Carbonara Bake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb penne pasta
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1/3 cup flour
• 4 cups milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 lb hot italian sausage, casing removed
• 1/2 cup onion, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 16 ounces cottage cheese, whipped

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta according to package directions, drain and set aside.
• 2 to prepare bechamel sauce, melt butter over medium heat in a saucepan; stir in flour until smooth, cook, whisking for 2 minutes; gradually add milk, stirring, until thickened; lower heat; add salt, pepper and nutmeg; remove from heat. in medium-sized bowl, beat 3 eggs; slowly add hot cream sauce to eggs; stir thoroughly so eggs don't curdle. set aside.
• 3 cook bacon and crumble.
• 4 cook sausage with onion and garlic until no longer pink. add bacon. set aide.
• 5 mix pasta with cottage cheese, meat mixture, and 1 1/2 cups of the bechamel. .
• 6 pour into 9x13 greased baking pan. pour remaining bechamel over the top.
• 7 bake at 350* for 45 minutes or until the top is set, slightly puffed and has brown spots.