Maple Sausage-Stuffed Apples
Coming up short on kids' meal ideas? Try this one.
by Rachael Ray | on 04/24/09
Photo credit: Tina Rupp
Ingredients
- 4 large golden delicious apples, halved crosswise and cored
- 1 pound chicken or sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
- 1/3 cup chopped flat leaf parsley (a generous handful)
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), plus more for drizzling
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons honey mustard or Dijon mustard
- Salt and pepper
- 6 cups mixed greens
Serves 4
Preparation
Pre-heat the oven to 375° F. Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish, then add the apples, cut sides up.
In a medium bowl, combine the sausage, parsley and maple syrup. Using a rubber spatula, stuff each apple half so that the sausage mixture mounds out of the top, then drizzle with EVOO. Ask your Grown-Up Helper (GH) to bake the stuffed apples until tender and the sausage is cooked through, 40-45 minutes.
In a salad bowl, combine the apple cider vinegar and mustard, then whisk in 1/4 cup EVOO; season with salt and pepper. Toss the greens with the dressing and serve with the stuffed apples. Yum-o!
