Creamy Baked Sausage Orecchiette
Only 7 ingredients in this creamy casserole full of spicy sausage and cheese. This baked sausage orecchiette is complete comfort food
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 pound bulk spicy sausage (If only links are available, remove casing)
- 8 ounce orecchiette pasta
- 5 ounce baby spinach, fresh
- 4 ounce creme fraiche
- 3 ounce havarti cheese (cubed or shredded)
- ¼ cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- cooking spray or butter
Instructions
- Prepare pasta according to package instructions except undercook by 2 minutes.
- While pasta is cooking, brown sausage in a large skillet, over medium-high heat, until no longer pink.
- If using a baking dish, prepare it with spray or butter. Preheat oven to 425 F.
- Drain water from pasta. Stir together sausage, pasta and spinach. Spinach should wilt a little from the heat of the other ingredients. Stir in the creme fraiche and half of the cheese.
- Place mixture in baking dish. Scatter the remaining cheese around the top. In a small bowl, stir together the oil and panko crumbs. Sprinkle panko crumbs over top.
- Bake in preheated oven 15-20 minutes until crumbs are crispy and cheese is melted.