Are you ready for a cozy dinner with a punch of fall flavors? Then you will want to try our family dish, the Sausage-Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash. It is the Perfect Fall Dinner Recipe! It is the perfect blend of savory and sweet, capturing the essence of fall in every bite. This comforting dish features tender acorn squash halves filled with a delicious mixture of savory sausage, crisp apples, caramelized onions, and a medley of warm spices. It’s a beautiful dish that not only warms your home with its inviting aroma but also brings the family together around the table. A true autumn favorite that’s simple, wholesome, and full of flavor! Explore all our fall recipes.
Fall recipes are all about embracing the cozy, comforting flavors of the season. With the crisp air, it’s the perfect time to turn to hearty dishes that warm the soul. Recipes that combine seasonal ingredients like squash, apples, and warm spices are quintessential for fall. Our Sausage-Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash is a standout among these, combining the savory richness of sausage with the natural sweetness of apples, all nestled in a roasted acorn squash bowl. Passed down through generations, this meal is bound to become a part of the dinner rotation quickly.
Sausage-Apple Stuffed Squash
Equipment
- Oven
- 1 CastIron Skillet
Ingredients
- 2 large acorn squash
- 1 medium sweet onion
- 1 honeycrisp apple
- 1 lb pork sausage
- 1/2 cup breadcrumps
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- 1 dash olive oil
- 1 dash sage
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350, slice acorn squash in half and remove seeds. Then drizzle the inside of both halves with olive oil ensuring it has a nice coat. Place open side down on a roasting pan and place in oven for 30 minutes.
- Cook the pork sausage in a cast iron skillet until it done. While sausage is cooking, dice the apple and the onion into desired bite size pieces. Once sausage is done cooking, remove sausage from cast iron and set aside.
- Add the diced onion into the cast iron skillet, sprinkle with a dash of brown sugar and sauté until just before they are golden brown. Add the diced apples, a dash of cinnamon spice and finish caramelizing the onions and cook the apples.
- Once the onions and apples are cooked, add the cooked sausage, bread crumbs, and the parmesan cheese. *Leave a little parmesan and bread crumbs to the side to top the squash.
- Take the squash out of the oven, stuff with the mixed ingredients, and top with the remaining parmesan and bread crumbs. Then bake for another 15 minutes or until the squash is tender to a fork.
- Plate and seve.
The Sausage-Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash – Perfect Fall Dinner Recipe is one of our family favorites! Passed down through generations and kept a family dish for years for a reason. If you are looking for more fall recipes, you can explore them here! Do you want more meal recipes that will quickly become a family favorite? Explore all of Beauty Within the Hills recipes here.
