Sweet and savory holiday turkey stuffing made with ground meat, chorizo, bacon, apple, raisins, olives, walnuts, bread crumbs, spices, herbs and more.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Ecuadorian, Latin
Keyword Latin stuffing, Rellleno de pavo, Turkey stuffing
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour5 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Servings 12servings
Ingredients
6tbsp.butter~ 3 oz
1white oniondiced – about 2 cups
4garlic clovescrushed
1tsp.ground achiote
1tsp.ground cumin
1lb.ground beef
10oz.chorizo
6oz.bacondiced
1applepeeled, cored and diced
1cupraisins or chopped assortment of dried fruitcherries, prunes, apricots, etc
1cupsliced olives
½cupchopped walnuts
3-4fresh herb sprigsthyme, oregano, parsley, etc
1tsp.ground cinnamon
¼tsp.ground nutmeg
1cupsweet wine – can use moscatelgewürztraminer, port
2cupsbread crumbsplus additional for topping
2eggslightly beaten
2cupswhite wine or chicken broth
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Heat the butter over medium heat in a large sauté pan. Add the diced onions, crushed garlic, achiote, cumin and salt. Cook until the onions are soft, about 5-7 minutes.
Add the ground beef, chorizo and bacon. Stir well and cook for about 10-12 minutes.
Add the raisins, diced apple, walnuts, olives, cinnamon, nutmeg, herbs, and sweet wine. Cook for about 10 minutes. Remove the herb sprigs from the mix.
Mix in the bread crumbs and eggs, stir and cook for another 5 minutes.
Add the white wine or chicken broth and mix well.
Put the stuffing in a baking pan, sprinkle with bread crumbs, and bake in a pre-heated oven at 350F for about 30 minutes.
You can also use the stuffing to fill the turkey; you will likely have a good amount leftover that can be baked in a separate pan as indicated above.