Italian Sausage Stuffing

By learen

Ingredients

• 1 pkg Mild Italian Sausage ground or decased links
• 1/4 c olive oil, separated
• 2 loaves focassia bread (12 oz ea) cut into 1 in cubes
• 1 T coarse ground pepper
• 1 c Parmesan cheese, shredded
• 1 small green pepper diced
• 1/2 c oil packed sun dried tomatoes, chopped
• 5 large leaves fresh basil chopped
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 c water or white wine
• 1/4 c butter, cubed

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

In a skillet, cook and crumble sausage in 1 T olive oil until no longer pink. Set aside.

In a large bowl, combine bread cubes and the remaining oil. Sprinkle with pepper. Transfer to a greased 15x10 baking pan. Bake at 350 for 10 min or until crisp and lightly browned, stirring once. Remove pan to a wire rack to cool slightly.

In a very large bowl, combine the bread cubes, sausage, Parmesan cheese, green pepper, sundried tomatoes, basil and garlic. Combine eggs and water and pour over bread mixture and toss to coat. Transfer to a buttered 9x13 pan and dot with butter. Bake for 35-40 min at 350.