Sausage And Grape Stuffing

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb italian sausage, casings removed (sweet and or or hot)
• 2 large onions, diced
• 3 large celery ribs, diced
• 2 3/4 cups water
• 1 (14 -16 ounce) package herb stuffing mix
• 3 cups red grapes

Recipe

• 1 warm a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until hot. add sausage and cook until browned, 10 minutes, stirring.
• 2 to break it up. with slotted spoon, transfer sausage to a large bowl. spoon drippings into a cup and reserve.
• 3 in the same skillet, sauté the onions in 1 tablespoons sausage drippings over medium heat until tender and golden, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. add onions to bowl with sausage.
• 4 preheat oven to 325ºf. in the same skillet, heat another 1 tablespoons drippings (discard the rest). add celery and ¼ cup water and cook until celery is tender, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. stir in another 2½ cups water and bring to a boil. pour celery mixture over sausage mixture in bowl. stir in stuffing mix and grapes; toss to mix well.
• 5 spoon stuffing into 9â€? x 13â€? glass baking dish; cover with foil and bake 20 minutes. remove foil and bake 10 minutes longer, or until heated through and lightly browned on top.
• 6 each serving: about 323 calories, 11g protein, 40g carbohydrate, 12g fat (4g saturated), 4g fiber, 28mg cholesterol, 746mg sodium.