Thanksgiving Cornbread Stuffing with Apples, Chorizo & Goat Cheese

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Nothing compliments a delicious Thanksgiving turkey better than a good homemade stuffing. No store bought stuffing allowed here, especially when it is very easy to make your own. There are so many different ways to make a good stuffing, but the following recipe is one of my favorites. It is much more exciting then your traditional stuffing.

I would like to clarify something first before we begin. This recipe is called a stuffing, but it is actually a dressing. A stuffing is something that is actually stuffed into the turkey during the cooking process, while a dressing is made separately. I prefer to make this recipe separately as I feel it is safer. If you cook anything inside a turkey you run the risk of getting sick. This is because anything cooked inside a turkey may not reach a hot enough cooking temperature to safely kill harmful bacteria. Why take the risk when you can make a delicious stuffing, or dressing, separately….. Let’s begin…

INGREDIENTS

2 Cooking Apples (Granny Smith, Golden Delicious) Cored and Diced
1 6 Ounce Bag of Dried Cranberries
1 Large Onion Diced
1 Tablespoon of Garlic Minced
2 Carrots Chopped Finely
3 Celery Stalks Chopped Finely
2 Tablespoons of Freshly Chopped Parsley
2 Tablespoon of Freshly Chopped Thyme
4 Tablespoons of Unsalted Butter
Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper to Taste
6 Ounces of Goat Cheese
1 1/2 - Plus a bit more if needed
3/4 Cup of Chorizo Diced
3/4 Pound of Day Old Cornbread

DIRECTIONS

STEP 1 - Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Melt the butter in a large sauteed pan over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, carrots, celery and apples and cook until tender but not browned, about 5 minutes.

STEP 2 - In a separate saute pan, cook the chorizo sausage over medium heat until the chorizo gets crispy and most of the fat is rendered. Drain.

STEP 3 - Add the chorizo, cornbread, goat cheese, parsley, thyme and chicken stock to the saute pan with the apples and veggies. You want this mixture to be quite wet. If it is dry, add a little more chicken stock. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

STEP 4 - Add this mixture into a medium sized baking dish and bake uncovered until golden brown and heated through, about 30 minutes.

Enjoy!

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