Corn Bread Dressing for a Crowd
Corn Bread Dressing for a Crowd is a Southern recipe that serves 40. This side dish has 474 calories, 21g of protein, and 18g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Taste of Home requires loaves bread, ground nutmeg, eggs, and chicken. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 5 minutes. Calico Corn Bread Dressing, Sausage Corn Bread Dressing, and Pecan-Corn Bread Dressing are very similar to this recipe.
Instructions
In a Dutch oven, combine the water, onions, celery, parsley, butter and nutmeg. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until vegetables are tender. In several large bowls, combine the bread, corn bread, eggs, hard-cooked eggs, chicken, broth and onion mixture.
Divide among four greased 3-qt. baking dishes.
Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°.
Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel
Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Bollinger Brut Special Cuvee with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 60 dollars per bottle.
Bollinger Brut Special Cuvee
A golden color, distinctive of black grape varieties. Very fine bubbles. On the nose, it has a beautiful aromatic complexity, ripe fruit and spicy aromas, with hints of roasted apples, apple compote and peaches. On the palate, there is a subtle combination of structure, length and vivacity. The bubbles are like velvet. Flavors of pear, brioche and spicy aromas, notes of fresh walnut.Pair with all fish, especially sushi and sashimi, shellfish such as shrimp, prawns, crayfish and grilled lobster, poultry and white meat, cashews, parmesan or prosciutto.