Grandma Stoll's Moist Dressing
- Turkey giblets
- 3 to 4 cups turkey broth or chicken stock
- 1 large (1 1/2 pound) loaf white bread, stale or day-old, torn into 1-inch pieces
- 1/4 pound (1 stick) butter
- 2 onions, chopped
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 to 2 tablespoons poultry seasoning
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Grease a 9x13x2-inch ovenproof serving dish or spray with nonstick spray.
- Put the turkey giblets in a medium pot, add 1 1/2 cups broth, place over high heat, and bring to the boil.
- Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, adding water if the liquid boils out.
- Strain and reserve the broth.
- Coarsely chop the giblets, removing any bones or extra fat.
- You should have about 1 cup giblets.
- In a large bowl, mix together the turkey giblets and the bread.
- In a large skillet on medium-high heat, heat the butter until it sings (is foamy).
- Add the onions and celery and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Pour into the bread mixture.
- Stir in the poultry seasoning, parsley, salt, and pepper, and enough reserved giblet broth to moisten the mixture, adding plain broth, if necessary, so that you are using about 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 cups all together.
- Toss thoroughly and pour the dressing into the prepared dish.
- Bake 30 minutes, adding more stock as needed to keep the dressing moist.
- The dressing can be refrigerated up to 3 days or frozen for up to 3 months.
- Let it defrost in the refrigerator overnight, cover with foil, and reheat at 350F.
- for 30 minutes.
turkey giblets, turkey broth, white bread, butter, onions, celery, poultry seasoning, parsley, salt, freshly ground black pepper
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/grandma-stolls-moist-dressing-104131 (may not work)