Pork Sausage Apple Stuffing in Pancetta Cups Recipe

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This can be a stuffing from one in all my favorite blogs, Hapa Nom Nom which I’ve remodeled into particular person Pork Sausage Apple Stuffing in Pancetta Cups. It’s an absolute ripper. I knew if I made one large dish of the stuffing for a Christmas Occasion with my associates, then 20 years of friendship can be destroyed as we fought over who served themselves greater than their justifiable share. So particular person cups was a wise answer!

Pork Sausage Apple Stuffing in Pancetta Cups (Muffin Tin) on a white plate.

*** This recipe is a part of a Christmas Particular the place I present you the right way to make 3 mains and 4 facet dishes that take 1.5 hrs to arrange and will be largely made forward. So this Christmas, you possibly can spend much less time within the kitchen and extra time with your loved ones! 🙂 ***

Stuffing shouldn’t be enormous in Australia. We all know what it’s, but it surely isn’t on the forefront of our minds. Nevertheless, within the US, stuffing is an artwork. It’s virtually a meals group of its personal. Whenever you begin looking out, it’s superb what number of variations there are. And what? Most stuffings aren’t really even in the hen. They’re baked in a separate dish and served on the facet. Which makes excellent sense since you get extra crunchy brown bits!

“I made these stuffing cups for a Christmas Occasion lately. Of all of the dishes I slaved over, this was the outright winner for the blokes, women AND the children!”

Once I noticed this Pork Sausage Dressing (PS “Dressing” is technically what stuffing that’s not stuffed inside poultry known as!) from  Kathleen at Hapa Nom Nom, I pounced on it immediately. Effectively, to be trustworthy, that’s my response for many recipes she posts. She frequently manages to shock with distinctive however completely doable recipes, and all the time flavours that I do know I’ll love. Each time I see a brand new recipe from her in my inbox, I immediately assume “I need to make that!”.

Hand reaching to take a Pork Sausage Apple Stuffing in Pancetta Cups (Muffin Tin) off a white plate.

I can’t speak this stuffing up sufficient. It’s completely unimaginable. It’s salty with a touch of sweetness and tartness from the apple (I feel that’s the key ingredient!), it’s not soggy, simply moist sufficient on the within and it crisps up fantastically on the skin.

I made some minor variations to Kathleen’s recipe to make it extra appropriate for pancetta cups – specifically chopping the bread barely smaller and growing the quantity of bread a contact as a result of I didn’t need to danger the underside of the cups changing into soggy and in addition to steadiness out the salt within the pancetta (i.e.. I used to be involved the combination is perhaps barely too salty so by growing the bread it decreased the general saltiness a contact).

These are fabulous made forward! Kathleen is true – the flavour melds collectively much more in the event you make them the day earlier than. The pancetta cups crisp up splendidly while you reheat them, as does the highest.

Truthfully, my thought of an ideal Christmas unfold would simply be a desk lined with these. They had been that good. 🙂

STUFF your self with these stuffing cups!

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Straightforward, Stress Free Seven Course Christmas Menu (1.5 hr prep)

You may examine this menu right here, together with a step-by-step of the order by which I ready, baked, reheated and plated up every dish. I made all these dishes (apart from the cabbage salad) for a Christmas Occasion with my associates and these are photographs of the particular dishes that I took to the social gathering. I’m sharing this within the hope that it’d encourage your Christmas menu!

  • Straightforward Maple Sticky Glazed Ham (15 min prep, 1 – 1 1/2 hrs inactive baking, will be made forward)

  • Juicy Gradual Cooker Turkey Breast (5 min prep, then set and neglect, reheats effectively however greatest gradual cooked in a single day on the evening earlier than serving)

  • Festive Duck with Apple Cider Drizzle (5 min prep, 1 1/2 hr inactive baking, reheats very effectively)

  • This Pork Apple Stuffing in Pancetta Cups (20 min prep and price each second. Reheats extraordinarily effectively)

  • Julia Little one’s Potato Dauphinoise Gratin (15 min prep, 45 min baking, reheats very effectively)

  • Purple, Inexperienced and White Christmas Salad (10 minutes prep)

  • Heat Purple Cabbage and Spinach with Garlic Herb Butter (10 minutes prep)

 

7 Course Stress Free Christmas Menu

 

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Pork Sausage Apple Stuffing in Pancetta Cups Recipe

Pork Sausage Apple Stuffing in Pancetta Cups Recipe

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Serves: 16 Prep Time: Cooking Time:
Nutrition facts: 224 calories 20 grams fat
Rating: 5.0/5
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Ingredients

  • 16 slices of pancetta , around 12cm/5" in diameter (so it fits the muffin tin nicely)
  • 1 lb / 500g Italian pork sausage , casings removed (Note 1)
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 small onion , finely chopped
  • 1 celery stalk , thinly sliced
  • 1 granny smith apple , skin on, finely chopped
  • 1/3 cup almonds , roughly chopped (note: original recipe called for pecans which I didn't have)
  • 5 cups slightly stale white bread , cut into 1/3" / 1cm cubes (Notes 2 & 3)
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken stock/broth (or turkey)
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream (not whipped)
  • 1 tsp fresh sage , finely chopped (or 1/2 tsp dried sage)
  • 1 tsp fresh thyme , finely chopped (or 1/2 tsp dried thyme)
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 large egg , lightly beaten

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F/180C with the oven rack in the middle.
  2. Get 2 muffin trays and partially stack them so you have 16 muffin holes and the "joined" muffin tins will fit on one shelf (Note 4).
  3. Line the holes with pancetta.
  4. Heat a large fry pan over high heat. Add the pork sausage and cook it, breaking up the meat as you go. Cook until the sausage changes from pink to light brown and some of the bits starts to brown - about 5 minutes.
  5. Remove the sausage into a bowl and drain the excess fat.
  6. Return the pan to the stove and reduce the heat to medium high. Add the butter, and once melted, add the onion and celery. Sauté for around 3 minutes until the onion is translucent.
  7. Add the apple and almonds, and cook, stirring occasionally, for another 3 minutes.
  8. Remove the fry pan from the stove. Add the bread and gently stir to combine.
  9. Add the chicken stock/broth, cream, sage and thyme and sit to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  10. Add the egg and stir until mixed through.
  11. Divide the mixture between the 16 pancetta cups.
  12. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until the top is golden brown.
  13. Remove from the oven and let them rest for 10 minutes before serving.
  14. To make ahead, transfer to a cooling rack. Cover and refrigerate until required. Then reheat in a 180C/350C preheated oven for 5 to 10 minutes until the pancetta and top is crispy.

Notes

1. The original recipe called for pork sausages. In Australia, depending on where you get the sausages, the quality varies. For a more consistent standard of sausages, Italian sausages are the best to get. As long as you get decent quality ones, they won't be filled out with flour or another starch. The fennel and other flavourings that you often get in Italian sausages will compliment this stuffing very well.
2. Use a good quality loaf like Vienna or cob loaf. This recipe is not suited to supermarket sandwich bread - it becomes too soggy. It is also not suited to sourdough because then there will be a slight sour flavour.
3. The bread should be slightly but not rock-hard stale. Kathleen recommends cutting it into cubes and leaving it overnight on the counter, uncovered, spread on a tray. I cut it into cubes, put it into a cold oven, turned it on to 180C/350F, then turned it off after 5 minutes and left the bread in there for 15 minutes or so while I got on with the rest of the recipe. This worked perfectly.
4. Partially stack one muffin tin on top of the other so only 4 muffin cups of the muffin tin on the bottom are showing. This way you will fit both muffin tins on one shelf of a standard size oven.
5. Nutrition per serving.

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