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"Simple Is Best" Dressing
BY VICTORIA GRANOF BON APPÉTIT NOVEMBER 2012
With all the other side dishes on your Thanksgiving table, does your stuffing recipe really need all
those extras? Leave the sausage, nuts, and dried fruit behind in favor of this easy, vegetarian-friendly
mix of torn country bread and classic Thanksgiving herbs. (To make it vegetarian, use vegetable
broth.) Baking the mix in a casserole dish on the side of your bird technically makes it dressing
instead of stuffing, but you can call it whatever you want.
YIELD: 8–10 servings
INGREDIENTS
¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter plus more for baking dish
1 pound good-quality day-old white bread, torn into 1" pieces (about 10 cups)
2½ cups chopped yellow onions
1½ cups ¼" slices celery
½ cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2½ cups low-sodium chicken broth or vegetable broth, divided
2 large eggs
PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 250°F. Butter a 13x9x2" baking dish and set aside. Scatter bread in a single layer on a
rimmed baking sheet. Bake, stirring occasionally, until dried out, about 1 hour. Let cool; transfer to a
very large bowl.
Meanwhile, melt 3/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add onions and celery. Stir
o en until just beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Add to bowl with bread; stir in herbs, salt, and
pepper. Drizzle in 1 1/4 cups broth and toss gently. Let cool.
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk 1 1/4 cups broth and eggs in a small bowl. Add to bread mixture; fold
gently until thoroughly combined. Transfer to prepared dish, cover with foil, and bake until an
instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of dressing registers 160°F, about 40 minutes.
(Note: Dressing can be made one day ahead up to this point. Uncover the dressing, let cool, then
cover again and chill. The next day, proceed with the final bake as described below.)
Bake dressing, uncovered, until set and top is browned and crisp, 40-45 minutes longer (if chilled,
add 10-15 minutes).
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