DAY Recipe

Serve this stuffing alongside your Christmas turkey, ham, goose or duck. Add an extra dose of chestnuts to your meal by offering the Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts and Bacon.

Makes 6 servngs.

INGREDIENTS
8ounces mild italian sausages, casings removed
3large shallots, [...]

Baked yams and steamed spinach make colorful accompaniments. Ice cream alongside hot apple turnovers tops off the meal.

Makes 2 servings; can be doubled.

INGREDIENTS
3/4cup cranberries
3kumquats, quartered, seeded
3tablespoons sugar
4teaspoons prepared white horseradish
4teaspoons minced fresh mint112-ounce log pork sausage
DIRECTIONS
Combine cranberries, kumquats, sugar [...]

Jeanne Thiel Kelley, Bon Appétit contributing editor, says, “My dad makes a great stuffing that has sweet Italian sausage in it. I used to love going with him to get the sausage from Pumas Italian market in Los Angeles. I would pick out a new cookie and come home with a shape of pasta I [...]

Bruce Aidells, founder of Aidells Sausage Company, says, “Stuffing was the most important part of my family’s holiday menu. The turkey was always overcooked, but the stuffing was moist and delicious. We usually had two, sometimes three stuffings, but I leaned toward the kind with sausage. It was meaty and spicy, just like this one.”

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INGREDIENTS

1 lb ground sweet Italian sausage
1 medium sweet onion , chopped
2 minced garlic cloves
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced carrots
1/2 cup diced bell peppers , red, green whatever
1 (28ounce)can diced tomatoes , do NOT drain
3-4 cups beef broth , depending how liquidy you like it
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 (19ounce) cannellini beans , rinse and drain, Progresso makes 19 oz size
salt , as needed to taste

DIRECTIONS

In a large soup pot, brown the sausage with the onion, breaking up the sausage as it cooks.Drain off fat and [...]