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Sausage and Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 2 acorn squash, halved and seeded
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground sage
Stuffing:
- 1 lb pork sausage (regular seasoning)
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 4 ounces mushrooms, chopped
- 2 Macintosh apples, cored and chopped
- 1 cup fine breadcrumbs
- 1/2 teaspoon sage
- salt and pepper
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
- shredded Romano cheese
Directions:
- Preheat oven 400° F.
- Cut acorn squash in half and remove seed and membrane.
- 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° F for 1 hour, until squash is tender yet still holds its shape.
Stuffing:
- Cook sausage and drain all but 2 tablespoons drippings.
- Add onion and mushroom; sauté 4 minutes.
- Add apples and sauté 2 minutes.
- Combine the pork, vegetables, and breadcrumbs in a large bowl.
- Season with sage, salt or pepper.
- Stir in the egg and parsley.
- Fill the squash halves with stuffing.
- Bake, covered, for 20 minutes.
- Garnish with parsley and shredded Romano cheese.