Italian Mac N Cheese

Description: Grown-up version of the classic...guaranteed hit...it is INSANELY delicious

Serving Size: serves 4

Time: 30-40 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:

1. Salt and Pepper
   
2. 1lb. penne pasta
   
3. 1lb. italian sweet sausage
   
4. 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
   
5. 1tbsp butter
   
6. 3-4 cloves garlic, chopped
   
7. 12 mushrooms, sliced
   
8. 2tbsp flour
   
9. 1 cup chicken stock
   
10. 1 cup heavy cream
    
11. 1 ten-ouce sack shredded Italian 4-cheese blend
    
12. 1 can diced tomatoes, well drained
    
13. 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

Preparation:

1. Not alot of prep involved! easy breezy Mac N Cheesy!

Instructions:

1. Bring large pot of water to boil, salt the water and cook the pasta to al dente
   
2. In a nonstick skillet, brown and crumble sausage, drain on paper towel-lined plate.
   
3. Return pan to heat and add evoo, butter, garlic, and
   
4. mushrooms, season liberally with salt and pepper.
   
5. Saute 3-5 minutes, until mushrooms are slightly golden.
   
6. Preheat broiler to high ( if needed)
   
7. To mushrooms, add flour, and stir, cooking 2 minutes.
   
8. Whisk in stock, then stir in cream
   
9. Bring cream to bubble, then stir in 2 cups of 4-cheese blend.
   
10. When cheese has melted into sauce, add tomatoes.
    
11. When sauce comes to a bubble, remove from heat.
    
12. Combine cheese sauce with sausage and pasta, transfer to a large baking dish.
    
13. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and the grated Parmesan and brown under the hot broiler

Oopsy on the ingredients ... I read the "how-to" before I posted and still screwed it up. Go figure!

Originally Posted by Warinsbloom

Oopsy on the ingredients ... I read the "how-to" before I posted and still screwed it up. Go figure!

Easy fix! And this sounds just delicious!!

Cheers,
BD

I am definitely making this one. I make my own Italian sausage and this would be a perfect use for some!

Originally Posted by madphrag

I am definitely making this one. I make my own Italian sausage and this would be a perfect use for some!

homemade italian sausage would make this perfect dish even MORE perfect...let me know how it turns out

My husbands favorite!

On the other hand if I never eat mac and cheese again in my life it will be too soon

Then.....you said Italian Sausage and tomatoes, got me on that one. Have to try this one.

I am going to the supermarket tomorrow to buy what ingredients I don't have on hand. This sounds like its filling and it must taste great! Thanks for posting AL

where on earth would i got that 2 cheese blend? NZ is a useless sack of @#$! for that kind of stuff!

Jordan, here in the States, an Italian-blend cheese package usually consists of Parmesan, Mozzarella, Romano, and Asiago. The mozz is a soft cheese that contributes the stringy aspect, and the parm is harder, but gives a good punch of flavor. If you can find something along the lines of those two, you should be good to go - everything else is similar enough.

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