Sausage and Apple Dressing

• 1/2 pound best-quality sausage meat
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 2 cups diced apple
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage, or 2 teaspoons dried
• Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
• 2 cups coarse fresh bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup fresh or canned chicken broth
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 1 tablespoon butter

1. Heat a nonstick skillet and add the sausage meat, stirring with a wooden spatula to break it up.
2. Cook until lightly browned.
3. Add the onion, apple, celery, garlic, sage, salt and pepper.
4. Cook until vegetables are wilted, about 5 minutes.
5. Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl.
6. Add the bread crumbs, broth, egg, parsley, salt and pepper.
7. Blend well, checking the seasonings.
8. Butter a baking dish and put the dressing in it.
9. Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes in the oven with the turkey.
10. Serve with the turkey.

sausage meat, onion, apple, celery, garlic, fresh sage, salt, bread crumbs, chicken broth, egg, parsley, butter

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/45 (may not work)