Sausage Stuffed Apples

By mdancause

Ingredients

• 4-6 apples (or 1 per person you are serving)
• 1 lb sausage (ground italian or breakfast sage, nitrate free)
• 1 red onion, finely diced
• 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
• 1 large rib of celery, finely diced
• spices to taste, I used 1 tsp each of rosemary, thyme, sage, garlic powder, salt and pepper

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 45mins
Adapted from wellnessmama.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375.

Brown the sausage in a large skillet until completely cooked.

Remove sausage and add onion and celery to pan and saute until starting to soften.

Return sausage to pan, mix well and spice to taste.

Drizzle with the maple syrup or honey.

Cut each apple in half (don’t peel) and scoop out the seed area with a spoon or sharp knife to make each apple a “bowl.” Alternately, you can use a corer to remove most of the inside and leave the apples in tact (as pictured).

Spoon some of the sausage mixture into each apple and place on the bottom of a large baking dish.

Bake for 25-30 minutes until apples are cooked and fragrant.

Remove and serve with salad.