Ingredients

  • 2 pounds new potatoes or baby Yukon gold potatoes
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 3 strips par cooked bacon, crisped in microwave and chopped (recommended: Ready Crisp)
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 cup store bought apple sauce
  • 1 (14 ounce) can whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 2 slices whole grain bread
  • Butter
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
  • 1 pound maple sausage, bulk or removed from large link casing
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 celery ribs, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 cup chicken stock or turkey broth
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups chicken stock or turkey broth
  • 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
  • Salt
  • A few grinds black pepper
  • 1 1/2 to 2 pounds turkey breast meat: roasted turkey breast or thick-cut deli turkey
  • 4 slices whole grain bread
  • 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley or chopped chives, for garnish

Method

  • Preheat a medium skillet over medium high heat.
  • Place potatoes in a medium pot.
  • Cut larger potatoes in half.
  • Leave smaller baby potatoes whole.
  • Cover potatoes with water and top with a lid.
  • Place over high heat.
  • When the water boils, salt water and cook potatoes with the lid off pot for 10 to 11 minutes, until tender.
  • Place a second low pot on the stove top over medium-high heat.
  • Add apple sauce and canned cranberry sauce.
  • Stir to combine and gently heat through, about 10 minutes.
  • Toast 2 slices whole grain bread and butter heavily, 1/2 tablespoon per slice.
  • Chop into small cubes and reserve.
  • Add extra-virgin olive oil and sausage meat to hot skillet.
  • Brown and crumble the sausage with a wooden spoon or heat safe spatula.
  • Add onions and celery to the skillet then season with poultry seasoning and salt and pepper and cook 5 minutes.
  • Add bread to the skillet and stir to combine.
  • Dampen the stuffing with chicken stock and turn to combine.
  • Turn off heat and cover pan loosely with foil to hold heat.
  • Preheat a second skillet over medium heat to prepare turkey and gravy.
  • Drain cooked potatoes and return to hot pot.
  • Smash with sour cream, butter and crisped, chopped bacon.
  • Season the smashed potatoes with salt and pepper.
  • If they are too thick, thin them out with milk or a splash of broth.
  • Add 2 tablespoons butter to preheated skillet and melt it.
  • Whisk in flour and cook 1 minute.
  • Whisk in 2 cups stock or broth.
  • Add the poultry seasoning, a pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper to the gravy.
  • Allow it to thicken slightly.
  • Cut roasted turkey meat away from the breast bones of rotisserie turkey breast.
  • If you are using deli turkey, remove from packaging and separate slices.
  • Set turkey into gravy.
  • Place a bread slice on dinner plate.
  • Use a large ice cream scoop to place a mound of stuffing on the bread.
  • Place turkey on top of stuffing.
  • Serve smashed potatoes and cranberries on the side.
  • Spoon the extra gravy over potatoes and turkey sandwiches.
  • Sprinkle the plates with chopped parsley or chives and serve.