Creamy Sausage and Mushroom Pasta
HomeChef
Main Dishes
Ingredients
- 8 oz Cremini Mushrooms
- 2 oz Roasted Red Peppers
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- 1 Mini Baguette
- 1 oz Grated Parmesan Cheese
- 2 Italian Sausage LInks
- 6 oz Campanelle Pasta
- 12 fl. oz. Canned Evaporated
- Whole Milk
- Olive Oil
- Salt Pepper
- Quarter mushrooms. Coarsely chop roasted red
- peppers. Mince garlic. Halve baguette. Combine
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil, garlic, and half the Parmesan
Instructions
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Cook Within: Ideally, sauce should appear just a little too thin when pasta is added. It will thicken as it cools. If sauce is too thick, add 1-2 Tbsp. of water to loosen. Campanelle in Italian means “bellflowers,” and its delicate-yet- sturdy shape is ideal for holding onto creamy sauces like this one.
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Prepare the Ingredients: Quarter mushrooms. Coarsely chop roasted red peppers. Mince garlic. Halve baguette. Combine 1 Tbsp. olive oil, garlic, and half the Parmesan mixture on cut sides of baguette, place on a pre- step. Rinse sausages and pat dry.
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Cook Pasta and Garlic Bread: While sausages and mushrooms are roasting, add pasta to boiling water and cook until just tender, 9-11 minutes. Drain in colander and return to pot. While oven and bake until golden brown, about 6-9 min- utes. Remove from oven and set aside.
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Start the Mushrooms: and toss with 1 Tbsp. olive oil, ½ tsp. salt, and ¼ tsp. pepper. Spread into a single layer (leave room to add sausages later) and roast 8 minutes. Sausages will mushrooms cook, brown sausages.
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Make the Sauce: Place evaporated milk in pan used to sear sausages and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, add remaining Parmesan cheese (reserve a pinch for garnish), and cook, stirring constantly, until sauce has thickened enough to coat a spoon, 1-2 minutes. Add pasta, mush- rooms, and roasted red peppers to sauce and stir to combine. Taste, and add a pinch of salt and pepper,
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Brown the Sausages: heat. Add 2 tsp. olive oil and sausages to hot pan and cook, turning occasionally, until sausages are with mushrooms from oven and add sausages. Return sheet to oven and roast until sausages reach a minimum internal temperature of 160 degrees and mushrooms have browned, 12-15 minutes. Wipe pan clean and reserve for sauce step.
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Plate the Dish: Using tongs or a fork to hold sausages, slice sausages into 1” pieces. Spoon pasta onto a plate or shallow bowl and arrange sliced sausages over pasta. Garnish with remaining Parmesan cheese. Serve garlic bread recipe–it has bigger grains and is easier to pinch than table salt, allowing more control over flavor. If using regular table salt, reduce measured amounts is used three times. Half goes on garlic bread, remaining goes into sauce, and a pinch garnishes the dish. the recipe before you start–we promise it will be time • Bring a medium pot of lightly salted water to a boil • Place a colander in the sink
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(reserve remaining for sauce) in a small bowl. Spread