Ingredients
4 pattypan squash, trimmed and thinly sliced
1 onion, chopped
1 pound Italian sausage, casings removed and crumbled
1 cup parsley, chopped
1 1/2 cups bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350*F. 

2. Heat skillet over medium heat and cook sausage until no longer pink. Remove sausage from pan. Add onion to sausage fat and cook 3-5 minutes, or until soft. 

3. In a bowl mix together sausage, onion, parsley, bread crumbs, pepper, oil, and 2 tablespoons water.  Layer squash slices with sausage mixture in 9 by 12-inch pan.  Cover and bake 30 minutes. Uncover and continue baking 15 minutes or until squash is tender. 



Comments
This was supposed to be a stuffed pattypan dish but my pattypans were too small and it seemed like the recipe wouldn’t work so well.  Everything was tasty, the spice from the sausage added lots of great flavor. 

Shown here with Baked Lemon Pasta.