Creamy Cheeseburger Penne

Prep Method: Cook

Ingredients

  • Pasta, whole grain, penne-3¼ pounds
  • Oil, olive-6 tablespoons
  • Onion, finely chopped-3 cups
  • Beef, raw, ground 85/15 (no more than 15% fat, fresh or frozen and thawed-6¼ pounds
  • Garlic, minced-6 tablespoons
  • Tomatoes, diced, canned with juices-13 cups
  • Tomato paste-¾ cup
  • Dijon mustard-2 tablespoons
  • Italian seasoning-¼ cup
  • Milk, skim-4⅝ cups
  • Cheese, American-7 ounces
  • Cheese, Parmesan, grated-3 cups
  • Salt-2 teaspoon
  • Black pepper-1 teaspoon

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook pasta until just tender. Drain and reserve.
  2. In a large saute pan or tilt skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and saute 5 minutes until softened.
  3. Add beef and brown, breaking up into ¾” crumbles until beef has reached an internal temperature of 155˚ for at least 15 seconds. Drain beef and return to pan
  4. Add garlic to pan over medium heat and saute until fragrant 1-2 minutes.
  5. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, mustard and Italian seasoning and stir well.
  6. Return pasta to pan, add milk, and stir to combine. Simmer 20 minutes until juices have thickened and been absorbed by pasta.
  7. Remove from heat. Stir in cheese, salt and pepper. Transfer to 2 steam table pans.
  8. Portion using an 8 oz. spoodle for a 1 cup serving.