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This is my girlfriend’s Grandma’s Sicilian Turkey Dressing.. It is delicious. She was from Sicily, then moved to Brooklyn, and this recipe is the culmination of 80+ years’ cooking experience.

Molto bene!

1 cup of rice, cooked
3 hard boiled eggs, diced
1 1/2 cup of bread crumbs
3 raw eggs
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4+ cup of olive oil
3 large onions, diced
3 slices of bacon, diced
3/4 lb. of ground beef or pork (Grandma used beef, but pork seems tastier)
1 thick (about 1/4 inch) slice of ham, diced
2 thick (about 1/4 inch) slices of Italian Genoa salami, diced
1 sprig of parsley, minced
2 stalks of celery, diced
1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup of seedless raisins (Grandma did not use, but real good!)
Approximately 3 oz. of chicken broth (Grandma did not use, but it makes the dressing nice and moist)

1) Start cooking the rice and hard boiling the eggs while you do the steps below.

2) Mix the bread crumbs, raw eggs, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Set aside.

3) Simmer the onions in the olive oil in a skillet for about 10 minutes until soft, stirring occasionally. No need to brown them. Leaving most of the olive oil in the skillet, remove the onions and add to the bowl. Mix well.

4) In the same skillet, brown the bacon and meat (pork or beef) for about 5 minutes, separating the meat with a fork and stirring occasionally. The bacon and meat do not need to be thoroughly cooked since they will cook more later in the oven. Leaving most of the olive oil in the skillet, remove the bacon and meat and add to the bowl. Mix well.

5) In the same skillet, add the ham, salami, parsley and celery. Add some more olive oil if needed. Simmer for a few minutes, stirring occasionally, to take in the olive oil flavor and soften the celery a bit. Leaving most of the olive oil in the skillet, remove these ingredients and add to the bowl. Mix well.

6) Add the rice, hard boiled eggs, cheese and raisins to the bowl. Mix well. If the mixture seems a bit dry, or if you want moister stuffing, add some chicken broth, the amount to your liking.

7) Stuff the turkey, baking the dressing in the bird. Or put the dressing in a pan, cover with foil and bake in the oven for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove the foil the last 15 minutes.

8) Mangia!!