Acorn Squash With Sausage Bread Stuffing Food

SAUSAGE-STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread bread cubes on a baking sheet.
• Toast bread in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Mix cinnamon, sage, sumac, white pepper, and cloves together in a small bowl.
• Brush acorn squash halves with olive oil. Sprinkle 3/4 teaspoon of the cinnamon mixture evenly over both halves. Transfer to a baking sheet.
• Bake acorn squash in the preheated oven until tender, about 30 minutes. Scrape flesh with a fork to loosen slightly.
• Combine toasted bread and vegetable stock in a pot over medium-low heat. Stir bread around to soak up the vegetable stock and warm up, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Cook and stir sausage in a large skillet over medium heat until browned, about 5 minutes. Stir into the bread in the bowl. Add remaining cinnamon mixture, cranberries, pecans, and thyme; stir until evenly mixed.
• Divide bread mixture between the acorn squash halves.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.

SAUSAGE-STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Halve squash lengthwise; discard seeds. Place squash in a microwave-safe dish, cut side down. Microwave, covered, on high until tender, 10-12 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook and crumble sausage with onion over medium heat until no longer pink, 5-7 minutes; drain. Remove from heat; stir in spinach, cranberries and bread crumbs. In a small bowl, whisk together egg and milk; add to sausage mixture and toss until moistened. , Turn over squash; fill with sausage mixture. Microwave, covered, until a thermometer inserted in stuffing reads 165°, 2-3 minutes.

ACORN SQUASH WITH SAUSAGE BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Slice off the bottom of each squash half so that they stand flat, being careful not to cut into the flesh. Place in a large roasting pan and set aside.
• Melt the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the sausage and cook, breaking it up with the back of a spoon, until no traces of pink remain, about 8 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and stir in the thyme, salt, pepper, pecans, bread cubes and chicken broth until well mixed.
• Divide the stuffing mixture among the squash halves. Add enough water to the roasting pan to make a depth of about 1/4 inch. Cover the squash loosely with aluminum foil. Roast until the squash is tender, about 45 minutes. Place 1 squash half on each of 6 plates, garnish with parsley and serve immediately.

STUFFED SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Cut 1-inch off the top of each acorn squash and scoop out the seeds. If necessary in order for the squash to sit upright, cut off a small portion of the bottom. Put 1 of the 4 pieces of butter in the cavity of each squash. Set squash on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In a large saute pan over medium heat, brown the ground pork until no longer pink. Remove the meat from the pan, add the olive oil and saute the onion, celery, and carrot until they begin to soften, approximately 7 to 10 minutes. Deglaze the pan with the white wine.
• Return the pork to the pan along with the cooked rice, spinach, pine nuts, oregano and salt and pepper, to taste. Stirring constantly, heat mixture thoroughly, approximately 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat. Divide the mixture evenly among the squash, top each squash with its lid and bake for 1 hour or until the squash is tender. Serve immediately.

SUNNY'S ITALIAN SAUSAGE-STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• For the squash: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the squash on a baking sheet flesh-side up and rub with the olive oil. Season liberally with salt and pepper. Roast until the edges begin to ripple and a poke with a fork reveals tender flesh, about 40 minutes. Allow to cool until easy to handle.
• Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
• Use a spoon to scoop out the flesh into a large bowl, leaving about 1/4 inch of flesh within the skin of each squash half to help it maintain its shape.
• For the filling: In a large pan on medium-high heat, add the olive oil and sausage. While cooking, break the sausage into bits like ground meat with a wooden spoon. 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. Cook until the sausage is done and the vegetables are tender.
• Add the mixture to the bowl of squash along with the cheese, walnuts and cranberries and stir to combine. Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed. Fill the hollowed squash halves with the mixture and place back in the oven to melt the cheese and make the tops golden brown, 15 more minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve warm.

SAUSAGE STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Cut squash in half, remove seeds.
• Place squash cut side down in a microwave safe dish.
• Cover and microwave on high for 10-12 minutes or until tender.
• Cook sausage and onion in a large skillet until sausage is no longer pink.
• Drain if needed.
• In a large bowl, beat egg and milk, stir in spinach, stuffing, cranberries and sausage mixture.
• Stuff squash with sausage mixture.
• Cover and microwave 2-3 minutes or until heated through.

STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place squash, face up, in a shallow baking dish. In each half place 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 cup stuffing mix, 3/4 cup chicken broth, salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder. Wrap each half tightly with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until squash is very tender.

SAUSAGE STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Halve acorn squash, remove seeds.
• 2. Place cut side down in 1-inch water.
• 3. Bake for 45 minutes or until tender.
• 4. While squash is cooking saute sausage, pepper, and onion.
• 5. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.
• 6. Add stuffing.
• 7. Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes.
• 8. Add Bell's seasoning and fluff all ingredients.
• 9. Drain squash. Add a dash of salt and pepper, butter, and honey to each half. Fill each squash half with the sausage stuffing mixture.
• 10. Bake 15 minutes or until hot.
• 11. Top squash with shredded cheddar cheese the last 5 minutes of baking. Enjoy!

SAUSAGE STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• 1. STEAM THE SQUASH IN OVEN: Place squash halves cut side down in shallow roasting pan. Add water to about 1/4-inch depth.
• 2. Bake 400 F oven 25 minutes -- remove from oven and turn cut side up in pan. (To keep halves steady, place clean jar lids in pan and set squash halves in lids.)Brush edges with butter.
• 3. STUFFING: In skillet saute onion, celery and sausage until lightly browned. Drain the fat
• 4. Add crumbs, pineapple, salt and pepper, then spoon into squash halves.
• 5. Bake 400 F 25 minutes or until squash is fork-tender.

STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place squash, cut sides down, on foil-lined 15x10x1-inch baking pan; cover. Bake 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, remove casing from sausage. Crumble sausage into small skillet. Cook until no longer pink; drain.
• Prepare Stuffing as directed on package, except decrease butter to 3 Tbsp. Add sausage, apple and raisins; mix lightly.
• Turn squash over. Spoon 3/4 cup of the stuffing mixture into each squash half; cover with foil. Bake an additional 30 minutes or until squash is tender, removing foil for last 10 minutes of baking time.

ACORN SQUASH WITH LEFTOVER STUFFING

Steps:

• Cut squash in half; discard seeds. Place cut side down in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan; add 1/2 in. hot water. Bake, uncovered, at 400° until tender, about 30 minutes. , When squash is cool enough to handle, scoop out flesh, leaving a 1/4-in. shell (flesh will measure about 3 cups). Drain water from pan; place squash shells cut side up in pan and set aside. , In a large bowl, combine the flesh, egg, salt and pepper. Dissolve bouillon in boiling water; add to squash mixture. Add stuffing; spoon into squash shells. If desired, top with cheese. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake, uncovered, at 400° until heated through, 20-25 minutes. If desired, top with chopped parsley.

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.