Italian Mac-n-Cheese
Italian Mac-n-Cheese is a main course that serves 4. For $2.88 per serving, this recipe covers 35% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 1191 calories, 43g of protein, and 68g of fat. This recipe from Foodnetwork has 8 fans. Head to the store and pick up crimini mushrooms, heavy cream, chicken stock, and a few other things to make it today. Only a few people really liked this Mediterranean dish. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 30 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 79%. This score is solid. Try Italian Mac and Cheese, Easy Italian Mac and Cheese, and Italian Mac and Cheese Muffins for similar recipes.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 10 minutes
Cooking duration: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
1 pound Italian bulk sweet sausage
1 tablespoon butter
1 can diced tomatoes, drained well
1 cup chicken stock
3 or 4 cloves garlic, chopped
12 crimini mushrooms, sliced
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco), optional
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 cup Parmesan, a couple of handfuls
Salt and pepper
1 pound ziti rigate, penne rigate or cavatappi (ribbed, hollow corkscrews)
1 (10-ounce) sack, 2 1/2 cups, shredded Italian 4 cheese blend, available on dairy aisle
Equipment:
pot
frying pan
paper towels
broiler
whisk
baking pan
oven
Cooking instruction summary:
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.
Step by step:
1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt water and cook pasta to a chewy al dente, about 8 minutes.
2. In a nonstick skillet, brown and crumble the sausage.
3. 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.
4. Saute 3 to 5 minutes, until mushrooms are lightly golden.
5. Preheat broiler to high.
6. To mushrooms, add flour and stir, cooking 2 minutes.
7. 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.
8. 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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