Penne with Ham and Parmesan recipe

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Ingredients

1 teaspoon salt, divided
1 (12 ounce) package penne pasta
½ cup butter
2 cups 1-inch strips cooked ham
1 (8 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
½ cup all-purpose flour
1 bay leaf
2 cups milk
½ teaspoon dried basil
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry

Nutrition Info

608.2 calories
carbohydrate: 57 g
cholesterol: 84.1 mg
fat: 30.9 g
fiber: 4 g
protein: 27.8 g
saturatedFat: 16.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 1351.6 mg
sugar: 6.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Stir 1/2 teaspoon salt into a pot of water, bring to a boil. Stir penne pasta into the boiling water and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes, drain.

  2. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir ham and mushrooms in hot butter until the mushrooms are softened, 3 to 4 minutes.

  3. Stir flour, remaining salt, and bay leaf into the ham mixture, cook and stir until flour begins to bind butter into a paste, about 2 minutes. Stream milk into the skillet while stirring. Melt Parmesan cheese into the milk mixture, add basil and continue cooking and stirring until the milk thickens into a sauce, 2 to 3 minutes.

  4. Remove skillet from heat and immediately stir spinach into the sauce, add to drained pasta and stir to coat the pasta.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

This is a full-on pasta dish with ham, mushrooms, spinach, and a Parmesan cheese sauce. Serve with fresh ground pepper.

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