Sausage & Farro Stuffed Squash: Foodie Friday

Farro Stuffed Squash

I promised you new and exciting grains and I am delivering: Farro. This Northern Italian peasant grain is nutty and toothy a great alternative to rice. It is low in gluten and has twice the fiber and protein as regular wheat. Combine with my grandmother's spicy Italian Sausage (yes, my family was once in the sausage business) and stuffed in the vegetable of the season, squash... you have a meal that is both tasty and nutritious. Mangia!!!

Sausage & Farro Stuffed Squash

by Diane Balch

Prep time: 30 minutes                  Serves: 6

Ingredients: 

3 medium acorn squash halved with seeds removed

1 cup of cooked Farro or (rice gluten free version)

2 tablespoons of olive oil

1 onion minced

1 red pepper minced

1 pound of spicy Italian sausage casing off and chopped small.

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2) Cook Farro as directed. (I make it in a rice cooker. You may want to add 1/2 cup or 1 cup more water than the directions call for to make the Farro softer.)

3) While the Farro is cooking cut and de-seed the squash. Brush them with olive oil and sprinkle salt on the inside of the squash halves. Bake for 20 minutes or until the flesh is soft and golden brown. 

4) In a large skillet on medium-high heat sauté the onion and red pepper in olive oil. Remove them from the pan and sauté the sausage. When the sausage is browned return the onions and peppers to the pan along with the cooked Farro. Mix well.

5) When squash is cooked stuff each one with Farro mixture and serve. 

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Perri Sausage this is my grandma's recipe.

Farro

Hosted by Home Maid Simple and Simple Living with Diane Balch

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