Junior League Dressing
- 1/2 pound bacon, roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped
- 1 large white onion, finely chopped
- 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
- 2 granny smith apples, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 14 ounces Pepperidge Farm unseasoned cornbread stuffing
- 4 cups chicken stock
- In a large pot set over medium heat, cook the bacon. When it's crispy, remove the bacon to a bowl and set aside. Keep the bacon fat.
- Still over medium heat, add the rosemary to the bacon fat and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add the onion, celery, apples, salt, and pepper and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, heat the chicken stock so it's warm when added to the cornbread mixture.
- Stir the cornbread stuffing into the onion-celery-apple mixture about a cup at a time until incorporated.
- Add the chicken stock to the cornbread mixture about a 1/2 cup at a time until you get a wet (but not soaking) cornbread dressing. Keep in mind that you might not use all the chicken stock.
- Stir in the reserved bacon.
- At this point you're basically done and it's ready to serve, but everybody knows that's not how Thanksgiving works. Put the dressing in a casserole dish and cover with aluminum foil until ready. If it's completely chilled through it'll take about 20 minutes in a 300u0b0 oven to come back.
bacon, fresh rosemary, white onion, stalks celery, granny smith apples, kosher salt, freshly ground pepper, stuffing, chicken stock
Taken from food52.com/recipes/38847-junior-league-dressing (may not work)