VIDEO: Traditional American turkey filling

Of course, you can buy ready-made turkey fillings in all supermarkets in the USA. It is usually a tasteless dry product that only needs to be mixed and possibly heated. Then the "turkey" is stuffed with it. Many American housewives swear by it because it saves a lot of work, as there are many other dishes to prepare in addition to the turkey filling. However, if you do not want to use a ready-made product, you can also make a tasty turkey filling yourself.

Turkey filling - this is how it's made

1. For the turkey filling, cut the smoked bacon into small cubes and leave it out in the pan.
2. Clean the onions and celery and cut both into small cubes.
3. Rinse the parsley briefly under cold water water and finely chop them. Then add the onion and celery cubes along with the parsley to the bacon in the pan and let everything sear again briefly and vigorously.
4. Now stir in the butter and then let the mixture cool down briefly so that you don't burn your hands while mixing.


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5. In the meantime, cut the white bread into cubes and put it in a large mixing bowl.
6. Add the chicken broth, white wine and baconvegetablesMix with the white bread and knead everything vigorously with your hands until a uniformly moist, but not wet, mass is formed. Then season the turkey filling with salt, pepper, paprika and a little nutmeg.
7. Now pour the turkey filling into that poultry. There is always something left over - intentionally. You can bake this remainder in a baking dish in the oven about 45 minutes before the end of the cooking time of the turkey and serve it separately; for fans of turkey stuffing, this is a must.