Chicken Sausage & Mushroom Cavatappi

🥘 Ingredients

• butter
  2 tbsp
• button mushrooms
  8 oz
• cavatappi pasta
  8 oz
• cream cheese
  2 oz
• flour
  2 tbsp
• garlic herb butter
  2 tbsp
• italian chicken sausage mix
  2 unit
• milk
  ½ cup
• olive oil
  2 tbsp
• parmesan cheese
  2 tbsp
• scallions
  4 unit

🍳 Cookware

• large pan

1. 

   1

   Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. Trim and slice button mushrooms into ¼-inch-thick pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens.

   button mushrooms: 8 oz, scallions: 4 unit
2. 

   2

   Heat a large drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and slightly crispy, ⏱️ 5 to 7 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Wash out pan.

   olive oil: 2 tbsp
3. 

   3

   Once water is boiling, add cavatappi pasta to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, ⏱️ 9 to 11 minutes . Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain.

   cavatappi pasta: 8 oz
4. 

   4

   While pasta cooks, melt 2 tbsp butter in pan used for mushrooms over medium-high heat. Add scallion whites and cook until just softened, ⏱️ 1 minute . Add flour and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, ⏱️ 1 to 2 minutes . Whisk in milk and ⅓ cup reserved pasta cooking water, breaking up any flour clumps. Simmer until slightly thickened, ⏱️ 3 to 4 minutes .

   butter: 2 tbsp, flour: 2 tbsp, milk: ½ cup
5. 

   5

   Stir cream cheese into pan with sauce until melted and combined. Stir in italian chicken sausage mix , mushrooms, drained cavatappi, and garlic herb butter . Season with salt and pepper. If needed, stir in more reserved cooking water a splash at a time until pasta is coated in a creamy sauce.

   cream cheese: 2 oz, italian chicken sausage mix: 2 unit, garlic herb butter: 2 tbsp
6. 

   6

   Divide pasta between bowls and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and scallion greens. Serve.

   parmesan cheese: 2 tbsp