Ingredients:
6 vegetarian sausage links
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 large apple (6 to 8 ounces)
1 (7 ounce) can button mushrooms,
drained
2 cups diced yellow onion
1 cup diced celery
1 cup diced bell pepper
3 Tablespoons olive oil, divided
(2 Tbs. + 1 Tbs.)
1½ teaspoons poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon sage, crushed
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon hickory salt (opt.)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon summer savory
1/2 teaspoon rosemary, crushed
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 cup butter
Instructions:
1. In a small frying pan, cook the sausage links in 2 teaspoons vegetable oil until lightly browned, about 5 to 6 minutes. Cut into bite-size pieces and set aside.
3. Drain the mushrooms and cut each mushroom in half.
4. Place a large frying pan over medium heat. When the pan starts to get warm, add 2 Tablespoons of the olive oil, the diced onion, celery, and bell pepper. Cook and stir over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Add the sliced apple and cook for another 3 minutes or until the onion is translucent.
5. When the vegetables are done cooking, add the reserved, cooked sausage links, mushroom halves, poultry seasoning, sage, salt, hickory salt, black pepper, and summer savory. Cook and stir together for 1 to 2 minutes.
6. Prepare the biscuit batter while the vegetables are cooking.
Biscuit Batter:
2 cups Bisquick Gluten Free biscuit mix
3 eggs
2/3 cups water
7. In a large bowl, mix together biscuit mix, 3 eggs, and water to make a thick batter. The batter should be slightly thinner than you would make for drop biscuits but thicker than pancake batter. Add additional water, 1 Tablespoon at a time. if batter is too thick.
10. As a rule, we generally sprinkle the rosemary and paprika over the top.
11. Cut the butter into pieces and place evenly over the top of the stuffing.
12. Lastly, bake the vegetarian turkey stuffing, uncovered, in a preheated 400° oven for 40 to 45 minutes. The top should be golden brown and crispy when done.
13. Finally, remove from the oven and serve.
You haven’t had dressing till you’ve had this – satisfying but not heavy, fantastic flavor, great ingredients. It’s worth a bit of time to create something this memorable. I’ve had it with groups, and each person was a major fan. What a find, really something to look forward to.
Thank you for the kind words. I hope that you try the recipe sometime and let me know how it turns out.