is a more appropriate word for a casserole made from bread, apples, and bits of mild flavored sausage. From basic ingredients I baked a pie plate of dressing and we had it with a nice bowl of mixed salad for supper the other night. Aside from the fresh parsley, every item came from my pantry. Even though I had fresh and dried sage at hand, I chose not to use them. When serving the dressing as a meal, mild seasoning is preferred. In my opinion the apple and pork sausage flavors would have been obliterated by sage.
Apple Sausage Dressing
1/2 [250g] frozen pork sausage meat roll
2 Tbsp butter
1/2 onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
6 sprigs of fresh Italian parsley, chopped finely
2 apples, peeled and grated
4 slices of potato bread, cubed
sprinkling of thyme
sprinkling of salt and pepper to taste
1 egg
cooking spray
Preheat the oven to 350F.Dice
the onion, mince the garlic and set it aside.
Cube
the bread and place it in a large mixing bowl.
Chop
the fresh parsley and peal and grate the apple and set them aside.
Add
the oil and butter to a large non stick skillet over medium heat.
When
the butter melts add the sausage meat.
Cook
the sausage meat, stirring and breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until
soft and no longer pink.
Add
the onion and cook for a few minutes until the onion softens and blends in
with the sausage meat.
Remove
skillet from the heat and add the sausage meat mixture to the bowl with
the bread cubes.
Lightly
combine the bread and the cooked sausage mixture.
Keep
in mind the sausage is already salty, season with salt and pepper to taste.
In a
small bowl lightly beat the egg.
Add
the parsley and the grated apples and toss.
Finally
add the beaten egg to the bowl and toss to coat.
Spray
the pie plate with cooking spray and add the sausage mixture.
Place
the dressing in the preheated oven and cover with foil.
Bake
for 20-25 minutes.
Remove
the foil and bake until the dressing is golden brown on the top.
Not stuffing anything with this, so ‘dressing’ is a more appropriate word for a casserole made from bread, apples, and bits of mild flavored sausage. From basic ingredients I baked a pie plate of dressing and we had it with a nice bowl of mixed salad for supper the other night. Aside from the fresh parsley, every item came from my pantry. Even though I had fresh and dried sage at hand, I chose not to use them. When serving the dressing as a meal, mild seasoning is preferred. In my opinion the apple and pork sausage flavors would have been obliterated by sage.
