CORNBREAD DRESSING (HOMAGE TO MOTHER AND DADDY)

Course Side Dishes

Ingredients in this Recipe

1 1/2 cup corn meal, preferably white, fine ground
1 cup or more buttermilk.
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup diced onion
1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup finely diced carrot
1/4 cup finely diced celery
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons Canola oil or solid shortening
4 slices of stale sandwich bread
Chicken or vegetable stock
Drained oysters (optional)
Slivers of country ham or crumbled cooked sausage or crumbled cooked bacon, to taste (optional)
Substitute or add fennel for celery
Substitute or add leeks for onion

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