ham and pasta casserole
Rich, creamy and sinfully delicious! You may be tempted to eat it straight from the saucepot before its baked. :)
prep time
15 Min
cook time
35 Min
method
Bake
yield
approx 6-8
Ingredients
- - 2 cups cooked, cubed ham
- - 8 ounces linguine or spaghetti, cooked and drained
- - ½ cup red bell pepper, chopped
- - ½ cup green bell pepper, chopped
- - 1 cup onion, chopped
- - 1 cup monterey jack cheese, shredded ( use any cheese you like)
- - ½ cup parmesan cheese, freshly shredded
- - 1½ cups of half and half
- - 1 cup chicken broth
- - ¼ cup cooking sherry or white wine
- - 4 tablespoons butter
- - 4 tablespoons cornstarch
- - 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- - ¼ teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
- - 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
How To Make ham and pasta casserole
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Step 2Grease a 2 quart casserole dish; set aside. Prepare pasta.
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Step 3In a medium stock pot add the butter. Over medium heat, melt the butter and add the onion, and bell peppers. Cook for 3-5 minutes. -
Step 4Stir in the cornstarch and stir until blended. Stir in the chicken broth, sherry, and half and half. Cook until mixture until it becomes thickened.
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Step 5Turn heat to low and stir in the Parmesan cheese and half of the Monterey Jack cheese; stirring until cheese is melted and creamy. Remove from heat and stir in mustard, salt, pepper and ham.
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Step 6Combine the cooked pasta with the sauce mixture.
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Step 7Add the pasta mixture to prepared casserole dish. Sprinkle remaining Cheese on top of casserole.
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Step 8Cover with foil and bake for 35-40 minutes.
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