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      Title: Lucy Buffet's Oyster Dressing
 Categories: Breads, Seafood, Herbs, Stuffing, Vegetables
      Yield: 9 Servings

     12 tb Unsalted butter; divided,
           - more for baking dish
      1    Sweet cornbread (8x8");
           - baked, cooled
     15 sl Bread; toasted, cooled
    1/2 lg White onion; fine chopped
      2    Celery ribs; fine chopped
    1/2 lg Green bell pepper;
           - fine chopped
    1/2 c  Chicken broth; as needed
     24    Fresh shucked or jarred
           - oysters; drained, coarse
           - chopped (liquor reserved)
    1/4 c  Lemon juice; fresh squeezed
      1 tb Crystal hot sauce
    1/4 c  Fresh flat-leaf parsley;
           - fine chopped
      1 tb Fresh sage; fine chopped -OR-
      1 ts Ground sage
  1 1/2 ts Truffle or sea salt
    1/2 ts Ground white pepper

  Heat oven to 350 F/175 C. Butter a 9x13" baking dish.

  Crumble cornbread into a large bowl. Tear toasted white or wheat
  bread into very small pieces, add to cornbread, and toss to
  combine.

  Melt 8 tb butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add onion,
  celery, and bell pepper; saute, stirring occasionally, for
  3 minutes. Cover pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until
  vegetables are almost translucent, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove cover,
  add broth, and cook, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom
  of the pan, for 2 to 3 minutes. Continue to cook mixture for 1 more
  minute, then remove from heat, add to bread mixture, and stir to
  combine.

  In a medium bowl, stir together oysters, lemon juice, hot sauce,
  parsley, sage, salt, and white pepper. Add to bread mixture and
  stir well to combine. If dressing seems too dry, add a little
  oyster liquor and up to 1/2 cup more chicken broth; mixture should
  be very moist.

  Pour dressing into greased baking dish. Cut remaining 4 tb butter
  into small pieces and scatter over top of dressing. Bake until top
  and sides are browned, 40 to 45 minutes.

  Recipe FROM: https://cooking.nytimes.com

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