here is my offering for the virtual pumpkin party, I have made sausage, squash, sweet potato stuffing baked in a pumpkin. this would be great as a side dish at thanksgiving. I filled it with bread, apples, sausage, onion, garlic, mushrooms and herbs. it smelt amazing as it was roasting. and was full of flavour. there are loads of other bloggers sharing their pumpkin recipes today as part as the pumpkin party so be sure to check some of them out via the links at the bottom of the post. I have really fallen in love with squash this year and I have been trying it out in all kinds of sweet and savoury recipes so I’m really excited to see what everyone else has came up with. I was inspired by local milk with this recipe. there are so many amazing kinds of mushrooms this time of year so feel free to use which ever you prefer.
- 6 high meat quantity sausages (mine where 98% meat)
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 1 small squash
- 1 onion
- 2 apples
- 1 small loaf of bread (sour dough)
- 2 garlic cloves pushed through a garlic press
- 150g mushrooms (I used chanterelles and chestnut mushrooms)
- one stem of rosemary finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp fresh thyme
- balsamic vinegar
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 cup cream
- salt pepper
- pinch of cinnamon
- 1/2 cup grated cheddar
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan
preheat the oven to 180c peel and chop the sweet potatoes into dice sized cubes and then cut the skin off the small squash and cut into the same sized cubes. toss in some oil and a drizzle balsamic vinegar and roast for 25 minutes. mean while push the sausage meat out of the skins into little balls and set aside. peel and chop the onion and fry until the onion is soft and add a pinch of brown sugar and a splash of balsamic vinegar then add the sausage and mushrooms and garlic and stir until the sausage is cooked and then pour into a bowl, peel and chop the apple and add to the bowl with the sausage then add the roasted sweet potato and squash and mix together with the two cheeses and chopped rosemary and thyme.
holding the knife diagonally cut the top of the pumpkin off so it can be placed back on like a lid. then using a spoon dig out all the seeds and stringy parts then mix some salt, pepper and a pinch of cinnamon together and rub on the inside of the pumpkin. tear up the bread (I only needed about half) and mix with the rest of the filling then in a jug mix the stock and cream and pour in and let sit for 5 minutes and then stuff the filling into the pumpkin. pack in tight and place the lid on cover in tin foil and roast for 2 hours until tender then slice and enjoy.
here are the links to the other recipes
Cake Over Steak • Quick Pumpkin and Kale Risotto + Arancini
Donuts, Dresses and Dirt • Pumpkin Spice Latte Popsicles
Cloudy Kitchen • Pumpkin Cake with Vanilla German Buttercream
Vegetarian Ventures • Smoky Pumpkin & Black Sesame Hummus
Eat Boutique • Pumpkin Scallion Dumplings
A Little Saffron • Pumpkin Stuffed Shells
Two Red Bowls • Pumpkin & Maple Caramel Baked French Toast
Wallflower Kitchen • Mini Pumpkin & Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
Wit & Vinegar • Pumpkin Butterscotch Banana Split
Style Sweet CA • Pumpkin Creme Brulee Cake
Nommable • Pumpkin Biscuits with Mushroom Thyme Gravy
With Food + Love • Cinnamon Raisin Pumpkin Seed Bread
Hortus • Creamy Roasted Squash Soup + Pumpkin Risotto
Sevengrams • Vegan Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream
Jojotastic • 1 Pumpkin, 2 Ways: Pumpkin Trail Mix & Dog Treats
Grain Changer • Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal
Girl Versus Dough • Pumpkin Cranberry Flax Crisps
Earthy Feast • Pumpkin Grits + Pumpkin Home Fries + a Fried Egg
Harvest and Honey • Truffled Pumpkin Papardelle Alfredo
Tasty Seasons • Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake
Broma Bakery • Pumpkin Butter Pop Tarts
Tending the Table • Roasted Pumpkin and Barley Salad
The Sugar Hit • Super Soft Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Delicious Not Gorgeous • Waffles with Spiced Pumpkin Butter and Brown Sugar Walnut Crumble
Taste Love and Nourish • Pumpkin Bread Pudding
The Green Life • Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chunk & Hazelnut Skillet Cookie (Vegan)
Foolproof Living • Pumpkin Creme Fraiche Pasta with Sage
The Monday Box • Pumpkin Mini Bundt Cakes
Design Crush • Pumpkin Whiskey Cocktail
The Road to Honey • Pumpkin Pie & Chocolate Layer Cake
My Name is Yeh • Roasted Pumpkin with Yogurt and Hazelnut Dukkah
Give Recipe • Orange Chocolate Pumpkin Bread
Heartbeet Kitchen • Magic Vegan Pumpkin Pie Fudge
Beard and Bonnet • Marbled Pumpkin Muffins
Eat Within Your Means • Vegan Pumpkin Blender Muffins
Snixy Kitchen • Pumpkin Tapioca Pudding with Candied Pumpkin Seeds
Ruby Josephine • Moroccan Sweet Pumpkin + Beef Tagine
Lab Noon • Pasta Bake with Roasted Pumpkin and Saffron Sauce, Pistachio and Goat Cheese
An Edible Mosaic • Pumpkin Spice Chia Seed Pudding
Hey Modest Marce • Mascarpone Pumpkin Pie
Inspired By the Seasons • Pumpkin Applesauce Smoothie
CaliGirl Cooking • Pumpkin Praline Cinnamon Rolls with Spiked Cream Cheese Glaze
Sally’s Baking Addiction • Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
Well and Full • Spicy Chipotle Pumpkin Hummus
Appeasing a Food Geek • Cheese Fondue Stuffed Roasted Pumpkin
SweetPhi • Pumpkin Chili Biscuit Bake
Warm Vanilla Sugar • Buttermilk Pumpkin Doughnuts
Mademoiselle Poirot • Cinnamon-Pumpkin Mousse on Honey Panna Cotta topped with Hazelnut Brittle
Heart of a Baker • Pumpkin Sticky Buns with Vanilla Bean Frosting
Flourishing Foodie • Massaman Curry with Pumpkin and Chickpeas
Ginger & Toasted Sesame • Pumpkin Jeon
Lindsay Jang • Best Ever DIY Pumpkin Spiced Latte
Fix Feast Flair • Hokkaido Pumpkin + Sage Mac and Gouda
Will Frolic for Food • Pumpkin Kale Patties with Coconut Cilantro Rice
A Couple Cooks • Pumpkin Pecan Baked Steel Cut Oats
Vermilion Red • Pumpkin Pie Souffle
Britnell • Vegan Pumpkin Pie
Displaced Housewife • Brown Butter Pumpkin Donuts
Sweet Gula • Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
La Pêche Fraîche • Pumpkin and Condensed Milk Cakes
Kitchen Konfidence • Pumpkin Ricotta Gnocchi with Rosemary Brown Butter Sauce
Loves Food, Loves to Eat • Savory Pumpkin Bread Pudding
Kale & Caramel • Goat Cheese & Sage-Stuffed Pumpkin Challah
Okie Dokie Artichokie • Pumpkin Chorizo Chili with Sweet Potatoes + Pinto Beans
Salted Plains • Easy Pumpkin Bread
Liliahna • Chicken Legs with Pumpkin and Tortellini
TermiNatetor Kitchen • Whole Wheat, Pumpkin & Brown Sugar Brioche
Vermilion Roots • Sweet Rice Dumplings with Pumpkin
Celebrate Creativity • Pumpkin Mini Cheesecake Tarts
Serendipity Bakes • Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake
So Much Yum • Vegan Maple-Glazed Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts
The Brick Kitchen • Pumpkin, Pecan & White Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches
Lisli • Pumpkin Pie Cake
Cookie Dough and Oven Mitt • Pumpkin Pie Dip
Fig+Bleu • Pumpkin Granola
The Speckled Palate • Pumpkin Caramel Cream Cheese Swirl Blondies
Cook Til Delicious • Fall Cliche Cake (Pumpkin Spice Cake / Maple Cream Cheese Frosting / Apple Cider Caramel Sauce)
Floating Kitchen • Chicken and Pumpkin Chili
The Wood and Spoon • Pumpkin Pecan Cake with Burnt Sugar Frosting
Fork Vs Spoon • Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
Lemon & Vanilla • Pumpkin and Coconut Caramel Flan
Dunk & Crumble • Pumpkin Chocolate Icebox Cake
Chicano Eats • Pumpkin Butter Pan de Muerto
On the Plate • Pumpkin Pancakes, Salted Caramel & Pecans
Rough Measures • Cosy Pumpkin Spice Latte (Caffeine and Dairy Free)
Brewing Happiness • Pumpkin Ginger Breakfast Cookies
A Butterful Mind • Pumpkin Cheesecake with Vanilla Whipped Cream
The Little Loaf • Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Fork to Belly • Pumpkin Gnocchi
The Little Epicurean • Chocolate Hazelnut Pumpkin Pie
Bourbon and Honey • Spicy Roasted Pumpkin with Honey and Feta
What to Cook Today • Spicy Pumpkin Noodle Soup
Food by Mars • Pumpkin Pie (Grain-Free, Diary-Free)
The Bojon Gourmet • Pumpkin Butterscotch Pudding
Oh Honey Bakes • Pumpkin Cake with Gingersnap Toffee
Long Distance Baking • Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake
The Jam Lab • Pumpkin Madeleines Dipped in White Chocolate
The Lemon Apron • Pumpkin Gingerbread Loaf with an Olive Oil Glaze
Sun Diego Eats • Thai Pumpkin & Sticky Rice Cakes
A Cozy Kitchen • Pumpkin Chai Scones with Black Tea Glaze
A Cookie Named Desire • Pumpkin Shrubs
Eating Clean Recipes • Vegan Pumpkin Chia Pudding
Kingfield Kitchen • Vegan Fresh Pumpkin Soup
Drink and Cocktail Recipes • Pumpkin Dirty Chai
The Pig & Quill • Pumpkin Sage Cannelloni (Dairy-Free)
My Lavender Blues • Pumpkin, Banana & Olive Oil Bundt Cake
Betty Liu • Pumpkin + Pear Butter Baked Melty Cheese
Happy Hearted Kitchen • Cinnamon Roasted Pumpkin with Tahini Yogurt + Hazelnut Dukkah
InHappenstance • Pumpkin Scones with Maple Butter
Live Eat Learn • Pumpkin Gingerbread Hot Cocoa
Absolutely divine Aimee.
A recipe that ill make soon as it has everything I love.
Thanks for always sharing amazing suggestions.
Lia xx
Thankyou Lia xx
This is amazingly gorgeous! What a show-stopping meal. It’s hard to find smaller variety pumpkins where I am, so if (and probably when) I make this, it’s gonna feed a couple families 🙂
Thanks for organizing this lovely pumpkin-y day! xx
thankyou ruby xx
Aimee this looks so delicious. There’s something so medieval and traditional about eating a pumpkin stuffed like this.
Well done on organising such a great #virtualpumpkinparty
Thankyou I’m so glad you like it x
I can’t believe this party! Soooo many bloggers and sooo many cool recipes.
Love your moody shots here. Just gorgeous! Awesome!
Thankyou Kimberly there where so many and all really different to it was great x
Oh Aimee, this is just my kind of comfort food. I absolutely ADORE sausage and apple in any combination, I can only imagine how even more delicious this must be with pumpkin too! Thanks for organising such a fab party, I’m so excited to see all the different recipes! XX
thankyou kym I have like 100 new pumpkin recipes I want to try now the party was so much fun x
Landing her accidentally through Saghar’s site – and so glad I did. Pumpkins are one my fav <3 Your photos are lovely and I cannot think of anything more winning than sausage, thanksgiving stuffing – and- pumpkins. Much yes.
thankyou so glad you found your way here
Looks delicious, and it’s so refreshing to see a savoury pumpkin recipe!
Thankyou I have tried a few pumpkin recipes this year and I really love it x
I always fall in love with your photos *sigh* Really love the way you’ve presented it inside the pumpkin, this would be such a gorgeous dish for a dinner party. Thanks again for inviting me to join in on this pumpkin party, Aimee!
thankyou for joining aimee your doughnuts looked amazing x
What a wonderful recipe to use the entire squash. I’m so excited about pumpkin season. Thank you for hosting the #virtualpumpkinparty. I’m discovering so many new ways to cook pumpkin! 🙂
I absolutely adore the photos and the food…geez..the food look divine !!!!
thankyou so much marvellina I’m in love with your photos too xx
Happy #VirtualPumpkinParty!! This baked pumpkin looks SO delicious. Stuffing is my favorite side at Thanksgiving, so I’m sure I’d love this.
thankyou x
What a wonderful combination of flavours and I’ve loved looking at all the other wonderful pumpkin posts too.
It was so fun to see them all x
This looks incredible! I love all the flavors built up here and then baked in a pumpkin. Oh my goodness, yes please! Thanks so much for co-hosting this year!
Thankyou it was yummy, and a pleasure to co host xxx
Oh this looks so gorgeous and hearty Aimee! So so autumnal. Thank you again for organising this pumpkin party – so much fun to be a part of! x
Thankyou so much Claudia it was great to see lots of bloggers from all over the world come together xx
Ah this looks INCREDIBLE and so comforting. Definitely going to try this.
thankyou Julia xx
A virtual pumpkin party is such a fun event!
thankyou it was great we had so many people posting x
Thanks for co-hosting the pumpkin party this year, Aimee! I’ve had a blast participating, and it’s been great seeing everyone’s recipes 🙂
thankyou it has been so much fun xx
I am in love with these photos and this recipe! STUNNING.
thankyou so much xxx
Your photography is stunning! I love the idea of stuffing with the pumpkin as the vessel, so beautiful and creative!
thankyou so glad you like it xxx
So festive! Thanks a bunch for helping me organize this year. 🙂
Thankyou it was so much fun xz
These photos and this dish.. Truly spectacular… <3
Thank you so much for getting us all together and for all your hard work.
Cheers!
Thankyou so much xxx