The bread should be completely stale. If not, spread the cubes on a baking sheet and put in a low oven (250 degrees) for about 1 hour to dry them out. (I think this light toasting gives the dressing a better flavor.)
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Spread
Bread
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Baking Sheet
Oven
2
Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet.
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Vegetable Oil
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Frying Pan
3
Add the sausage meat and brown it, breaking up meat into pieces about the size of a quarter. This need not be precise.
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Ground Pork Sausage
Meat
4
Transfer meat from skillet to large bowl, using a slotted spoon.
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Meat
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Slotted Spoon
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Bowl
5
Add onion and celery to the skillet. After 1 minute, add the apples and cook 2 more minutes.
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Apple
Celery
Onion
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Frying Pan
6
Place in bowl with sausage.
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Sausage
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Bowl
7
Add bread cubes, parsley and sage to the bowl.
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Bread Cubes
Parsley
Sage
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Bowl
8
In a separate bowl, mix the eggs and stock with the salt and pepper.
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Salt And Pepper
Stock
Egg
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Bowl
9
Pour this over the sausage mixture and gently toss all the ingredients. They should combine without mushing.
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Sausage
10
Generously butter a 16-inch baking pan (2 tablespoons).
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Butter
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Baking Pan
11
Spread the mixture in the pan and dot with more butter (4 tablespoons).
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Butter
Spread
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Frying Pan
12
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour. The top should have a nice golden brown crust.
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Crust
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Oven
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Jasper White's Cooking from New England by Jasper White