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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees to speed-dry the bread and/or to bake the stuffing separately from the turkey. | 2. Spread bread slices on baking sheets. | 3. Place baking sheets in the oven for 20 minutes or until bread is dry. | 4. Place the 2 tablespoons butter, onion and pear in a large frying pan. Cook over medium heat till tender but not brown, about 4 minutes. | 5. Set aside. | 6. Break the dried bread into small pieces, and place in a very large bowl. | 7. Bring 1/2 water and the 1/4 cup butter to boiling in a small saucepan. | 8. Add to bread crumbs, and toss just till moistened. | 9. Stir in pear mixture, pecans, parsley, nutmeg, salt and pepper. | 10. Add the remaining water as needed until mixture reaches desired moistness. | 11. Stuff turkey and bake according to your liking, or put stuffing into a 2 quart casserole and bake, covered in preheated oven for 40 minutes or until heated through. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
texture white bread	1	lb	firm	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
onion	1	cup	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
bartlett pear	2		firm ripe cored peeled chopped	286.02	68.1454	1.7706	0.7264
water	1/2 - 3/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	1/4	cup		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
pecan half	1	cup	toasted chopped	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
parsley	2	tablespoons	snipped	2.736	0.4811	0.2257	0.06
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon	grated	2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997
salt	1/8	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1	dash	ground	0.251	0.064	0.0104	0.0033

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.