Italian Sausage And Gorgonzola Penne Recipes

BAKED PENNE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Heat oil in a large, deep skillet. Place sausage and onion in the skillet and cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain excess fat. Pour in wine, and cook for 1 minute, stirring, to deglaze the pan. Stir in tomato sauce, diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Toss with cooked pasta, and place in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle top with mozzarella.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND VEGETABLES WITH GORGONZOLA CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large sauce pan melt butter over medium heat.
• Add minced garlic to sauce pan cook for a few minutes but do not brown.
• Whisk in the flour to make reux- cook for 3 to 5 minutes whisking constantly- do not let it brown.
• Whisk in milk and heat until boiling- whisk often, add some fresh ground pepper.
• Once sauce is thickened remove from heat and set aside (well get back to the this later).
• In a large frying pan over medium-high heat add 3 Tbs olive oil add onions and slice the remaining garlic into pan sautee for 3 minutes until onion starts to soften.
• Add peppers, Italian seasoning cook for 5 minutes until Peppers begin to soften.
• Add cooked Sausage and warm through.
• Just before vegetable and meat mixture is finished- heat White sauce and stir in the cream, bring up to almost a boil and stir in parmesean and gorgonzola.
• Stir sauce until most of the gorgonzola is incorportated (lumps of cheese left in the sauce is a good thing!).
• Check cream sauce for salt add if necessary.
• In pasta bowls place Penne followed by Pepper onion meat mixture, then spoon on the Gorgonzola sauce, arrange mushrooms and asparagas on top.

PENNE AND ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Cut sausage into 1" pieces, easier if slightly frozen.
• In large fry pan (I used electric) cook sausage over medium-high meat until browned on all sides.
• Add onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper and chili powder if using.
• Cook until onion is tender.
• Stir in cornstarch.
• Add milk, stir until mixture comes to a boil and thickens.
• Add tomatoes and penne pasta.
• Return to boil, cover and simmer 15 min or until pasta is tender or to your preference.
• Stir in mozzarella cheese and serve.

ITALIAN PENNE SALAD WITH TURKEY SAUSAGE AND GORGONZOLA

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine all ingredients except spinach and pine nuts, cover and refrigerate 1 to 8 hours. Arrange 2 cups spinach leaves on each of the four plates. Spoon 1 cups of pasta mixture over spinach; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of pine nuts.

PENNE WITH GORGONZOLA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add chopped onion and garlic and sauté until translucent, about 8 minutes. Stir in chopped tomatoes and basil. Cook until mixture thickens, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, using spoon, beat butter with Gorgonzola until blended.
• Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain well. Return pasta to pot.
• Whisk Gorgonzola mixture into tomato sauce. Add sauce to pasta and stir to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with Romano and serve.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND GORGONZOLA PENNE

Steps:

• Boil a large pot of water and add 1 heaping tsp. of salt and cook the penne pasta. In a large skillet, squeeze the Italian sausages out of the casing and saute it over medium heat until well done. Lower the heat to low and add chopped onions and saute until soft, about 4 mins. Then turn off the heat and add the gorgonzola cheese and stir until well mixed. Add 2 tbsps of pasta water to the skillet after the pasta has been cooked. Drain the pasta and add to the skillet and stir well until the pasta is coated with sausage and cheese mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve hot.