Italian Mac-n-Cheese

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Total Time:
30 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
20 min
Yield:
4 servings, plus leftovers
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 1 pound ziti rigate, penne rigate or cavatappi (ribbed, hollow corkscrews)
  • 1 pound Italian bulk sweet sausage
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 3 or 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 12 crimini mushrooms, sliced
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 (10-ounce) sack, 2 1/2 cups, shredded Italian 4 cheese blend, available on dairy aisle
  • 1 can diced tomatoes, drained well
  • 1 teaspoon hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco), optional
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan, a couple of handfuls

Directions

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt water and cook pasta to a chewy al dente, about 8 minutes.

In a nonstick skillet, brown and crumble the sausage. Drain cooked crumbles on paper towel lined plate. Return pan to heat and add extra-virgin olive oil, butter, garlic and mushrooms. Season liberally with salt and pepper. Saute 3 to 5 minutes, until mushrooms are lightly golden.

Preheat broiler to high.

To mushrooms, add flour and stir, cooking 2 minutes. Whisk in stock, then stir in cream. Bring cream to a bubble, then stir in 2 cups of 4 cheese blend. When cheese has melted into sauce, add tomatoes. When sauce comes to a bubble, remove from heat and adjust seasonings, adding hot sauce if desired.

Combine cheese sauce with sausage and pasta, transfer to baking dish, casserole or oven safe serving platter. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of 4 cheese blend and the grated Parmesan over the top and brown under hot broiler.

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  • on January 01, 2013

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    A winner. Family asked for multiple seconds. Cut down on the amount of pasta as recommended by reviewers, more Mozzarella than called for. Other than that, recipe to a tee. Very good

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  • on August 22, 2012

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    Made this again on 8/20/12 ... Added more garlic & sausage, then added a little more heat from chipotle Tabasco sauce & broccoli that I tossed into the pasta boiling water the last 2 min... Still only made half... It was amazing!!! It's a keeper.... Now that I tweaked to me taste

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  • on July 05, 2012

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    [7/4/12] Easy and delicious!

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