These Sausage Stuffed Delicata Squash have a little story behind them. I received a couple of sausage kits to sample. They are homemade sausage kits from Hi Mountain Seasoning. I thought Ken would just love them. He adores sausage but has never made any from scratch before. I received them but then realized I don’t have a food grinder or sausage stuffer. Well this lead me to KitchenAid. I will be doing a full review of the sausage kits in a couple of days.
I have had one of their standup mixers for so long now, maybe close to 15 years. It is a beauty and sits proudly on my counter top as it is used all the time. I have lots of KitchenAid products. Hmm, our coffee maker, two wall ovens, warming drawer, induction cooktop, dishwasher and I am sure I am missing other small appliances. I love KitchenAid and their products. I have always had good service and couldn’t be happier with their great collections of amazing products.
They continued my love affair by offering me the attachments for the standup mixer so I could easily make these sausages or should I say Ken could easily make them, hehe!
Look at how handsome that food grinder looks attached to my lovely KitchenAid standup mixer!!
Here is the sausage stuffer attachment, yes, equally as handsome!!
We made a spicy sausage with our kit and I will go into further detail about sausage stuffing with the next post too. All three of us were into it with the easy food grinder. Just pass whole chunks of beef and pork through the food grinder and viola this is what you get!!
The meat after that is then spiced and is ready for the sausage stuffer, as pictured above and is encased in natural casings. Here is the the final sausages.
Pretty impressive huh? Not like we have made homemade sausages before. The instructions for the KitchenAid products were easy to follow and the end product turned out great!! These sausages then lead to another meal. I have been seeing these little delicata squash in the grocery stores and really wanted to try some in a recipe. I now give to you, Sausage Stuffed Delicata Squash!!
These little stuffed squash make the quintessential fall meal. The sausage was a little crunchy on top with the delicious Parmesan cheese and then soft and yummy with the squash at the bottom. The spice of the sausage was diminished with the sweet apple and squash, pairing the ingredients perfectly together.
Try this or another squash with sausage, the two of them go so nicely together. Making homemade sausage was fun and easy with the KitchenAid attachments. I would love to try out a pasta attachments next. Keeping my fingers crossed!!
Sausage Stuffed Delicata Squash
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup finely diced apples
- 1 small onion finely diced
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil divided
- Salt and pepper
- 2 cups spicy sausage removed from casings and cooked
- 1/2 cup fine bread crumbs
- 1 egg beaten
- 2 delicata squash
- 1/2 cup finely grated parmesan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Slice squash in half lengthwise and clean out the seeds. Lightly brush with 1 Tbsp. olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 30-35 min. face down, until fork tender. Don’t over cook so that the squash is falling apart.
- While the squash is cooking, saute the apples and onion in the remaining 1 Tbsp. olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking until the onions are transparent. Remove to a bowl and add the egg, bread crumbs and sausage.
- When the squash are cooked fill them with the sausage mixture, pressing in slightly to fill well. Top with the Parmesan cheese and bake for another 20 min. until the cheese is melted.
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Comments & Reviews
Erica says
Oh my gosh how cool is that kitchen aid attachment!?! That is going on my Xmas list fo sho!! This recipe looks delish! Pinned!
Noshing with the Nolands says
Merry Christmas to you!! Thanks Erica!!
Dionne Baldwin says
Your squash looks really good! In my opinion delicate squash needs a little something extra to make it bearable and this would be perfect. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thanks Dionne, that was the first time I have ever had it and absolutely loved it. I wonder if it was that it was roasted first as it was sweet and delicious.
Patty Haxton Anderson says
This is a lovely harvest like recipe and I think it looks so good!
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thank you so much Patty!
Linda (Meal Planning Maven) says
I love delicata squash, especially stuffed! What a great dish and a must-try very soon!
Noshing with the Nolands says
Thank you so much Linda!
Linda (Meal Planning Maven) says
I love delicata squash, especially stuffed! What a great dish and a must-try very soon!
Julie @ Texan New Yorker says
OMG, those sausage-squash boats are SO gorgeous!
I will be very eager to hear more about how the sausage stuffing went. I have the same KitchenAid stand mixer and I love, love, love the meat grinder attachment. I have the sausage stuffer attachment too but haven’t used it yet. Also, where did you get your casings?
Noshing with the Nolands says
You must try the KitchenAid to make your sausage. So easy, the kits come with everything including the casings!!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
I have a meat grinder with a sausage thingo but I rarely use it because it’s in the storeroom on a shelf. My kitchenaid sits on the kitchen counter and would be much easier to use. I like making homemade sausage. Lovely dish!
Noshing with the Nolands says
It is very handy when one machine can do so many things. Thanks Maureen!
Janette@culinaryginger says
I love delicata squash, I’d love to make my own sausage. Great dish.
Noshing with the Nolands says
It was fun to make the sausage for sure, can’t wait to do more, thanks Janette!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
I have a meat grinder with a sausage thingo but I rarely use it because it’s in the storeroom on a shelf. My kitchenaid sits on the kitchen counter and would be much easier to use. I like making homemade sausage. Lovely dish!
Janette@culinaryginger says
I love delicata squash, I’d love to make my own sausage. Great dish.