French Meat Stuffing Recipe

Make a traditional French meat stuffing for Thanksgiving. This can be served as a side dish, or also baked in a french meat pie.

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When I signed up for this Favorite Family Recipe Blog Hop, I knew immediately I would be sharing our family’s French meat stuffing, or dressing, recipe.

This is a classic French Canadian recipe and can be made as a “french dressing” like we normally do, or in a meat pie with a few additions.

Honestly, this is pretty much the only family recipe we have, so it is very important we continue to pass it on.

What made it extra special is it was really only made for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.

We were told that our Great Grandmother on my Mom’s side taught our Grandmother how to make it, and our Grandmother taught my Mom how to make it.

This was so special to our family that before our Mom passed at the young age of 47, she made sure she taught my oldest Sister how to make it and made her promise she would show my younger Sister and I, which she did.

1. 1 pound lean ground beef.
2. 1 pound ground pork.
3. 1 onion, chopped.
4. 3 potatoes, peeled and diced.
5. ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon. Great Value Ground Cinnamon, 18 oz.
6. ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg.
7. 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning.
8. 1 pinch brown sugar.

French Canadian Meat Dressing Recipe

French Canadian Meat Dressing Recipe is Grandpa’s SECRET Thanksgiving turkey stuffing made with ground beef, gluten-free bread, aromatics, lots of fresh ground pepper.

Prep: 10min

Total: 60min

Serving Size: 1 g

Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 g, calories 227 kcal, Carbohydrate 14 g, Protein 13 g, Fat 13 g, Saturated Fat 5 g, Cholesterol 40 mg, Sodium 311 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 2 g

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp olive oil ((reserve 1 tablespoon for drizzling on top before baking))
• 1 onion (chopped)
• 3 stalks celery (chopped)
• 4 cloves garlic (peeled and minced)
• 1.5 pounds ground beef (we like to use 90 – 92% lean and 8-10% fat)
• 3 tsp pepper
• 2 cups chicken broth (gluten free)
• 10 slices bread (gluten free (or regular bread if no gluten allergies))
• salt (to taste)
• parsley (to garnish (optional))
• carrot julienned slices (to garnish (optional))

Instruction:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 176 degrees Celsius)
2. Place 1 tablespoon of olive oil in sauce pan and add chopped onions, celery and garlic until slightly translucent- add a little salt and pepper. (Reserve the other 1 tablespoon of olive oil right before baking)
3. Add ground beef and add some more salt and pepper and cook until beef is browned. Take off burner and set aside to cool.
4. In the meantime in a separate bowl place about 2 cups of chicken broth. Place the slices of bread into the chicken broth and squeeze water out. Place squeezed out bread into a clean bowl and pull apart bread into small pieces.
5. Add cooled ground beef mixture to bread. Salt and add the rest of the pepper and mix.
6. Grease an oven proof muffin tin or casserole dish and place stuffing mixture inside. Drizzle a small amount of olive oil on top. Bake UNCOVERED in the oven!If you like crispy edges, place your dressing in a greased muffin pan and bake for about 40 to 45 minutes or until the tops are golden brown and slightly crispy. If you prefer to bake your dressing in a casserole dish, bake in the oven for about 50 – 60 minutes or until the top is slightly golden brown.You can also stuff a turkey (or other poultry of choice) with our prepared French Canadian Meat Dressing Recipe. Just prepare your poultry and stuff the dressing in the inner cavity. Bake according to the required time needed for the weight of the turkey, goose, duck, chicken or pheasant.
7. If desired, garnish with parsley and little julienned carrot slices before serving.
8. Serve hot and bring on the holiday cheer!

French Canadian meat stuffing aka “tourtie’re” filling for meat pie ground beef pork potatoes