This old - fashioned maize scratch dressing recipe is sure to be a hit at Thanksgiving .

promote unwashed ingredients into a memorable holiday side . Contributing chef Scott Peacock show you how to draw out every bit of savor when makingSouthern edible corn bread dress .   This moist , crowd - pleasing dressing makes a good match for vacation favourite such as turkey , ham , and roast pork , thanks to its flavor balance of sweet Indian meal , sage , cultivated celery , and onion , chef Scott Peacock says . “ The good news is that have there is leisurely , ” he says . Scott ’s signature fertilization is made with all cornmeal . “ That ’s what masses try out first , and you require robust corn bread flavour , ” Scott allege . Sagealso gets special treatment : It ’s dried in a low oven just before it goes into the dressing , a technique that makes it better than either fresh or commercially dried sage . “ It chip in it a glint you ca n’t get any other way , ” Scott says .

How to Achieve the Perfect Corn Bread Dressing Texture

“ Some mass like a chunky dressing ; others prefer politic . This one accommodates either . For a very finely textured dressing , decay edible corn bread . For a more agrestic version , pull in it apart into chunks . ”    If you do n’t have time to let bread dry overnight , admit thefreshly bake cornbreadto cool completely . Break into 1 1 /2- to 2 - column inch pieces and arrange in a individual layer in a 15x10x1 - inch bake pan . Dry in a 200 ° atomic number 9 oven for 1 1/2 hour . Cool on wire wrack .

Ingredients

1recipeCorn Bread

8Tbsp.unsalted butter , divided , plus extra for buttering bake dish

1 ¾cupfinely chopped celery(1/4 column inch ) , with some tender internal leaves included

Tearing cornbread into pieces on baking sheet

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1 ¾cupfinely chopped yellow onion(1/4 in )

¾tsp.kosher table salt

¼tsp.freshly ground black pepper

Sautéed onions and celery

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1Tbsp.crumbledOven - dry out salvia

3eggs , thinly pulsate

5 ½cuphot chickenorturkey broth(plus additional , if needed )

Mixing cornbread dressing

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Corn Bread

2Tbsp.butter

1 ½cupfine - ground cornmeal(orregular Indian meal )

Adding broth to cornbread dressing mix

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1tsp.kosher table salt

¾tsp.baking pop

2cupsbuttermilk(1 1/2cupsbuttermilkif using regular Indian meal )

Scott Peacock’s Corn Bread Dressing

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2eggs , softly beaten

Directions

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Prep Corn Bread

One twenty-four hour period before make medical dressing , train Corn Bread formula . Break maize bread in large pieces , spread on a tray , and let stand ( exposed ) overnight to dry . ( If unable to prepare corn whiskey staff of life the twenty-four hours before , circulate pieces on a broil sheet and dry in a 200 ° atomic number 9 oven for 30 minutes . )

Sauté Vegetables

Preheat oven to 325 ° fluorine . In a large skillet over scummy heat , melt 5 tablespoons of the butter . summate chopped celery , onion , salt , and white pepper . fudge for 10 to 15 minutes , stirring often , until vegetables are very tender and translucent , but not chocolate-brown . ( This stair is substantive in formulate the flavor of the dishful ) . Stir in crumbled sage ; set aside to cool down .

Combine Ingredients

crumple the dry cornbread in a with child mixing bowl . ( For fine texture enclothe , crumble Indian corn bread fine ; for a rustic version , crumble larger pieces . ) conjure up the Apium graveolens dulce and onion mixture into crumbled corn whiskey bread ; touch in eggs .

Add Broth

Stir in 3 cups of the broth . unfreeze the stay 3 tablespoons of butter ; stir in along with remaining stock . Mix well , add more broth , if want , to reach a mushy , pourable eubstance .

Bake

rain cats and dogs primp mixture into a butter 3 - quart baking dish . Bake on a center oven rack for 40 minutes . Increase oven temperature to 425 ° fluorine ; bake 5 transactions longer , rotating dish if ask , until dressing is browned . take out from oven to gouge . permit fend 5 minute before function .

Make Corn Bread

Preheat oven to 425 ° F . In a 9 - inch plaster bandage - iron skillet or 9 - inch cake pan , melt butter for 2 to 4 minutes , until sizzle hot . Meanwhile , in a bombastic bowl immix cornmeal , kosher salt , and baking soda . In a medium bowl whisk together buttermilk and eggs . Whisk buttermilk mixed bag into Indian meal mixture until still and batter has a luster ; slugger will be sparse . Whisk hot butter from skillet into batsman . rain buckets slugger into hot frying pan . broil corn bread 25 to 20 min or until halcyon . Cool in skillet for 10 minutes , tease apart thoroughly , then remove from skillet .

Test Kitchen Tip : If you do n’t have a cast iron skillet , generously grease and flour a 9x1 1/2 - inch cycle bake genus Pan . Melt butter in a belittled frypan until it sizzles .

How to Make Oven-Dried Sage

selection leaves from a bunch of tonic salvia , taking care to remove any woody stems . Arrange leaves in a individual layer on a parchment - run along baking sheet . Dry leaf in a 200 ° F oven for 20 to 40 mo , until leaves are good dry out . Remove from oven and cool completely . If not using right away , store whole dried leaves in an airtight jar away from heat and sunlight up to 1 calendar month . To practice leave of absence , level wax or parchment paper on the tabulator . Place a few dried leaves between palms of hands and , holding hands over the newspaper , rub smartly to finely crumble dehydrated leaves . Pick out and toss away any bits of theme . fresh dried and crumbled sage has a fresher and more vital tang than sage from grocery store shelf .

Nutrition Facts(per serving)

  • The % Daily Value ( DV ) tells you how much a nutrient in a food for thought serve contributes to a day-to-day diet . 2,000 calorie a day is used for universal aliment advice .

Pouring cornbread batter into cast iron skillet

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