Tuscan Style Dressing w/ Sausage, Fennel, & Hazlenuts

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup

hazlenuts

1 lb

link spicy Italian sausage

1/4 cup

butter

large onion, diced

stalks of celery, diced

fennel bulb, green top cut off and reserved, stem end cut off and discarded, and the rest diced

1/2 cup

chopped parsley

1/4 cup

chopped fennel frond (the green top part)

2 tsp

chopped fresh rosemary

1 tsp

chopped fresh thyme

1/2 tsp

each salt and pepper

package Rudi's gluten-free stuffing mix

2 cups

turkey stock (or chicken stock)