Bread Dressing With Mushrooms, Oysters..

Cooking Instructions

Chop: Giblets

Melt: 1/4 cup butter

Add and saute about 2 minutes: (2 tablespoons or more chopped onion)

and the chopped giblets. Combine these ingredients with: 4 cups crustless day-old or slightly toasted, diced white, whole wheat or corn bread crumbs

1/4 cup chopped parsley

1/4 to 1 cup chopped celery

1 teaspoon crushed dried tarragon or basil

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon paprika

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

Milk, stock or melted butter to moisten the dressing very lightly

(2 or 3 eggs)

You may add: 1-1/2 cups nutmeats: Brazil, pine, pecan or walnut

and one of the following: 1 cup browned sausage meat

1 cup or more sliced mushrooms, sauteed with onion

1 cup chopped or whole drained oysters

1 cup chopped or whole soft-shell clams

1 cup cooked chopped shrimp

Wine Pairing(s)

La Gerla Rosso di Montalcino

Carlei 'Sergio's Blend' Shiraz

Clos LaChance Merlot Central Coast

Santa Rita Reserva Chardonnay

Castello di Verrazzano Chianti Classico

Leasingham 'Bin 61' Shiraz

Alain Graillot Crozes Hermitage

Paul Jaboulet Aine Les Cedres

Mettler Cabernet Sauvignon

Fuligni Ginestreto