Cornbread-leak Stuffing for the Turkey

Yield:

Enough stuffing for one big chicken (or two portions if eaten as a side dish)

Depending on the size of your turkey, you may have to double or triple the amount.

Ingredients:

1 small loaf of cornbread

25g chopped walnuts or pecans

4 strips of bacon

½ leak

1 stick of celery

125ml chicken stock

½ egg

¼ bundle of parsley

salt & pepper

thyme

Preparation:

1) The stuffing for the Thanksgiving turkey can vary a lot in ingredients. This stuffing here is a typical cornbread-leak-stuffing with bacon.

2) First cut a few strips of bacon while you heat up a pan on medium heat.

3) Then wash and cut come leak and celery.

4) When the pan is up to temperature, you can add some oil and after a few seconds, the bacon.

5) Before it starts to get crispy, add the vegetables.

6) While they steam, you have to force yourself to break the freshly baked cornbread and crumble it into a bowl.

7) Then chop some nuts, you can use walnuts, pecans or a mixture of both and add them to the cornbread. Also beat an egg and pour it in.

8) As soon as the vegetables in the pan have softened, add them to your cornbread mixture after you have let them cool for a few minutes. Otherwise they might turn the egg into scrambled egg and that’s not something you want for this stuffing.

9) Lastly, pour in some chicken stock to make a moist, fluffy mixture. However there shouldn’t be liquid oozing out of it.

10) Now your stuffing is done and can be filled into a chicken or turkey.

Nutrient Analysis of one side-dish portion:

energy 179,0 kcal water 60,7 g alcohol 0,0 g

Macronutrients Vitamins Minerals

carbohydrates 20,5 g vitamin B1 0,1 mg NaCl 1,0 g

dietary fiber 1,6 g vitamin B2 0,1 mg sodium 820 mg

monosaccharides 0,5 g niacin 0,7 mg chlorine 623 mg

disaccharides 3,9 g pantothenic acid 0,4 mg calcium 71,0 mg

protein 6,8 g vitamin B6 0,1 mg magnesium 25,1 mg

fat 7,6 g biotine 3,7 µg potassium 188 mg

SAFA 3,0 g folic acid 12,6 µg phosphorus 179 mg

MUFA / PUFA 2,3 g / 1,8 g vitamin B12 0,2 µg sulfur 72,5 mg

linoleic acid 1,4 g vitamin C 3,9 mg zinc 0,9 mg

linolenic acid 0,3 g vitamin E 0,8 mg copper 0,1 mg

cholesterol 48,8 mg vitamin D 0,2 µg manganese 0,2 mg

vitamin K 46,7 µg iron 1,1 mg

vitamin A 149,6 µg iodine 3,0 µg

carotene 0,5 mg

* the relative amounts show the percentage cover of the recommended daily nutrient intake (calculated for me personally, the values may differ for you depending on sex, age, height, weight and activity level)

** this recipe is inspired by a german blog about american food: www.usa-kulinarisch.de