Greek Chopped Meat Stuffing

Ingredients

2 onions
1 stalk celery
2 tb butter
1 lb beef
1 liver from turkey
1 lb mild breakfast sausage
1/2 c dry wine
2 tb tomato paste
2 tb parsley
1 tb dill
3/4 lb chestnuts
1/4 lb pignoli nuts
1/2 c raisins
1/4 c rice
1 c water
1 lb bread crumbs

Instructions

Salt and pepper to taste Brown onions and celery in butter. Add beef, liver, and sausage and cook until brown. Add wine and tomato paste, then herbs, and simmer until meat is tender. Add nuts, raisins, and rice. Stir in water and cook, covered, until the rice is done. Mix in bread crumbs and season to taste. Stuff loosely into the turkey. Stuffs a 10-12 pound turkey. --