I made this and shared it with some coworkers and it was a huge success! I used about 2 pounds bulk Italian sausage and about 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef. My daughter didn't think it looked too good but tried it anyway and went back for more! I will definitely be making this again.
As written this casserole makes a lot! At 2-3 times a day, this pretty much lasted me all week. But it's good. I used regular ground pork. Would have been even better if I had preseasoned it as suggested. Italian sausage would have been amazing.
My husband and I really enjoyed this. Next time I'll use it as a stuffing for Cornish game hen and add some dried cranberrys to it.
My husband loves this dish. This dish freezes well too. I made a few edits, changes and additions. No bacon. About 1 pound ground seasoned pork is fine (add italian seasoning to pork and mix if not seasoned). Use about 3-4 chopped celerly and 3-4 chopped carrots, use fresh mushrooms, add a cup or more of chopped broccoli, a tablespoon or so of minced garlic, only about a cup and a half of half & half, I don't add the almonds (though they probably go well) or the diced pimentos (don't have those usually). To give it a kick I add some white pepper. Yummy!
Made it out together with some other recipes. And it's worth it! Love how this dish comes up to that my family loved! Glad to try it out.;) Will make it again for sure.
Since I'm a vegetarian, we omitted the meat in this and also added some Italian seasonings to make up for the flavor. The boyfriend and I found that some of the recipe was vague, particularly the direction about adding the flour to the "remaining butter" which was quite hard and ended up with me straining out the lumps of flour. It might be better to just add the flour after you put in the half and half while stirring, but that is just something we ran into. It was super delicious. We served it with mashed parsnips and cornbread.
This recipe is soo delicious. It has become my go to for holidays and work events. Everyone loves it and i NEVER have any leftovers. I wouldn't change anything about the recipe.
I usually give some leftovers to my elderly neighbour...today my family asked me not to...fortunately there was plenty left for tomorrow and my neighbour loved it. I did sub the pork for grilled chicken it's what I had 4 cups of chicken broth not 6 of water 3 cups of whole milk and 1 of sour cream not 1/2 & 1/2 again it's what I had. I also made homemade mushroom soup (doesn't take that long to make) and fresh mushrooms instead of canned. Slightly healthier but equally delicious! I also added 3/4 cup dry white wine.
Excellent recipe. Used regular mushrooms and sautéed them with the onions and celery. Added chicken broth to the half-half. Used ground pork and did my own seasonings with salt pepper garlic powder. Freezes well!!
THis was ok - I used breakfast sausage in it but Im wondering if it would be better with Italian Sausage - is that what I was supposed to use??
