Roast Turkey with Sausage and Pecan Dressing

Of the myriad styles of dressings that Southerners make to stuff a turkey for roasting (cornbread and apple, oyster and almond, rice and liver, prune and chestnut, onion and sage, ham and wild mushrooms), none is more popular than a classic sausage and pecan stuffing redolent of sage and any number of other seasonings. Traditionally, the mixture is “tightened” (bound) with either dried bread crumbs or crumbled cornbread, and of course, stuffed roast turkey simply wouldn’t be the same withou