Jalapeño Corn Bread Stuffing
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      2  cup     yellow cornmeal
      2  cup     unbleached all purpose flour
    1/2  cup     sugar
      2  Tbsp    baking powder
      1  tsp     salt
 
      2  cup     milk
      4  large   eggs
    1/2  cup     vegetable oil

    1/4  cup     butter (1/2 stick)
      1  pound   sweet Italian sausages, casings removed, meat crumbled
      3  cup     chopped onions
      3  cup     chopped celery
    1/2  cup     minced, seeded jalapeño chiles
      2  Tbsp    minced garlic
      2  Tbsp    hot Mexican-style chili powder
      4  tsp     ground cumin
      2  cup     walnuts, toasted, chopped

  1 1/2  cup     canned low-salt chicken broth

 Preheat oven to 400 °F.  Butter 13x9x2 inch glass baking dish.  Mix
 first 5 ingredients in large bowl.  Whisk milk, eggs, and oil in 
 medium bowl to blend.  Add milk mixture to dry ingredients and stir 
 just until blended.  Transfer to prepared dish.  Bake until tester 
 inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.  Cool.

 Preheat oven to 375 °F.  Cut corn bread into 3/4" cubes.  Place on
 baking sheet.  Bake until dry but not hard, about 15 minutes.  
 Transfer to large bowl.

 Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.  Add 
 sausage and sauté until brown, about 6 minutes.  Add onions, 
 celery, jalapeños and garlic and sauté until tender, about 8 
 minutes.  Stir in chili powder and cumin and sauté 2 minutes.  
 Stir in nuts.  Season with salt and pepper.  Mix into cornbread.  

 (This part of the recipe can be made 1 day ahead and stored, 
 covered, in the refrigerateor.)

 Butter 13x9x2 inch glass baking dish.  Stir 1/2 cup chicken broth 
 into stuffing.  Season with salt and pepper.  Reserve 8 cups for 
 turkey.  Mix 1 cup chicken broth into remaining stuffing to moisten. 
 Transfer to prepared dish; cover with foil.

 Bake covered stuffing alongside turkey for 45 minutes.  Uncover 
 stuffing and bake until top begins to crisp, about 25 minutes longer.

 Makes 10 servings.


 source: Bon Appetit 
         November 1997