Sausage and Apple Stuffed Squash
This Sausage and Apple Stuffed Squash is a crowd-pleasing, comfort food favourite that’s easy to make ahead. It’s served inside the squash skin for a playful presentation that’s sure to impress your guests.
Servings Prep Time
4servings 15minutes
Cook Time
60minutes
Servings Prep Time
4servings 15minutes
Cook Time
60minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 365.
  2. Slice each acorn squash in half. Scoop out and discard the seeds. Rub the open surface of each half with 1 tsp of the olive oil.
  3. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Place each acorn squash half, open side down, on the cookie sheet. Bake for 45-minutes at 365.
  4. While the squash is baking, prepare the filling.
  5. Heat the remaining tsp of olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic to the frying pan and sauté for 1-2 minutes.
  6. Remove the sausage from the casings. Discard the casings and add the sausage to the frying pan, using a spatula to break it into small pieces. Sauté the sausage for 2-3 minutes, until it’s almost cooked through.
  7. Add the apple, mushrooms, salt, pepper, and sage to the frying pan and sauté until the sausage is completely cooked and the apple starts to soften.
  8. Remove the mixture from the heat and set aside.
  9. When the squash are finished baking, scoop the flesh from each one and mix it into the sausage, apple, and mushroom mixture. Be careful to leave the skins intact.
  10. Distribute the squash-apple-sausage mixture evenly amongst each squash skin.
  11. Top each with shredded cheese (if you choose to do so).
  12. Place each stuffed squash skin back onto the baking sheet and bake at 365 for another 10-15 minutes.
  13. Serve garnished with pecans.