Thunder Roads Colorado Magazine Volume 11, Issue 12 | Page 27

Tasty Recipes All of these recipes have been kitchen tested and biker approved. Baked Penne with Sausage and Garlic AKA Dracula’s Revenge Set garlic aside. Increase oven temperature to 400°. Remove casings from sausage. Cook sausage in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until browned, stirring to crumble. Remove from pan with a slotted spoon. Place sausage in a large bowl; stir in sage and rosemary. You might think that a whole head of garlic is a lot for four servings, but the garlic is roasted before you add it to the dish, so the taste is much milder. You can replace the low-fat milk for whole milk so that the dish is creamier, and I prefer Gruyère cheese over Swiss cheese. 1 whole garlic heads 1/2 lb Italian sausage 1/2 tsp chopped fresh or 1/4 teaspoon dried sage 1/2 tsp chopped fresh or 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Add the flour to melted butter, stirring with a whisk. Gradually add the milk; cook until slightly thick, stirring constantly with a whisk (about 10 minutes). Stir in roasted garlic, cheeses, salt, and pepper. Remove mixture from heat. Add 5 1/2 cups cheese sauce and cooked pasta to sausage, stirring to coat. Spoon pasta mixture in a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with remaining sauce. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Servings: 4 1 Tbs butter or stick margarine Liquefied Ghost Cocktail 2 2/3 Tbs all-purpose flour 3 cup low-fat milk 1/2 cup (4 ounces) grated fresh Parmesan cheese 1/3 cup (about 2 1/2 ounces) shredded Gruyère or Swiss cheese 1/2 tsp red pepper Be careful, this white cocktail goes down like a milkshake and has a kick. You can serve this up or in a glass over ice, make a whole pitcher and add some dry ice for a misty effect. 1/2 tsp black pepper 2 oz vanilla vodka 4 cup hot cooked penne or rigatoni 1 oz syrup Cooking spray 1 oz cream Preheat oven to 350°. 2 oz soda Remove white papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate the cloves). Wrap the head in foil. Bake at 350° for 1 hour; cool 10 minutes. Separate cloves; squeeze to extract garlic pulp. Discard skins. Mix simple syrup, cream, vanilla vodka and soda together in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until very cold and serve in a martini glass or in a glass over ice. 1/4 tsp salt www.thunderroadscolorado.com Servings: 1 October 2016 Thunder Roads Magazine® Colorado 25