A truly amazing additional to your holiday table. The bread, the ingredients and of course...the bourbon!
Course Main Course, Side Dishes
Cuisine American
Keyword bacon, dressing, pumpernickel, rye whiskey, side dish, thanksgiving
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 55 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 8Servings
Calories 432kcal
Author Barb
Ingredients
½poundthick-cut baconchopped
½cupbutterKerrygold Irish Butter recommended
1large onionpeeled and chopped
2stalkscelery diced
2clovesgarlicminced
2Tablespoonsfresh rosemary
½loafpumpernickel breadday-old , cubed
½loafdark rye breadday-old , cubed
4largeeggslightly beaten
2teaspoonsfresh thyme
2Tablespoonssage leavesfresh
1cuppecanschopped, toasted
1quartchicken stockmore as needed
½cupbourbon whiskeyBasil Hayden suggested
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 9x13 inch baking dish.
Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain on paper towels. Pour remaining bacon fat in the skillet into a bowl.
Using the same skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the onions, celery, garlic, and rosemary, and cook until onions are soft and transparent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the reserved bacon fat.
Meanwhile, place the pumpernickel and rye bread cubes into a large bowl. Stir in the cooked bacon pieces, eggs, thyme, sage, pecans and onion mixture, and toss to mix evenly.
Stir the chicken stock and bourbon together in a bowl. Pour the chicken stock mixture over the bread mixture, adding more stock to reach desired consistency. Use your hands to evenly mix the ingredients together. Spoon stuffing mixture evenly in the prepared baking dish and pat down lightly.
Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. If you wish to have a darker crust on top, bake for an additional 10 minutes.