Mary Risley, the director of Tante Marie’s Cooking School, says, “I come from a family of Connecticut Yankees, and when I was growing up, I spent every Thanksgiving at my grandparents’ eighteenth-century home, which was right across from a turkey farm. I’m not quite sure how, but something in that experience inspired this recipe. (Maybe the ingredients reflect what a turkey would like to eat, if asked.)”

Makes 12 to 16 servings.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2cup (1 stick) butter
  • 2large onions, chopped
  • 1garlic clove, minced
  • 6 3/4cups canned low-salt chicken broth
  • 2cups wild rice (about 13 ounces)
  • 2cups long-grain brown rice2cups dried cranberries
  • 1/2cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 2tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
  • 1 1/2cups hazelnuts, toasted, husked, coarsely chopped
  • 1cup chopped green onions

    DIRECTIONS

    Melt 1/2 cup butter in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic and sauté until tender, about 4 minutes. Add chicken broth. Bring to boil. Add wild rice. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Mix in brown rice; cover and simmer until rice is just tender and most liquid is absorbed, about 30 minutes longer.


    Stir cranberries, parsley and thyme into rice. Cover and cook until liquid is absorbed, about 5 minutes longer. Mix in hazelnuts and green onions. Season generously with salt and pepper.


    To bake stuffing in turkey: Loosely fill main cavity with stuffing. Butter ceramic baking dish. Spoon remaining stuffing into prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake stuffing in dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 30 minutes.


    To bake all of stuffing in baking dish: Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 15×10x2-inch glass or ceramic baking dish. Transfer stuffing to prepared dish. Cover dish with buttered foil, buttered side down; bake stuffing until heated through, about 40 minutes.