Spicy Sausage and Rye Stuffed Honey Nut Squash with Cranberries and Goat Cheese

Spicy Sausage and Rye Stuffed Honey Nut Squash

Recipe type: appetizer Yield: 4 Prep time: 45 mins Cook time: 1 hour Total time: 1 hour 45 mins

Spicy Sausage and Rye Stuffed Honey Nut Squash with Cranberries and Goat Cheese

Ingredients:

Squash Ingredients:

2      Honey nut squash

2 T   Whole butter

1 T   Brown sugar

        Salt and pepper

        Sage – freshly chopped

 

For the Stuffing:

2 T        Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1/2 lb   Spicy Italian sausage

2           Shallot – minced

2           Garlic – minced

2           Shitaki mushroom

1/2       Fennel – minced

1 C        Vegetable stock

1/2 C    Rye crouton

1/2 C    Farro – cooked

             Salt and pepper – to taste

 

Directions:

1. Squash
3. Cut each squash in half longways and remove seeds.
5. Brush with whole butter and sprinkle with brown sugar, salt, pepper, and chopped sage.
7. Stuffing
9. In a small pot add the Evo, shallots, and garlic and fennel, mushroom.
11. Sweat till tender.
13. Add sausage and brown.
15. Gently stir in rye croutons and farrow.
17. Add enough stock just to make croutons moist.
19. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
21. Plates
23. Add stuffing mixture to squash cavity and bake at 300 for around 35 mins or until honey nut squash is tender.
25. Garnish with Dried cranberries, Pomegranate, Goat cheese.
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Published on October 26, 2019 by Teri Williams