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Sausage Pasta Bake (Creamy Tuscan Baked Pasta)

This creamy sausage pasta bake is rich, savory, and packed with layers of flavor - smoky bacon, garlicky kale, hearty white beans, and golden browned cheese bubbling over the top.
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Ingredients
  

  • 16 oz pasta cooked al dente
  • 12 oz raw Italian sausage removed from the casing
  • 8 oz raw bacon
  • 10 oz kale shredded with large stems removed
  • 1/2 yellow onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 15 oz canned white beans
  • 15 oz alfredo sauce
  • 24 oz chicken bone broth or chicken broth
  • 2.5 cups shredded Italian cheese blend it is sold like this in grocery stores. Usually a mix of mozzarella, fontina, asiago, and parmesan.
  • 1/2 tsp dried basil
  • 3/4 tsp oregano

Instructions
 

  • In an extra large oven safe pan, add the diced bacon to a pan and cook it for 5 minutes. Once the bacon starts to get a little color, add in your sausage and make sure to break it apart into crumbled sausage pieces.
    8 oz raw bacon, 12 oz raw Italian sausage
  • Cook both together until the sausage is nice and brown. Remove them from a pan using a slotted spoon and add it to a bowl. Leave 2 tablespoon of oil in the pan.
  • Boil the Pasta
    16 oz pasta
  • Preheat the oven to 400F
  • Cook the onion and garlic until starting to brown and then add in the kale. Let the kale cook for about 5 minutes and then add in the sausage and bacon. Mix well and then add in the oregano, basil, pasta, beans, alfredo sauce, and chicken broth.
    10 oz kale, 1/2 yellow onion, 3 cloves garlic, 15 oz canned white beans, 15 oz alfredo sauce, 24 oz chicken bone broth, 1/2 tsp dried basil, 3/4 tsp oregano
  • Add in half of your cheese and mix. Add the remaining cheese on top and cook in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the cheese on top is bubbling.
    2.5 cups shredded Italian cheese blend