Sourdough Stuffing

Sourdough Stuffing for the win.

The best way to do stuffing. Fluffy and flavorful with the onions and leeks. The herbs give it such a stupendous flavor. This is also a great way to not waste sourdough, if you have one that’s getting stale you can revive it with this Sourdough Stuffing recipe. Win. Win.

Thanksgiving is almost here

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The reason for the stuffing

Unlike the green bean casserole, my favorite item on Thanksgiving has always been the stuffing. I didn’t grow up with homemade stuffing and honestly, no complaints. I loved that box stuffing so much. It has a place in my heart forever. But I changed my life some time ago to a cleaner way of living and now avoid processed foods 90% of the time. I pick and choose.

I created this recipe for the people like me who want the homemade version, who are sourdough enthusiasts. This recipe also highlights some of my favorite foods. Which are leeks – I never thought I would like leeks – and onions. I know that’s weird. Onions.? But the older I get the more I see the genuine beauty in what the onion is, how it flavors food, the diversity of it. Onions are pretty special. They also have layers, I have layers and ogres have layers. Hope you like this recipe as much as I do.

What you may need or want..

• A Bread Knife – If you don’t already have one. I didn’t have a bread knife for years. Like way too long. I finally bought a simple one just to have one and I can’t believe I went so long making homemade bread without a bread knife. Don’t be like me… Get a bread knife.
• Quality Olive Oil Always. – If you’ve been around here even for a bit you know how I feel about buying quality olive oil. It’s a must. This is the great Greek olive oil I use + 15% off if you want to try it!
• A Good Deep Baking Dish – I’ll tag the one I use that I love.! It’s my favorite. I would like more in other sizes.

About the Bread I use:

Sourdough, I use homemade sourdough for this recipe. I used a sourdough that I had accidently over proofed and it baked out weird, so this recipe is perfect for loafs like that or loafs that are getting stale.

I have been making sourdough for 5 years now and I use for most things. If you don’t know how to make sourdough don’t worry I am going to be writing blogs in depth about my sourdough experience and recipe and method.

I would say my method as a whole is relaxed. It can be as complicated as you want and as simple as it can be. I prefer the simple way.

I also have a my super old sourdough that I dehydrated on my Etsy for sale. Just 7 bucks, and I have detailed instructions on how to rehydrate it. Hope this helps. <3

The Recipe

Ingredients:

• Around 1/2 of a 1000g sourdough loaf, so around 500g of so.
• 1 Large yellow onion – chopped small
• 2 Medium leeks – cleaned well and sliced thin
• 1/2 Cup Salted Butter
• 4 Tbsp Extra virgin olive oil – divided
• 4 Cloves of garlic – minced
• 5 Sprigs of Fresh thyme – de-sprigged
• 1 Large sprig of rosemary – chopped fine
• 1/4 Cup cilantro – de-stemmed and roughly chopped – you can always use parsley if you don’t like cilantro
• 3 Cups chicken broth – or bone broth for extra health benefits
• Fresh ground pepper
• Salt to taste – but keep in mind there may be a fair amount of salt in the broth and butter

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 350F/177C.
2. First you are going to take your left over sourdough or sourdough loaf and cut 500g or so of it into cubes about an inch all around. [As pictured above-with had for reference.]

3. Once you have cubed your sourdough you can put it inside your baking dish. Mine is a rectangular Casserole, 4 qt (12″ x 9″).
4. Place the dish into the oven and bake for about 20 minutes, until the bread is good and crispy.

5. Now we are going to cut our vegetables. Starting with the onion.

6. Take your olive oil and add 2 tbsp to the pan. Heat that over medium heat until it gets hot and add your cut up onion. Sauté the onion for 3-5 minutes. Stopping once it gets soft and starts to look brownish.

7. Get your 4 cloves of garlic and mince them. Add them to the onions, sauté until fragrant.
8. While that’s going chop and clean your leeks really well!

9. Once the onions are sufficiently browned and the garlic is fragrant, it is time to add our chopped leeks to the pan.

10. Now that the leeks and reduced in size and are starting to brown, we can add our chopped rosemary to the pan.

11. Take your washed thyme and add it to the pan, de-springing it. [To de-sprig it, hold it from the top and pull down towards the stem.] Also add your chopped cilantro.
12. Sauté the herbs in the pan wit the onion and leeks for about 3 minutes. Now we add our 3 cups of chicken broth. Heat up the broth in the pan and mix well. Don’t cook for too long, just enough to heat it up. You don’t it to evaporate.

13. Remove your bread from the oven when its ready and add your sauteed onion, leek broth to the casserole dish on breaded cubes.

14. Mix it all up good, ensuring the breads all get the broth soaking and are covered in onions and leeks. But you don’t want the bread too be too soggy.
15. Bake sourdough stuffing uncovered for 25 minutes at 350F/177C. The top of the bread mixture will be starting to lightly brown by now. Remove it from the oven and stir to bring the wet bread pieces from the bottom, to the top. Place the dish back in the oven for 10 minutes, then remove and stir again.
16. Continue baking and stirring every 10 to 15 minutes until the top is golden brown and the inside is just a little moist. This will take about an hour or so!

17. You are done! Allow the sourdough stuffing to cool a bit before serving, but it’s best served hot/warm! Pair this with your favorite Thanksgiving recipes like mashed potatoes or gravy.

Other Recipes You Will Love:

Pear Tart Recipe – 10/10 Dessert. Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any other Holiday! 🙂
Gratin Dauphinois – French scallop potatoes, need I say more?
Whole Baked Chicken – Again another great recipe for he holidays or just a healthy dinner!
Harvest Salad – This recipe is full of flavor and not to mention the dressing is amazing.
Healthy Green Bean Casserole – Welcome to my current obsession. Gluten free, dairy free, amazing.

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