Garlic Sausage & Three Cheese Pasta Bake

Quick and simply delicious, a recipe for when you just fancy a comforting night in. Snuggled up next to a cosy fire. A lovely combination with Polish garlic sausage, creamy cheese and leek sauce.   

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 Polish Garlic Sausage

200g Pasta

2 Garlic Cloves

1 Shallot

1/2 a Leek

3 Sprigs of Fresh Thyme

Large Knob of Butter

1tbsp Plain Flour

100g of Grated Cheese like Parmesan, Cheddar and Gruyere

Grating of extra Parmesan for the top

300-400ml of Milk

Method

Slice the sausage, chop the shallot, garlic and leek.

Heat  a little oil in a oven proof sauté pan. Sauté the sausage, shallot, garlic and leek until softened.

Make a rue by adding the butter, once melted add the flour stirring for around a minute or so. Pour in milk little by little stirring all the time until a thickened glossy sauce has formed.

Remove from the heat, add the grated cheese and stir in until melted.

Place the pasta in a saucepan of boiling water. Cook until al-dente.

Add the pasta to the cheesy mix and stir to coat. Grate over a little parmesan then place under a hot grill until bubbly and golden.