{"id":297039,"date":"2018-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/origin-www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/apple-walnut-sausage-stuffing\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T11:23:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:23:25","slug":"apple-walnut-sausage-stuffing","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/apple-walnut-sausage-stuffing\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Sausage Stuffing"},"content":{"rendered":"

While stuffing is mostly associated with Thanksgiving, we’re campaigning to make stuffing a side dish for any night the weather dips. If you need convincing, apple sausage stuffing will surely help us win your support.<\/p>\n

Loaded with tart apples, fresh herbs, zesty Italian sausage and a smattering of Parmesan cheese and walnuts, this nontraditional stuffing recipe deserves to be enjoyed more than once a year. Unlike more common stuffing recipes<\/a>, this one calls for apples. We love using up our orchard harvest throughout the fall for sweet apple desserts<\/a>, but a savory recipe is always a welcome change!<\/p>\n

If you’ve never made stuffing with sausage before (e.g., Ina Garten’s sausage and herb stuffing recipe<\/a>), you’re in for a real treat. It adds a ton of moisture to the stuffing, along with an extra boost of protein and rich flavors that marry well with the herbs, spices and mix-ins.<\/p>\n

Serve this side dish with your next Thanksgiving feast<\/a>, roasted chicken or grilled pork tenderloin. You can also use it in stuffed pork chops<\/a> with gravy. No matter the occasion or how you pair it, this is one stuffing recipe guaranteed to get second-helping requests from everyone at your table.<\/p>\n

What’s the difference between stuffing and dressing?<\/h2>\n

Is it stuffing, or is it dressing? These two terms are often used interchangeably to describe the same type of bread-based side dish. In the southern United States you’ll likely hear dressing more often than stuffing which is more commonly used in the northern United States.<\/p>\n

While region plays a role in what you might hear in conversation, some chefs and home cooks insist that the real difference lies in how the dish is prepared. Dressing typically refers to recipes that are baked outside<\/em> of the cavity of a bird in a separate casserole dish and require extra cooking liquid for moisture. Stuffing, on the other hand, is a term reserved for recipes that are stuffed and cooked inside<\/em> a chicken or turkey and get their moisture and flavor from the poultry’s juices as it cooks. Safety tip: Here’s why cooking stuffing in a turkey can be dangerous<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ingredients for Apple Sausage Stuffing<\/h2>\n

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