Summer Herb & Sausage Wild Rice, Fruit Stuffing

• Course Appetizer
• Cuisine American, Spring, Summer

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Servings

Ingredients

• 1 12 oz Jones Dairy Farm All Natural Pork Sausage Roll
• 2 cups cooked wild rice
• 2 stalks Celery diced
• 1/2 Yellow Onion yellow onion
• 1/2 cup red grapes red grapes
• 3/4 cup diced tart apple
• 1/2 cup diced pears
• 1/4 cup blueberry infused (or regular) dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 tsp fresh sage minced
• 1/2 tsp celery seed or 1 ½ tablespoons minced celery leaves
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Pepper
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme or 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh, minced
• 1 1/2 tsp fresh rosemary or 1/2 teaspoon dried
• 2 tsp fresh chives chopped
• 2 tbsp fresh parsley minced (rinse and squeeze dry in a paper towel until water runs clear)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425° F. Cook wild rice according to package instructions. While rice cooks, brown sausage in oven safe skillet over medium heat until cooked, breaking up as it cooks, about 8-10 minutes. Remove sausage from pan, set aside.
2. Using same skillet, sauté celery and onion in remaining sausage drippings until tender, about 4-5 minutes. Sprinkle veggies with herbs and seasonings, stir to combine.
3. Mix sausage, rice, and fruits into celery and onion mixture. Bake in skillet about 15 minutes, sprinkle pecans on top and bake an additional 5 minutes.