Festive Fruit & Hazelnut Stuffing | Canadian Goodness

Ingredients

• 7 cups (1.75 L) Italian
• sourdough or white bread cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) cubes
• about ½ loaf
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup (250 mL) milk
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) butter
• 2 onions chopped
• 2 celery stalks chopped
• 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1 apple unpeeled and diced
• 1 ripe pear unpeeled and diced
• 2/3 cup (150 mL) hazelnuts coarsely chopped
• a 100 g pkg
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tsp (10 mL) dried thyme leaves
• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
• Freshly ground pepper