Turkey Stuffing

Name: Turkey Stuffing
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Enough to stuff two 12-pound turkeys, with plenty left over
Cuisine: portuguese
Ingredients: 1 quart water; 1 quart milk; 1 small loaf (1 1/2 pounds) Portuguese cornmeal bread; 6 Italian rolls (about 11 ounces total); 1 large chourico, about 8 inches long; 2 large onions, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons sweet paprika; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup chopped parsley; 1/2 pound Portuguese black and green olives, pitted and cut into small pieces; 1/2 tablespoon tomato paste; 1 teaspoon hot sauce; White pepper to taste; 6 egg yolks; Salt to taste

By Isabel Costa

Updated Oct. 12, 2023

Total Time: About 1 hour
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 1 hour
Rating: 3(22)
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Ingredients

Yield:Enough to stuff two 12-pound turkeys, with plenty left over

1quart water
1quart milk
1small loaf (1½ pounds) Portuguese cornmeal bread
6Italian rolls (about 11 ounces total)
1large chourico, about 8 inches long
2large onions, finely chopped
2tablespoons sweet paprika
½cup vegetable oil
1cup chopped parsley
½pound Portuguese black and green olives, pitted and cut into small pieces
½tablespoon tomato paste
1teaspoon hot sauce
White pepper to taste
6egg yolks
Salt to taste

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

Step 1
Bring water and milk to boil in 6-quart pot.
Step 2
Remove crusts from cornmeal bread and cut bread into small pieces. Break rolls into small pieces.
Step 3
Reduce heat of boiling liquid to simmer and add rolls and cornmeal bread. Mix, remove from heat and let sit for 20 minutes.
Step 4
Mash bread with hands, or process it in a food processor.
Step 5
Put chourico in saucepan, cover with water, bring to a boil and boil 3 or 4 minutes. Skin chourico; grind in meat grinder or food processor and mix into bread mixture.
Step 6
Saute onions with paprika in 4 tablespoons of hot oil until soft. Add the parsley, olives, tomato paste, hot sauce and white pepper.
Step 7
Combine onion mixture with bread mixture and mix. Add egg yolks. Season with salt, and saute in remaining 4 tablespoons hot oil.
Step 8
Cool dressing and stuff turkey.
Step 9
Bake remaining dressing in covered casserole at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes; this can be done in oven with turkeys, during last half-hour they are roasting.