Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash

Added on January 4th, 2012 by our friend from realfoodfreaks.com

Cooking Steps

1. Pre heat oven to 400. Cut squash in half length wise and scoop out the seeds. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and sage to taste.

2. Use 1 Tbsp. of coconut oil. Brush or spoon coconut oil into each half of squash. Roast for 60 minutes.

3. While squash is roasting, melt remaining 2 Tbsp. coconut oil in a pan over medium heat and brown the sausage. Remove sausage from pan and let cool in a mixing bowl. Leave the fat in the pan.

4. Finely dice the onion, celery and garlic and saute over medium heat for a few minutes– until they are softened. Add some salt and pepper. Then add the chopped apples and saute for a couple more minutes.

5. Remove from heat and add to the mixing bowl with the sausage. Allow to cool.

6. When sausage and vegetable mixture are cool enough to handle, add egg and almond or flax meal. Chop rosemary finely and add as well. Mix with your hands (I’m sure I don’t need to tell you to wash them first, right?) until well combined.

7. After an hour, remove squash from the oven. Divide the stuffing among the 4 halves– the stuffing should be mounded– and bake for another 20 minutes.

8. To avoid scorching the roof of your mouth… like I did… you should be patient and let it cool for a bit before you stuff it into your mouth eat it! Enjoy.

Serves 4
80 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 2 acorn squash
  • 1 lb sausage
  • 3 Tbsp coconut oil
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 tsp sage
  • 1 celery rib, 1/2 red onion, 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 apples, chopped
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1/2 cup almond meal
  • 2 sprigs rosemary
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8 Responses to “Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash”

  1. There’s no apples in the ingredients list!!! Please address that!! I did catch it and had some cameo apples to use and it was delicious!!

    Emmet Buchanan, on January 31st, 2012

  2. [...] I was excited to try something new. I don’t think you could go wrong with this receipe from fast-paleo and you could probably stuff any ole meat that you wanted into it. The Squash was meaty in texture [...]

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  3. As regards the sausage used- do you buy packaged sausages and then just break it out of the casing?

    Paty, on June 28th, 2012

  4. this recipe was totally awesome. was surprised that i liked the apples in it but they added a zest to it that was tasty!

    Pat Conaty, on July 29th, 2012

  5. This was fantastic! I’ll definitely be making it over and over. Thank you!

    Jenell, on October 9th, 2012

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  8. This is the best thing I have eaten in awhile! We used hot Italian sausage & it was so good. I could live w/o the apples

    Jennifer, on January 15th, 2013

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