Cheesy Italian Sausage Bake Recipes

CHEESY ITALIAN SAUSAGE & POTATO BAKE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Place the potatoes, carrot and onion in a 2.5 quart lightly greased casserole dish. Add the oil, house seasoning and Italian seasoning. Toss to coat well then dot the potatoes with the butter. Lay the sausages across the top. Cover with tinfoil and place in a 425° oven for 30 minutes. Remove and uncover, return to the oven for 20 minutes. Remove and top with the cheese and place back in the oven for 10 minutes.

CHEESY BAKED PASTA WITH SAUSAGE AND RICOTTA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Heat oil in a 12-inch ovenproof skillet over medium-high. Crumble sausage into skillet, using a spoon to break it into small pieces. Cook until starting to brown, stirring occasionally, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in garlic, oregano, fennel seeds and red-pepper flakes (if using), and cook another 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir in whole tomatoes and their juice, using a spoon to break them up. Add crushed tomatoes, bay leaves and 2 teaspoons salt, and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 10 minutes to thicken slightly.
• Stir in pasta and 1 cup water and return to a simmer. Continue to simmer for 2 minutes, stirring frequently to make sure pasta doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan. Remove from heat, pluck out the bay leaves, and fold in about a third of the mozzarella.
• Top pasta with remaining mozzarella and dollops of ricotta. Sprinkle with Parmesan, then transfer to oven. Bake until pasta is tender when poked with a fork, and cheese is bubbly and lightly golden, 18 to 22 minutes. (If you'd like a more deeply browned topping, run the pan under the broiler for 1 or 2 minutes.) Remove from oven and let cool slightly before serving. Top with basil, plenty of black pepper, and more red-pepper flakes, if you like.

CHEESY ITALIAN SAUSAGE BAKE

Steps:

• Layer half each of the bread cubes, sausage, cheese and vegetables in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; repeat layers.
• Microwave cream cheese in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 to 40 sec. or until softened; whisk until creamy. Gradually add milk, about 1/4 cup at a time, whisking after each addition until blended. Whisk in eggs. Pour over ingredients in baking dish; cover with foil. Refrigerate overnight.
• Heat oven to 350ºF. Bake casserole (covered) 50 min. or until knife inserted in center comes out clean, uncovering for the last 20 min.

CHEESY SAUSAGE AND PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Cook and slice Italian Sausage, set aside.
• Lightly sautee green onions, mushrooms and peppers in butter.
• In the meantime cook pasta in generous amount of salted water, drain.
• Prepare Sauce:.
• Melt butter on medium setting in a large pot.
• Slowly add flour to make a thin paste, stirring constantly.
• Slowly add milk.
• Add all cheeses, salt and black pepper.
• Simmer until partially thickened, adding more milk if neccessary.
• Transfer pasta, sliced sausages and mushroom/pepper mixture to the pot, mix.
• Transfer all to casserole dish.
• Top with bread crumbs.
• Bake at 350 degrees until heated through.
• Serve with side salad and garlic bread.

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.