Sausage Applesauce Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipes

SAUSAGE AND APPLE STUFFED ACORN SQUASH RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Using a sharp knife cut off the very top and bottom of each squash to create a flat base on each side (being careful not to cut through the center cavity).
• Slice the squash in half, scrape out seeds to create individual bowls for the stuffing.
• Drizzle each squash half with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
• Roast in a preheated oven at 400˚F (200˚C) for 40-50 minutes - or until fork tender.
• While squash is roasting - in a large fry pan over medium heat - heat oil and add Onion, Celery, Salt, Pepper, and Rosemary. Cook until onions begin to soften.
• Add Garlic and Sausage, until sausage is browned on all sides.
• Add Apple until slightly softened. Finally mix in Bread Crumbs and Parmesan cheese just until incorporated. Remove from heat.
• Once Squash has finished roasting (when you can easily poke it with a fork) remove from oven and fill each with prepared stuffing mixture.
• Return to Oven for 20 minutes - adding a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese to the top for the final 5 minutes.
• Enjoy!

SAUSAGE AND APPLE STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Combine the melted butter, garlic salt and 1/4 teaspoons sage; brush over cut sides and cavity of squash. Salt and pepper to taste.
• Bake in a large roasting pan, cut side up, at 400 degrees F for 1 hour, until squash is tender yet still holds its shape.
• Meanwhile make stuffing: Fry pork sausage until light brown. Remove pork to a colander to drain. Drain all but 2 tablespoons drippings from frypan. Add onion, celery and mushroom; saute 4 minutes. Stir in apple and saute 2 more minutes.
• Combine the pork, vegetables, and breadcrumbs in a large bowl.
• Taste and season with sage, salt or pepper if needed (depending on your sausage you may not want to add more seasoning).
• Stir in the egg and parsley.
• Fill the squash halves with stuffing-they should be slightly mounded.
• Return to oven and bake, covered, for 20 more minutes, until the egg is set.
• Garnish as desired with parsley and shredded romano cheese.

APPLE AND SAUSAGE STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Squash -- Cut squash in half, scoop out seeds. Brush with olive oil, salt and pepper and place cut side down on a cookie or baking sheet lined with parchment paper or aluminum foil and bake at 400 for about 20-30 minutes until tender. Remove from the oven and cover with foil, to slightly cool, but still keep warm.
• Filling -- Remove the casing from the sausage, add 1 teaspoon olive oil to a medium size saucepan and cook the sausage breaking it up as it cooks. Drain sausage on paper towel. Keep 1 teaspoon of the drippings and saute the celery, shallot, apple, cranberries and cook for 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir the sausage back in, bread crumbs, seasoning, and sugar and mix well.
• Stuff -- Now that the squash has cooled a bit so you can handle it, scoop out most of the center (not all. Definitely keep some to make a base for the filling, you just want to make some room for the filling) and mix the extra squash with the sausage mixture. Now stuff the squash. Fill the squash generously with the stuffing mix - don't be afraid to pile it up. Top each squash with 1 tablespoon of the apple jelly and pecans.
• Baking -- Cook at 350 about 25 minutes until nice and toasty. Since the stuffing and squash are already cooked, you are just finishing and heating every thing back up.
• Just serve with a fresh salad as I said with a warm blue cheese vinaigrette and a slice of my beer bread. Rich hearty flavors and still pretty healthy - all at the same time. Still wonderful comfort food for a great Fall evening.

SQUASAGE (SAUSAGE-STUFFED SQUASH)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet or line with aluminum foil.
• Place squash, cut sides down, on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tender, about 1 hour. Flip squash halves over and set aside to cool.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add celery, mushrooms, and onion; cook and stir until celery is softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
• Beat egg in a large bowl; stir in sour cream and Parmesan cheese. Stir cheese mixture into sausage mixture. Fill squash halves with sausage filling.
• Bake in the preheated oven until filling is cooked through, about 20 minutes.