Things You'll Need:
- 2 Acorn Squash
- 2 apples
- 1 pear
- 2-3 tbsp of apple jelly
- 3-4 tbsp. brown sugar
- 2 16oz. sausage rolls
- 4 tbsp. butter or margarine
- Small package feta cheese
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Step 1
Prep the acorn squash. Using a long, sharp, serrated knife to half the squash from stem to end. It also helps if you inspect the squash first to pick the best point to cut so the halves will lay still on their side without rolling on a ridge. Then scoop out the seeds and stringy guts of the squash leaving a bowl shape. Add a tbsp of butter and a tsp of brown sugar into each bowl and place in a greased baking dish. You can now preheat the oven to 375 degrees (F).
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Step 2
Slice and dice. Peel and core the 2 apples and pear, and then proceed to chop them up into tiny pieces. The size you chop down to is purely based on personal preference, but I always go with roughly 1/4" cubes.
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Step 3
Cooka da sausage. In a large skillet, separate and brown the sausage until done. Theoretically, you could brown the meat until almost done, and then let the oven bake it the rest of the way through, but I'd like to be safe than sorry. Death by uncooked sausage isn't on my to do list.
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Step 4
In a large mixing bowl, combine the chopped fruit, cooked sausage, 1-2 tbsp of brown sugar, 2-3 tbsp of apple jelly, and 1-2 tbsp of butter or margerine. Mix well. Then mix some more for good measure. After mixing, spoon into the halved acorn squash. I like to compact it in there good and tight and then fill it up again until it's overflowing, but do what you like.
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Step 5
Baking fun. With the halved acorn squash filled to the brim and sitting nicely in the oven safe container, cover the dish with aluminum foil and chuck it into the preheated stove (Again that's 375 farrenheit). Cook time varies between 45 minutes to an hour and a half depending on the size of your squash. At 45 minutes, I advise to pull back the aluminum foil to check the tenderness of the squash, and go from there. By the way, you probably want it to be really tender... just in case you didn't know.
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Step 6
Service! Once you have the squash baked to your usual high standards, remove each half and place on it's serving dish or bowl. Sprinkle on some feta cheese, to give it a dropkick of taste and make it slightly more pleasing to the eye, and serve the bad boys to whoever you tricked into eating your cooking.
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Step 7
Breakfast bonus!!! Ok, so unless you got your hands on the largest acorn squash ever grown, you will have some extra filling left over. Toss the filling into a skillet over medium heat and cook until the fruit is tender. This usually takes about 8-10 minutes, and can be done while the dinner is baking. You could offer this stuffing as extra during dinner, or horde it away in the fridge overnight. If done, make yourself a breakfast sandwich for the ride into work. It's a very snacky leftover for the morning commute.
