Cucuzza and Sausage. Have you ever cooked cucuzza squash? If not, it's definitely worth a try. These foil packets are such an easy dinner option, especially when you start with.

While my New Jersey cousins were probably eating cucuzza in July and August, it took us in the West until October. Cucuzza is hard to find at grocery stores. However, it can be found in many Italian American home gardens, growing like wildfire along a fence. You can have Cucuzza and Sausage using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cucuzza and Sausage

1. It's of Meat and vegetables.
2. It's 1 of small cucuzza.
3. You need 12 ounces of beef smoked sausage.
4. You need 1 stalk of celery julienne style.
5. You need 2 of medium sized carrot julienne style.
6. It's 1/2 of large green bell pepper.
7. It's 1 of extra large onion.
8. You need 1 of heaping tablespoon of minced garlic.
9. You need To taste of salt.
10. You need 1/3 cup of self rising flour.
11. You need 2 tablespoons of peanut oil.
12. Prepare of Sauce.
13. You need 2-1/2 cup of beef broth.
14. It's 1 tablespoons of Valentina hot sauce.
15. Prepare 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar.
16. It's 1 tablespoon of sugar.
17. Prepare 1 teaspoon of salt.
18. Prepare 1/4 cup of Heinz tomato ketchup.
19. You need 1 tablespoon of peanut oil.
20. You need 1/2 teaspoon of roasted sesame seed oil.

But this weekend I discovered the cucuzza, and now I'm not so sure. How could I not have known I spent the weekend getting to know it. Are you familiar with the cucuzza? Let us know in the comments.

Cucuzza and Sausage instructions

1. Peel the cucuzza and remove any large seeds and dice. Remove the casing from the sausage. Julienne the carrots, bell pepper, the celery and sliver the onion..
2. All this can be done ahead of time..
3. Slice the sausage and fry in the oil. Mix the sauce ingredients and set aside..
4. When the sausage is cooked and just crispy set aside. Add the vegetables and garlic to the deep pan, that you fried the sausage in. Coat all the vegetables with the oils..
5. When the vegetables are tender, add the flour and sausage to the vegetables, and sauté for 8 minutes..
6. Add the sauce ingredients and mix well stirring constantly until smooth and thick. If too thick add water or broth to the ingredients. Taste and add more of the flavors noticable that are not being taste, that you want..
7. Serve I hope you enjoy!!!.

We used to grow this kind of squash (cucuzza) in our back yard. This type of squash is very, very long. This one was givien to me by my sister in law. from her back yard. Browse All Cucuzza Recipes. calabash. cucuzzi. dudhi. suzza melon. zucca. Wikipedia Article About Cucuzza on Wikipedia.