Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

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Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Here's what you need: small acorn squashes, onion, celery, olive oil, salt, pepper, fresh rosemary, garlic, sausage, apple, panko breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese. Once Squash has finished roasting (when you can easily poke it with a fork) remove from oven and fill each with prepared stuffing mixture. Easy to make, impressive to plate, and bursting with taste, let our sausage stuffed acorn squash wow family and friends. There's nothing better for Thanksgiving than acorn squash.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook 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. Get 2 small Acorn squash
3. Make ready 1 tbsp butter melted
4. Get 1/4 tsp ground sage
5. Prepare 1/4 tsp garlic powder
6. Get 1 tsp brown sugar
7. Get Stuffing
8. Prepare 1 lb pork sausage
9. Take 1 small red onion diced
10. Get 2 ribs of celery diced
11. Prepare 6 mushrooms chopped
12. Get 1 apple peeled and grated
13. Get 1 tsp garlic
14. Get 3 tbsp fresh parsley
15. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground sage
16. Make ready 1 cup fine breadcrumbs
17. Take 1 tbsp parmesan cheese
18. Prepare 1/2 cup dried cranberries chopped
19. Take 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
20. Get 1/2 tsp garlic
21. Get 1 egg beaten with 1 tsp milk
22. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
23. Take 1/2 tsp pepper

For a vegetarian variation, sub out sausage for shiitakes or button mushrooms sautéed in butter or olive oil! Easy and healthy Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash packed with an abundance of sweet and savory flavor! This sausage stuffed acorn squash is my new best friend. And by "best friend", I mean with benefits.

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

This sausage stuffed acorn squash is my new best friend. And by "best friend", I mean with benefits. I made this recipe up after searching for the perfect stuffed squash recipe-I think this is it! The stuffing would also be delicious in turkey or chicken. The squash can be cooked ahead of time-you may need to bake longer after stuffing.

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