Recipe

Ham N Pasta Florentine Recipe

	Sparow64 / All my dishes 7 months, 4 weeks ago Made this up last week when I had alot of ham I needed to use, and combined it with what I had on hand - we loved it! A true guessipe, I didn't measure anything...lots of ingredients, but, it all came together in about 20 minutes, and cooked about 30 minutes. ... More Prep:20m Cook:30m Servings:8	Sparow64
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Ingredients

1/2 box bowtie pasta

EVOO

margarine

kosher salt

10 oz box frozen spinach

small white onion, chopped

2 T chopped garlic

2 dashes red pepper flakes

2 T worcestershire

Seasoned Salt

Garlic Pepper

1/4 - 1/2 can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped

2 - 4 T grated parmesan cheese (love fresh, but the can was all I had, and it worked well)

1 small can mushrooms, drained

8 oz cream cheese

1/2 bag (1 c.) shredded cheese (I think I had colby/jack)

1 can mushroom soup

4 - 5 oz sour cream

1/4 c (or less) chicken stock

8 slices of round, cooked ham (not lunchmeat), cut into 1-2 inch pieces

Handful grape tomatoes, sliced lengthwise (literally, I had a handful that was salvageable that needed to be used)

Directions

Cook pasta in boiling water that has been well salted with the kosher salt, add a little EVOO and a pad of margarine

While bringing water to boil, and cooking pasta, melt 2 T maragrine in med. skillet

Saute together: spinach, onion, garlic, and spices

When onion has turned translucent, add artichoke hearts, mushrooms and parmesan cheese

Stir occaisonally, and allow to cook on med/low, most liquid will reduce out

Preheat oven to 350

Cut cream cheese into cubes and put in microwave safe mixing bowl

Soften cream cheese in microwave (takes mine about 40 seconds), stir in soup, sour cream shredded cheese, and enough chicken (or vegetable) stock to make the mixture 'slighlty soupy' (but still thick)

Place 4 ham slices or so at a time on cutting board and slice through crosswise, each direction, creating 1-2 inch pieces

Drain and rinse pasta

Butter a deep casserole dish

Cover bottom of dish with half of the pasta

Cover with ham

Cover with spinach mixture (drain liquid if there is any left)

Sprinkle with grape tomatoes

Cover with remaining pasta

Pour soup/cream cheese mixture over and bake about 30 minutes

Serve with good italian or french bread (I had crescent rolls LOL..they worked!).

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