Pasta with spinach, sausage, and roquefort cream sauce

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¼cupOlive oil
4ouncesHot Italian sausage, casings removed
8ouncesMushrooms, sliced
2bunchesFresh spinach, stems trimmed
2Garlic cloves, minced
¼cupCoarsely chopped walnuts
2cupsWhipping cream
4ouncesRoquefort cheese
2teaspoonsDijon mustard
1poundsFettuccine

Directions

Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium high heat. Add sausage and cook until no longer pink, crumbling with fork, about 5 minutes. Transfer sausage to bowl using slotted spoon. Add mushrooms to skillet and saute 2 minutes. Add spinach and saute until wilted. Add garlic and walnuts and stir 1 minute. Add cream and Roquefort and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until thickened to sauce consistency, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Add sausage and mustard. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Stir sauce until heated through. Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of bvoiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stifrfing occasionally. Drain. Place in large bowl. Pour sauce over pasta. Toss gently. Source: Bon Appetit, September 1991/La Creme de la Creme Restaurant, Oakland CA.

* The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-3627 Posted by FAYLEN Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #702 by Lisa Clarke <lisa@...> on Aug 1, 9