Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash
Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

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Acorn squash gets a sweet and savory treatment when stuffed with sausage, onion, spinach and cranberries to make this pretty autumn entree. Cooking the squash in the microwave makes this quick enough for a busy weeknight. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen Sausage-Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipe photo by Taste of Home The combination of the sausage with the different spices and the sweetness from the cranberries really turn your average garden acorn squash into a dish that makes you feel like the professional home cook that you are. Perfect for serving at dinner parties or for a nice quiet meal at home. Once some of the fat is rendered from the sausage, add the onions, paprika, pumpkin pie spice, sage, celery, bell peppers and a pinch of salt.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have sausage stuffed acorn squash using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash:
  1. Make ready Squash
  2. Make ready 2 small Acorn squash
  3. Get 1 tbsp butter melted
  4. Make ready 1/4 tsp ground sage
  5. Get 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  6. Take 1 tsp brown sugar
  7. Get Stuffing
  8. Take 1 lb pork sausage
  9. Get 1 small red onion diced
  10. Make ready 2 ribs of celery diced
  11. Prepare 6 mushrooms chopped
  12. Prepare 1 apple peeled and grated
  13. Prepare 1 tsp garlic
  14. Prepare 3 tbsp fresh parsley
  15. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground sage
  16. Take 1 cup fine breadcrumbs
  17. Get 1 tbsp parmesan cheese
  18. Take 1/2 cup dried cranberries chopped
  19. Get 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  20. Get 1/2 tsp garlic
  21. Prepare 1 egg beaten with 1 tsp milk
  22. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
  23. Prepare 1/2 tsp pepper

Cook sausage and onion in a large skillet until sausage is no longer pink. Sausage stuffed acorn squash is the ultimate comforting fall or winter meal. Sage seasoned pork is combined with a cornbread stuffing mix, dried cranberries and herbs. The tender baked squash serves as a bowl for the savory sausage cornbread stuffing and contrasts well with the sweetness of dried cranberries.

Steps to make Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash:
  1. Cut squash in half and remove the seeds
  2. Melt 1 tbsp butter and add sage and garlic powder
  3. Paint the inside of the squash with butter mixture and bake in the oven at 350°F for 40 mins. If squash looks dry cover with tinfoil to help steam it for 15 mins
  4. Fry off pork sausage, drain fat, reserve 2-3 tbsps of fat for frying vegetables. Put cooked pork in a large bowl, set aside
  5. In frying pan add onion cook till translucent, add celery cook 2-3 mins, add mushrooms cook 2-3 mins, add apple cook 2-3 mins then add to pork in the bowl
  6. In the bowl with the pork and veg add salt and pepper to taste, sage, breadcrumbs, cranberries, walnuts, parsley, parmesan, garlic and beaten egg and mix well with your hands
  7. Divide the sausage mixture into 4 portions and fill the squash return to the oven for another 30 mins
  8. Serve with steamed veg on the side and chunk of buttery garlic bread

Sage seasoned pork is combined with a cornbread stuffing mix, dried cranberries and herbs. The tender baked squash serves as a bowl for the savory sausage cornbread stuffing and contrasts well with the sweetness of dried cranberries. 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.

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