penne-with-ham-and-parmesan.json

{
    "directions": [
        "Stir 1/2 teaspoon salt into a pot of water; bring to a boil. Stir penne pasta into the boiling water and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes; drain.",
        "Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir ham and mushrooms in hot butter until the mushrooms are softened, 3 to 4 minutes.",
        "Stir flour, remaining salt, and bay leaf into the ham mixture; cook and stir until flour begins to bind butter into a paste, about 2 minutes. Stream milk into the skillet while stirring. Melt Parmesan cheese into the milk mixture; add basil and continue cooking and stirring until the milk thickens into a sauce, 2 to 3 minutes.",
        "Remove skillet from heat and immediately stir spinach into the sauce; add to drained pasta and stir to coat the pasta."
    ],
    "ingredients": [
        "1 teaspoon salt, divided",
        "1 (12 ounce) package penne pasta",
        "1/2 cup butter",
        "2 cups 1-inch strips cooked ham",
        "1 (8 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms",
        "1/2 cup all-purpose flour",
        "1 bay leaf",
        "2 cups milk",
        "1/2 teaspoon dried basil",
        "1 cup grated Parmesan cheese",
        "1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry"
    ],
    "language": "en-US",
    "source": "allrecipes.com",
    "tags": [],
    "title": "Penne with Ham and Parmesan",
    "url": "http://allrecipes.com/recipe/238309/penne-with-ham-and-parmesan/"
}