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Ingredients
- Baked Penne & Beecher's Flagship Cheese with Spicy Lamb Sausage -or-
- Mac N' Cheese with Sausage (depends on whether you're feeling fancy or not)
- 16 oz. penne pasta
- 1/2 lb. spicy lamb sausage (merguez would work as well)
- 3 cups half and half
- 3 Tbsp. butter
- 3 Tbsp AP flour
- kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper tt
- 1 tsp pimenton picante
- 2 1/2 - 3 cups Beecher's Smoked Flagship cheese, grated (or mix it up with your favorites)
- 1 cup fine bread crumbs
- 1 Tbsp butter, melted
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