Three Cheese Pesto Pasta Bake with Sausage

Is it a pasta or is it a block?? I'm non entirely sure but either fashion this Three Cheese Pesto Pasta Broil is fantastic!

We're kicking things off this week with a Three Cheese Pesto Pasta Bake that is zip less than decadent. It's part pesto/ricotta mixture, part spinach/sausage mixture and role white wine roux cheese sauce that brings everything together. Is it low calorie – admittedly not. Is information technology comfort nutrient in a bowl – absolutely. Should you brand this side by side time there'southward a slight chill in the air and you need something that's comforting and doubles as excellent leftovers – YES YOU SHOULD.

Adept news for anyone out there that's vegetarian – you tin Hands omit the sausage portion of this and make information technology 100% vegetarian with very little try! Y'all're welcome, I've idea of everything! Carbs, Cheese, Optional Meat. Just here to brand everyones autumn a little fleck more delish. Need some more baked pasta dishes… got you covered!

Our Fav Baked Pasta Dishes :

• Creamy Baked Mac and Cheese
• Cheesy Taco Pasta
• Baked Gnocchi
• Chicken Spinach Pasta Broil
• Penne with v (or 6) Cheeses
• Roasted Vegetable Lasagna
• Mushroom Lasagna
• Chicken Parm Gnocchi Bake
• Bolognese Stuffed Shells
• Spicy Mexican Mac and Cheese

Three Cheese Pesto Pasta Bake with Sausage

Three Cheese Pesto Pasta Bake is the most epic pasta broil and shaped pretty much like a cake – what's not to dear!!

Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Fourth dimension 35 mins

Total Time 55 mins

Grade Main Course

Cuisine American

• i/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup dry white wine
• 3 ane/2 cups whole milk
• pinch of nutmeg and cayenne pepper
• kosher table salt and freshly croaky blackness pepper
• ane egg, lightly beaten
• one cup shredded fontina cheese
• 1 1/ii cups grated parmesan cheese, divided
• 16 ounces extra large rigatoni
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 8 ounces spicy Italian sausage
• 1/ii teaspoons ruddy pepper flakes
• 6 cups spinach
• 1/2 cup basil pesto
• 1 cup fresh ricotta
• fresh basil and more than parmesan to garnish

• Estrus the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a 9in springform pan with cooking spray and dust lightly with a handful of grated parmesan cheese and set aside

• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat, once bubbling add together in the flour and whisk continuously for 2-3 minutes until smooth. Add in the white wine followed by the milk, and cook for until thick, about 15 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne. Remove from heat and stir in the egg, fontina and 1 cup parmesan. Place over super low rut to go along warm.

• Meanwhile, bring a big pot of salted water to eddy and cook pasta according to parcel directions until al dente. Bleed and set aside.

• In a medium bucket over medium high heat, add together olive oil and crumble in the sausage cooking until browned 5-vi minutes, remove sausage to a basin and toss in the spinach stirring just to wilt, about 2-iii minutes. Remove from oestrus. Combine with the cooked sausage and crushed red pepper and set up aside.

• Stir ricotta and pesto together, set aside.

• Combine the cooked pasta and the cheese sauce, layer one/three of it into the prepared pan followed by 1/three of the ricotta mixture and 1/3 of the spinach and sausage mixture. Repeat so yous have three layers ending with sausage and spinach. Sprinkle with the remaining one/two cup parmesan cheese on height.

• Bake in the oven till golden brownish 35-40 min. Remove and let sit for about xxx mins. Remove the side from the springform pan sprinkle with torn basil and more parmesan.

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