Name: Slow Cooker Sausage Apple Stuffing
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 loaf Crusty Bread, Cut Into Cubes (1 Loaf Should Yield 6 Cups Or So When Cut); 1 pound Ground Sausage, Any Kind; 3 stalks Celery, Diced; 1 whole Onion, Diced; 1 teaspoon Dried Rosemary; 1 cup Chicken Stock, Plus More If Needed; 1 whole Apple, Cored And Diced

Why it works: Celery and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 470 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Slow Cooker Sausage Apple Stuffing

Serves 6

Prep10 min

Cook4 hr

Ingredients

1 loaf Crusty Bread, Cut Into Cubes (1 Loaf Should Yield 6 Cups Or So When Cut)
1 pound Ground Sausage, Any Kind
3 stalks Celery, Diced
1 whole Onion, Diced
1 teaspoon Dried Rosemary
1 cup Chicken Stock, Plus More If Needed
1 whole Apple, Cored And Diced

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1070Calories

58 gProtein

32 gFat

134 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Sausage	100g cooked	301
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Celery + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together470 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,518 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Celery + appletop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,155 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Rosemary + chickentop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,075 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, celery, onion, rosemary, chicken):

Lemonfits better
Avocadofits better
Limefits better
Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, celery, onion, rosemary, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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