Sausage Pasta Cake Recipe
- 3/4 pound spaghettini
- 3 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1 sm. onion, finely minced
- 3 tbsp. flour
- 1 1/2 c. warm chicken stock
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 6 tbsp. Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 1 c. grated mild cheddar cheese
- 3 lg. Large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Generously butter a springform pan (such as a cheesecake pan) and sprinkle with bread crumbs.
- Set aside.
- Put the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water.
- Cook at a rolling boil for 7 min.
- Drain and run cool water over it; set aside.
- Put the sausage meat in a cool skillet and brown it slowly, separating it into a crumbly mix.
- While which is going on, make a white sauce for the pasta by melting the butter in a skillet and browning the minced onion.
- Then add in the flour and mix well.
- Slowly pour in the heated stock and continue to simmer for a few min till the mix thickens.
- Add in the white pepper and lemon juice.
- In a large bowl combine the pasta, sauce, Parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, Large eggs, and salt; mix well.
- Set aside for a few min.
- Remove the browned sausage meat from the skillet and pour out any fat.
- Wipe out the skillet and add in the butter and safflower oil.
- Saute/fry the green peppers and onions till they are limp and add in this to the meat, along with the cheddar cheese, parsley, and black pepper.
- Mix well.
- To assemble the dish, put half the pasta mix in the pan.
- Make a deep depression in the middle, leaving a 1/2-inch space around the edges.
- Heap the meat mix into the depression, mounding it in the middle.
- Pat it down solidly.
- Place the rest of the pasta on top and smooth it over.
- Top with any leftover bread crumbs and dot with butter.
- Bake for 35-40 min, till the top is brown.
- Let stand for a few min before removing the outside ring of the pan.
- Don't bother to remove the bottom.
- Serve with Tomato and Sweet Red Pepper Sauce (recipe can be found in Miscellaneous section).
- Serves 8 generously.
spaghettini, unsalted butter, onion, flour, chicken, white pepper, lemon juice, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, eggs, salt
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/sausage-pasta-cake-56956 (may not work)