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Farro and Sausage-Stuffed Baked Apples

October 30, 2013 by kiersten 16 Comments

Farro and Sausage-Stuffed Baked Apples sponsored
Is it weird that I’m scared of nutmeg? There are certain herbs and spices that I just know and others that kind of intimidate me; nutmeg is one of them. Nutmeg has a strong, assertive flavor–use too much and your dish is ruined! So usually when I cook with nutmeg, I put in a teeny tiny pinch and hope for the best. But you know what? I needed to get over that fear, so I added a whopping quarter teaspoon of nutmeg to this recipe. I’m living on the edge here, right?

Farro and Sausage Filling Farro and Sausage Stuffed Baked Apples
This recipe was part of McCormick’s Go 4 Gourmet challenge. I was given 4 ingredients and instructions to use them to create a recipe. Any recipe! Whatever I wanted! Well, anything as long as it included nutmeg, apples, chestnuts, and farro. In addition to being scared of nutmeg, I’ve never cooked with chestnuts before, so this lived up to its name as a challenge. My first thought was to use the farro and chestnuts to make a savory stuffing for the apples and although I later had some other ideas too, the stuffed apples were my favorite so I decided to stick with them.

Baked apples are usually sweet, but if you’ve had apples with cheese before, you know that they work well with savory flavors too. I added Parmesan cheese, sautéed onions, and vegetarian sausage to play up the savory side of the recipe, since both the chestnuts and apples fall on the sweeter side of the spectrum. Nutmeg works with both sweet and savory flavors, so it was the perfect spice to bring the two together. These savory baked apples make a delicious fall dinner and they’d even be great as a vegetarian main dish for Thanksgiving!

Farro and Sausage Stuffed Baked Apples
Go 4 Gourmet isn’t just for food bloggers–you can come up with your own creation and enter to win on the Go 4 Gourmet contest page. I’d love to see your ideas for these 4 ingredients!

Farro and Sausage-Stuffed Baked Apples
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
40 mins
Total time
55 mins
 
A savory take on stuffed apples.
Author: Kiersten
Recipe type: Main Dishes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 4 large apples (I used Honeycrisp)
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • ⅓ cup diced yellow onion
  • 1 large vegetarian sausage, crumbled (I used Field Roast Apple Sage Sausage)
  • ⅓ cup farro, cooked according to package directions
  • ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese, divided
  • ¼ cup chopped chestnuts
  • ¼ teaspoon McCormick ground nutmeg
  • Salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375ºF.
  2. Use an apple corer to core each apple, then use a paring knife to widen the hole in the center to 1½ to 2 inches. You need room for all that tasty stuffing! Put the apples in a small baking dish that's been sprayed with oil or cooking spray.
  3. Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the diced onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the crumbled sausage and cook about 3 minutes more, or until browned.
  4. Combine the onion and sausage with the farro, ¼ cup of Parmesan cheese, chestnuts, and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Season to taste with salt.
  5. Use a spoon to stuff the farro filling into each apple. Pack them as full as you can! Top each apple with a tablespoon of Parmesan cheese. Spray a piece of foil with oil or cooking spray and use it to cover the baking dish (sprayed side down--this keeps the cheese from sticking to the foil). Bake the apples for 20 minutes covered, then 15-20 minutes more uncovered, or until the cheese is golden brown and the apples are tender.
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Comments

  1. Miss @ MIss in the Kitchen says

    October 30, 2013 at 8:10 am

    I love using nutmeg, especially in white sauces or with spinach. I bet it is amazing in this dish. I’ve never cooked with chestnuts either, we were just talking about them over the weekend. This looks like a great recipe to try them!

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  2. Brandy says

    October 30, 2013 at 9:45 am

    Oh this sounds delicious! Thanks for the recipe, I am currently on the lookout for some new recipes to try.

    Reply
  3. Stephanie says

    October 30, 2013 at 10:35 am

    These look delicious! I never though of stuffing an apple!

    Reply
  4. Stephanie @ henry happened says

    October 30, 2013 at 11:03 am

    I’ve never cooked anything with chestnuts or farro before so I’m not sure I’d be up for this challenge! But this looks like such an impressive holiday dish though I might have to give it a try.

    Reply
  5. Kimberly says

    October 31, 2013 at 12:22 am

    What a different combination of ingredients. Seems like you did a great job with it. Those pictures look yummy!

    Reply
  6. Shop with Me Mama says

    November 1, 2013 at 8:51 pm

    Wow! This looks and sounds sooooo good! Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  7. Melissa says

    November 2, 2013 at 10:36 pm

    Gah, these look amazingly delicious. They also look like something I could do! A perfect fall dish!

    Reply
  8. Kerri says

    November 4, 2013 at 1:01 am

    These look like such a fall treat. I love apples and this recipe makes them into a meal. I have to try them!

    Reply
  9. Karen says

    November 5, 2013 at 12:10 am

    Those look delicious. I don’t even know what farro is.

    Reply
  10. JulieD says

    November 5, 2013 at 11:30 am

    Love this so much, Kiersten!!

    Reply
  11. Billie says

    November 5, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    This sounds really good! My son loves stuffed peppers, I only like the filling. This would be a nice change.

    Reply
  12. Kelly @ A Girl Worth Saving says

    November 7, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    I’ve always loved the combination of apples and sausage and this recipe just kicks it up another level! Beautiful!

    Reply
  13. Jennifer Mecurio says

    November 10, 2013 at 12:35 pm

    Wow these look great. I bet your home smells just amazing while these were baking! I actually had no idea McCormick made organic spices so I’ll definitely have to go out and stock up on those!

    Reply
  14. Robin Gagnon says

    November 10, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    Nutmeg is one of those spices I don’t utilize enough myself… that and sage. I’ve been forcing myself to use them more & have been pretty happy with the results.

    Reply
  15. trisha says

    November 11, 2013 at 1:12 pm

    This looks great! I am always surprised how great apples are with regular meals!

    trisha

    Reply
  16. Cat Davis says

    November 15, 2013 at 10:24 am

    At first I was like, sausage in an apple? But then it started growing on me and now I really want to make this.

    Reply

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