Italian Mac N Cheese

[Warinsbloom]

Bring large pot of water to boil, salt the water and cook the pasta to al dente
In a nonstick skillet, brown and crumble sausage, drain on paper towel-lined plate.
Return pan to heat and add evoo, butter, garlic, and
mushrooms, season liberally with salt and pepper.
Saute 3-5 minutes, until mushrooms are slightly golden.
Preheat broiler to high ( if needed)
To mushrooms, add flour, and stir, cooking 2 minutes.
Whisk in stock, then stir in cream
Bring cream to 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.
Combine cheese sauce with sausage and pasta, transfer to a large baking dish.
Sprinkle with remaining cheese and the grated Parmesan and brown under the hot broiler

[Warinsbloom]

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

[Brutal_Dreamer]

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

[madphrag]

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

[Warinsbloom]

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

[Ladyofthelakes]

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.

[orchidsal]

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

[kiwiorchids]

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

[panam]

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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