Garlic Sausage And Pasta In A Bechamel Sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• salt to taste
• white pepper to taste
• 4 cups milk
• 1 (16 ounce) package corkscrew-shaped pasta (fusilli)
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 (12 ounce) package garlic chicken sausage (such as al fresco® all natural roasted garlic chicken sausage), sliced

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat; whisk flour into the melted butter until dissolved, 5 to 10 minutes. season with salt and white pepper. pour milk into the flour mixture; cook and stir until sauce is smooth and thickened, 10 to 15 minutes.
• bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. cook pasta in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 12 minutes. drain and transfer to a serving bowl.
• remove sauce from heat and stir in egg yolks and nutmeg until well incorporated. pour sauce over pasta; toss to coat.
• cook and stir sausage in a skillet over medium heat until browned and cooked through, 5 to 10 minutes. stir sausage into pasta; season with salt and white pepper.