Country-style Peppered Lamb And Bread Stuffing

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 loaves crusty country-style bread, cut into 1/3 to 1/2 inch cubes (14-to 15-ounce loaves, about 10 cups)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cups chopped onions
• 2 cups finely chopped celery
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 1 lb ground lamb
• 1/2 cup packed chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 cup packed chopped celery leaves
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 cup canned low sodium chicken broth (about)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 spread bread on 2 large rimmed baking sheets.
• 3 bake until golden brown, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
• 4 transfer to a large bowl.
• 5 melt butter with oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
• 6 add onions and celery and saute until tender, about 8 minutes.
• 7 add sage; saute 1 minute.
• 8 add wine.
• 9 boil until wine evaporates, about 1 minute.
• 10 add lamb and cook until brown and cooked through, breaking up with back of fork, about 4 minutes.
• 11 cool slightly.
• 12 (bread and lamb mixture can be prepared 1 day ahead. cover seperately. store bread at room temperature; refrigerate lamb mixture.) stir lamb mixture, parsley and celery leaves into bread cubes.
• 13 whisk eggs, salt, nutmeg and pepper in medium bowl.
• 14 mix into stuffing.
• 15 to bake stuffing in turkey: loosely fill main turkey cavity with stuffing.
• 16 add enough broth to remaining stuffing to moisten lightly (about 1/4 to 1/2 cup, depending on amount of remaining stuffing).
• 17 generously butter glass or ceramic baking dish.
• 18 spoon remaining stuffing into dish.
• 19 cover with buttered foil, buttered side down.
• 20 bake stuffing in dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 30 minutes.
• 21 uncover stuffing.
• 22 bake until top is just crisp and golden, about 15 minutes.
• 23 to bake all of stuffing in baking dish: preheat oven to 350.
• 24 generously butter a 13x9x2-inch square glass or ceramic baking dish.
• 25 add enough broth to stuffing to moisten (about 3/4 cup to 1 1/2 cups.) transfer stuffing to prepared dish.
• 26 cover with buttered foil, buttered side down; bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.
• 27 uncover and bake until top is crisp and golden, about 20 minutes longer.