Succulent Sausage Squash Salad Food

BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND SAUSAGE SALAD

Steps:

• Put a baking sheet in the oven and preheat to 475 degrees F. Remove the hot baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add the sausage, squash and red onion; season with salt and pepper. Drizzle with 2 more tablespoons olive oil and toss, then spread in a single layer. Return the pan to the oven and roast until the sausage and squash are lightly browned and cooked through, about 25 minutes. Remove to a plate to cool.
• Meanwhile, whisk the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, the vinegar, mustard, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a large bowl. Add the arugula, frisee and ricotta salata.
• Thinly slice the sausage. Add the red onion and squash to the salad, divide among plates and top with the sausage. Top with more ricotta salata.

SPICY SHEET-PAN SAUSAGE AND SQUASH

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 425 degrees and stick a large baking sheet in the oven. Prep the squash and sausage: Cut the squash into 1/2-inch-thick slices, then cut the slices crosswise in half. Transfer to a large bowl. Score the sausages in a few places on both sides, making sure not to cut all the way through. Transfer to the bowl with the squash, then stir to coat with the olive oil and fat pinches of salt and pepper.
• When the oven comes to temperature, carefully dump the squash and sausage mixture onto the hot baking sheet and spread it out into a single layer. Roast, stirring every so often to coat the squash in the rendered fat, until the squash is tender and sausages are crisp and cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. (To add some color, put them under the broiler for a minute or two.) Let cool slightly while you prepare the parsley.
• In a small bowl, mix together the parsley and lemon juice, and add salt and pepper to taste. Slice the sausage diagonally in thirds. Serve the sausage and squash on a platter with a pile of parsley on top and sprinkled with an extra squeeze of lemon and flaky salt, if desired.

SAUSAGE & MUSHROOM STUFFED SQUASH

Steps:

• Cut squash in half; discard seeds. Place cut side down in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Add water. Cover and bake at 350° for 40-50 minutes or until tender., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook the sausage, mushrooms, onion, celery and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add wine. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half. Stir in the soup, croutons, milk, Parmesan and 3/4 cup cheddar cheese., Drain water from squash. Turn squash over; stuff with sausage mixture. Sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese. Bake, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.

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.

ROAST SAUSAGE & SQUASH WITH MUSTARD & SAGE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the sausages in a large roasting tin with the onion, squash and sage. Drizzle over the olive oil and toss together. roast for 40-50 mins, turning occasionally, until the sausages are golden and the squash is tender. Transfer to serving plates.
• Drain away any excess oil from the tin, then place the tin over a medium heat on the hob. Mix in the flour, then gradually pour in the stock, scraping up any bits left in the bottom of the tin. Stir in the mustard. Gently simmer for 5 mins until thickened. Serve with a spoonful of yesterday's leftover mash and the pan juices.