Stovetop Sausage Mac & Cheese

serves 4 or two twice.  I totally made this recipe up and it can easily be vegetarian.  Just add in broccoli instead of sausage.  Or not. just cheeeese is fine too.

• 1/2 stick butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• milk
• hunk o’ cheddar grated
• bag o’ mixed medium shells
• three sausages (I chose chorizo)
• 1/2 onion diced

Dice onion and grate cheddar.  Boil water for pasta.  Start frying sausage on med. Now to make the cheesy sauce.

Cut butter into small chunks.  Melt slowly. Whisk in Flour.  Let it heat for about 5-10 minutes while whisking over med low.  

Be sure to turn sausage and add pasta to the water when it boils.  

After ten minutes.  Slowly pour in a little bit of milk while whisking.  Continue adding milk a little bit at a time while whisking until the roux has turned saucy and creamy.  Whisk and heat up for another 15 minutes.  

Turn sausage.  Drain pasta.  

Now slowly add the cheese while stirring the sauce until all of it is melted and incorporated.  Let it continue to heat on low.

The sausage should be finished.  Remove and fry the onions in the leftover sausage fatty bits.  Chop the sausage into bits.  

Return the pasta to the pot.  Stir in the cheesy sauce.  Add sausage. Add onions with a slotted spoon. Stir. Salt and pepper.  Enjoy!