Stuffing With Dry Cherries And Pepitas Recipe

Ingredients:

3 Croissants
1 French bread loaf
1 cup Dried cherries
3/4 cup Roasted pumpkin seeds
or Mexican pepitas
1 Rosemary sprig, chopped
1/2 cup Butter, diced
2 Eggs
1 cup Half-and-half
2 cup Chicken stock or turkey drippings
1 tbsp Salt
1 tbsp Pepper

Instructions:

Cut croissants and French bread into cubes. Bake croissant and French
bread cubes in oven at 250 degrees until dry, 10 to 15 minutes. Place in
large bowl with dried cherries, pumpkin seeds, rosemary and butter and
toss to mix well.
In separate bowl, combine eggs, half-and-half and chicken stock. Pour
half of liquid into bread mixture and toss well. Gradually add remaining
liquid until stuffing is moist but not soaked and soggy. Season with salt
and pepper. Turn into greased 9- by 12-inch baking pan and bake at 350
degrees until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
Yields 8 to 10 servings.

Each serving: 465 calories, 1629 mg sodium, 99 mg cholesterol, 22 grams
fat, 54 grams carbohydrates, 12 grams protein, 2.64 grams fiber

Recipe Source:
Los Angeles Times - 11-22-1998

Formatted for Mastercook by Lynn Thomas - dcqp82a@prodigy.com

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.


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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 339 Calories; 15g Fat (40.2%
calories from fat); 7g Protein; 44g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 74mg
Cholesterol; 724mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1
Fruit; 3 Fat.


Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Preparation Time: 0:00

Servings: 10