Pasta with Italian Sausage and Bacon

(Killer Sauce = Crowd Pleaser! This is also from Diane Carter)

This is Diane’s version of it:

Ingredients:
½ cup fresh grated Romano cheese
½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
½ cup shredded provolone cheese
½ cup crumbled gorgonzola cheese
¼ cup ricotta cheese
½ cup shredded fontina cheese
2 cups heavy cream
½ Tablespoon kosher salt
1 cup canned tomatoes drained and diced
2 heaping Tablespoons of fresh chopped basil
1 pound of ground Italian sausage
1 pound of bacon, diced into small pieces
2-3 roma tomatoes, diced, for top of dish
1 pound of penne pasta
½ cup of breadcrumbs

Directions:

• Cook pasta according to package directions.

• Place all cheeses (yes, there are SIX!) in a mixing bowl.

• Add cream, salt, diced tomato, and basil. Stir together and set aside.

• In a skillet, add sausage and diced bacon, frying ‘til bacon is crisp and sausage is browned.

• Drain grease and allow meat to cool on a paper towel.

• Blend together the cooked penne, sauce and meats in a 9 x 13 casserole dish.

• Top with ½ cup diced tomatoes and ½ cup of breadcrumbs.

• Bake @ 400 degrees (unless your oven runs hot like mine does, try 375 degrees) for 20-30 minutes ‘til nice and brown.