Greek Chopped Meat Stuffing
2 Onions; chopped
1 Stalk celery; chopped
2 tb Butter
1 lb Ground beef
1 Liver from turkey - finely chopped
1 lb Mild breakfast sausage
1/2 c Dry red wine
2 tb Tomato paste
2 tb Chopped fresh parsley
1 tb Chopped fresh dill
3/4 lb Roasted chestnuts- peeled & coarsely chopped
1/4 lb Pignoli nuts*
1/2 c White raisins
1/4 c White rice
1 c -water
1 lb White bread crumbs
Salt and pepper to taste
Brown onions and celery in butter. Add beef, liver, and sausage and
cook
until brown. Add wine and tomato paste, then herbs, and simmer until
meat
is tender. Add nuts, raisins, and rice. Stir in water and cook,
covered,
until the rice is done. Mix in bread crumbs and season to taste.
Stuff
loosely into the turkey. Stuffs a 10-12 pound turkey.
* If Pignoli nuts are to expensive, you can substitute with walnuts
or pecans. |