Three Cheese Pasta With Italian Sausage Food

MANICOTTI RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9"x13" baking dish with cooking spray.

CHEESY SAUSAGE PASTA (ONE POT)

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, brown Italian sausage and onion.
• Add milk, broth, and pasta to the pot along with the sausage and onion. Stir in the cornstarch and seasonings and bring to a boil.
• Once boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer and cover, and cook for 10-16 minutes or until the pasta is tender. Check the pan frequently and add more water or broth as needed.
• Once the pasta is tender, remove the pot from the heat. Remove sausage from the pot and slice.
• Stir the cheese into the pasta until melted. Stir in the sliced sausage and serve.

THREE CHEESE AND SPICY SAUSAGE BAKED PASTA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring, until the garlic is golden, about 2 minutes. Add both cans of the tomatoes and 1 cup water. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat slightly, add the basil sprigs and simmer rapidly, uncovered, until thickened, 15 to 20 minutes. Discard basil and stir in the chopped basil. Season with salt and pepper.
• While the sauce simmers, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up any clumps with a wooden spoon, until brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer the sausage to a large bowl with a slotted spoon.
• Cook the rigatoni in the salted boiling water until very al dente, about 2 minutes less than the package directions instruct. Drain the pasta and add it to the large bowl.
• Add the tomato sauce and half each of the mozzarella, provolone and Parmesan cheeses to the bowl and stir well to combine. Transfer the pasta-sausage mixture to a 3- to 4-quart baking dish and top with the remaining mozzarella, provolone and Parmesan cheeses. Bake, uncovered, until browned, about 15 minutes. Let the pasta rest about 10 minutes before serving.
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THREE-CHEESE LASAGNA WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• FOR SAUCE:
• Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, carrots and garlic; sauté until softened, about 12 minutes. Add beef and sausages to pan; sauté until cooked through, breaking up meat with back of spoon, about 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer until flavors blend and sauce measures about 5 cups, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Cool.
• FOR LASAGNA:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Cook noodles in large pot of boiling salted water until almost tender, about 7 minutes. Drain; cover with cold water.
• Combine ricotta and 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese in medium bowl. Mix in spinach. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix in eggs.
• Drain pasta and pat dry. Spread 1/2 cup sauce over bottom of 13x9-inch glass baking dish. Place 5 noodles over sauce, overlapping to fit. Spread half of ricotta-spinach mixture evenly over noodles. Sprinkle 2 cups mozzarella cheese evenly over ricotta-spinach mixture. Spoon 1 1/2 cups sauce over cheese, spreading with spatula to cover (sauce will be thick). Repeat layering with 5 noodles, remaining ricotta-spinach mixture, 2 cups mozzarella and 1 1/2 cups sauce. Arrange remaining 5 noodles over sauce. Spread remaining sauce over noodles. Sprinkle remaining 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese evenly over lasagna. (Can be prepared up to 1 day ahead. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate.) Cover baking dish with aluminum foil. Bake lasagna 40 minutes; uncover and bake until hot and bubbly, about 40 minutes. Let lasagna stand 15 minutes before serving.

THREE-CHEESE BAKED ZITI WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 4-quart rectangular baking dish with nonstick spray. Combine mozzarella and Italian blend cheeses in a bowl and place in the refrigerator.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• At the same time, heat 3 tablespoons oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add sausage and break up into morsels. Sprinkle baking soda onto sausage, then add onion and garlic. Cook and stir, continuing to break up any clumps as it cooks, until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour off and discard any grease.
• Add pasta sauce, olives, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, anchovy paste, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. Add up to 3 tablespoons more oil if desired, and continue stirring until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring regularly, until thickened, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in ziti.
• Spread 1/2 of the sauced ziti into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle 1/2 of the shredded cheese mixture evenly on top. Spoon or ladle the rest of the ziti evenly on top without disturbing the layers underneath; it's okay to have some ziti partially exposed as they will brown handsomely and deliciously as they bake. Sprinkle remaining shredded cheese mixture on top and sprinkle Parmesan across the surface.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until bubbly, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest for 15 minutes before serving.

THREE-CHEESE SAUSAGE LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain and set aside. , In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth; gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat., In a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish, layer with a fourth of the white sauce, three noodles, half of the sausage and four pieces each of mozzarella and provolone cheeses. Repeat layers once. Spoon half of the remaining sauce over the top. Layer with remaining noodles, sauce, mozzarella and provolone cheeses; sprinkle with Romano cheese. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until heated through. Let stand for 15 minutes before cutting.

THREE CHEESE PASTA WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of slightly salted water to boil. Add the pasta once it is boiling and cook until the pasta is just under al dente (slightly resistant still). Preheat the over to 350 degrees.
• Shred all the cheeses and set aside. Begin to cook the sausage by heating a small skillet to medium heat & removing the meat from the casing. Use a wooden spoon to break apart the sausage for even cooking.
• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat then add the onion. Saute until translucent and very fragrant about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook an additional minute.
• Mix in the flour, let it cook for about 30 seconds.
• Add the chicken stock & milk, continuously whisking. SLOWLY add the 3 cheeses to the mixture about a small handful at a time. Add the next bit once the previous is completely melted and creamy within the liquid. When all the cheese is added reduce the heat to low and stir in the nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• In a baking dish, combine the cooked pasta, sausage, and cheese sauce.
• Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes. Remove and garnish with chopped parsley.

THREE-CHEESE LASAGNA WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onion, carrots and garlic; sauté until softened, 10-12 minutes.
• Add beef and sausages to pan; sauté until cooked through, breaking up meat as you stir, about 5 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Cover and simmer until flavors blend and sauce measures about 5 cups, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes.
• Discard bay leaf.
• Set aside and cool.
• Combine ricotta and ¾ cup Parmesan cheese in medium bowl.
• Mix in spinach.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Mix in eggs.
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Spread ½ cup sauce over the bottom of a 13" by 9" glass baking dish.
• Place 5 noodles over sauce, overlapping to fit.
• Spread half of the ricotta-spinach mixture evenly over noodles.
• Sprinkle 2 cups mozzarella cheese evenly over ricotta-spinach mixture.
• Spoon 1½ cups sauce over cheese, spreading with spatula to cover (sauce will be thick).
• Repeat layering with 5 noodles, remaining ricotta-spinach mixture, 2 cups mozzarella and 1½ cups sauce.
• Arrange remaining 5 noodles over sauce.
• Spread remaining sauce over noodles.
• Sprinkle remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese evenly over the top of the lasagna.
• Cover baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake lasagna 40 minutes; uncover and bake until hot and bubbly, about 40 more minutes.
• Let lasagna stand 15 minutes before serving.

3-CHEESE PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Mix soup, cheeses, milk and black pepper in 1 1/2-qt. casserole. Stir in pasta.
• Bake at 400 degrees F. for 20 min. or until hot.

THREE-CHEESE TORTELLINI WITH CREAMY ITALIAN SAUSAGE MARINARA

Steps:

• In a large, heavy stockpot or dutch oven, brown the Italian sausage, breaking it up to the consistency you desire.
• Add the onions and cook until they are soft. Drain the grease from the pot.
• Add garlic, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, water, basil, oregano, parsley, marjoram, sugar, salt, pepper, and rosemary (if desired). When adding the water, consider how long you will be simmering. The water helps to merge the flavors, but you do not want the sauce to be too thin. If you will be simmering your sauce for a shorter amount of time, add less water. Stir all these ingredients together and bring to a slow boil.
• Stir in red wine.
• Simmer on low for at least an hour. Then add the cheeses and the heavy cream. Stir well, until the cream and cheeses are well blended into the sauce. Stir occasionally while the tortellini is cooking to prevent the sauce from sticking and to prevent the cream from scorching.
• Bring water to a boil in another pot for the tortellini. Add a little olive oil to prevent the tortellini from sticking. Once the water comes to a boil, add the tortellini. Cook according to the package directions.
• I usually reserve some of the sauce for spaghetti for another day -- I add some sauteed mushrooms then. I try to ration the sauce to the amount of tortellini. If you like lots of sauce, use all the sauce. But if not, save some for another pasta dish. It freezes well. At my house, it never lasts long enough to freeze!