Fruit stuffing
6
Points®
Total time: 47 min • Prep: 25 min • Cook: 22 min • Serves: 12 • Difficulty: Easy
This delicious, holiday-spiced stuffing is pure fruit and flavor, a great gluten-free alternative to traditional holiday stuffing. Fantastic in turkey or served alongside a holiday ham, this stuffing would also work in a large goose or two large ducks. Because there's no bread, just dried fruit, the stuffing forms a chutney-like sauce which is moist, delicious and flavorful alongside the carved meat. It's also pretty on the plate, the cooked apricots and cranberries offering a colorful change of pace from the usual drab-colored bread stuffing. It's slightly sweet, so if you're not a sweet tooth, add a touch more cinnamon and allspice, thyme and pepper for a savory-sweet result.
Ingredients
Apple juice
2 cup(s)
Prunes
6 oz
Dried apricot halves
1 cup(s)
Dried cranberries
1 cup(s)
Cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Uncooked onion(s)
1 large
Celery
3 rib(s), medium
Fresh apple(s)
4 medium
Dried thyme
2 tsp
Table salt
1 tsp
Ground cinnamon
0.5 tsp
Black pepper
0.5 tsp
Ground allspice
0.25 tsp
Instructions
1
Place the juice in a large saucepan set over high heat. Stir in the prunes, apricots, and cranberries; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat, and simmer until softened, about 10 minutes. Transfer the fruit to a large bowl with a slotted spoon.
2
Raise the heat to high and bring the liquid in the pan to a boil. Cook until reduced to a thick glaze, about 4 minutes. Pour over the fruit.
3
Spray a large skillet with nonstick spray and set it over medium heat. Add the onion and celery; cook, stirring often, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the apples and cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Pour into the large bowl.
4
Stir in the thyme, salt, cinnamon, pepper, and allspice. Stuff into a 12- to 15-pound turkey.
5
Serving size: about 2/3 cup
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