Recipes

Corn Bread Oyster Dressing

  • Serves

    serves 8

CHRISTOPHER HIRSHEIMER

Maryland watermen have been harvesting oysters from the Chesapeake Bay for over a century. Local cooks add oysters to everything from savory pies and stews to this dressing-a holiday staple around the Bay.

Ingredients

  • 12 tbsp. butter
  • 1 large yellow onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 4 stalks celery, peeled and finely chopped
  • 14 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 tsp. crumbled dried sage
  • 12 tsp. dried tarragon
  • 6 cups crumbled corn bread
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 2 eggs lightly beaten
  • Pinch cayenne
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 dozen small shucked oysters

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°. Melt 6 tbsp. of the butter in a skillet over medium heat, add onions, celery, parsley, sage and tarragon. Sauté the mixture until vegetables are soft, about 20 minutes.

Step 2

Put corn bread in a large mixing bowl. Bring chicken stock to a simmer in a saucepan over medium heat; add remaining butter, stirring until butter has melted, then pour over corn bread. Mix in sautéed onion-and-celery mixture, eggs, and cayenne. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Gently mix oysters into the corn bread mixture, taking care not to break up oysters. Transfer to a buttered 8" × 8" baking dish. Bake for 40 minutes. Serve with roast turkey.

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