Dad's Wonderful Sausage Turkey Stuffing

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb sausage (good quality)
• 3 (6 ounce) boxes kellogg's croutettes ((or your favorite herb seasoned cubed stuffing)
• 1 large onion, diced
• 4 stalks celery, sliced
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1/4 cup butter
• 8 ounces chicken livers
• turkey giblets
• turkey neck bone
• 4 -5 cups water

Recipe

• 1 in large pan (dutch oven) brown sausage, scrambling while browning until sausage is in small pieces.
• 2 do not drain!
• 3 add onion, celery, butter, poultry seasoning, chicken livers, giblets, turkey neck bone, and water.
• 4 bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for 90 minutes.
• 5 remove livers, giblets, and neck bone.
• 6 discard neck bone, chop livers and giblets into small pieces and return to stock.
• 7 put croutettes into large bowl.
• 8 add stock with meat and vegetables until all croutons are well moistened.
• 9 you will use most if not all of the stock, as you want the croutettes to be very moist.
• 10 stuff turkey, and put remainder of stuffing into 2 quart casserole dish.
• 11 bake as directed for turkey, casserole will need 40 minutes at 350 f degrees.