Sausage-Stuffed Butternut Squash
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
4
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Ingredients for - Sausage-Stuffed Butternut Squash

1. Butternut squash, halved and seeded - 1 (2 pound)
2. Bulk pork sausage - 8 ounces
3. Chopped onion - ¼ cup
4. Garlic, minced - 2 cloves
5. Grated Parmesan cheese - ⅓ cup
6. Soft bread crumbs - ½ cup
7. Dried parsley - ½ teaspoon
8. Dried oregano - ½ teaspoon
9. Cayenne pepper - ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Sausage-Stuffed Butternut Squash

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place squash halves in a shallow pan and cover with water.

2. Stage

Roast in the preheated oven until tender, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool partially, about 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

3. Stage

Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; do not drain fat. Add onion and garlic to sausage and cook and stir over medium-high heat until onion has softened, about 5 minutes.

4. Stage

Remove flesh from squash, leaving 1/3-inch flesh in the shell to keep it sturdy. Mix squash flesh, sausage mixture, Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, parsley, oregano, and cayenne together in a bowl. Stuff squash shells with mixture.

5. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.