Melt butter on low. Once melted, stir in flour and allow this to cook out the flour to create a roux. Remove the roux and set aside.
In a clean sauce pot over medium-low heat, add olive oil and sausage. While this is beginning to heat up, add the onion, stir all together and then add in half & half.
Add remaining ingredients and stir together until homogeneous. Bring contents to a light simmer and begin adding half of the roux, and then modify the viscosity with as much roux as you wish.
Deposit re-thermed dip in 8 oz. portions into an oven safe carafe, cover with shredded cheese and a few sausage crumbles.
Place under broiler to melt the cheese and serve with bread for dipping.
Ingredients
10 oz Roma® Hand-Pinched Style® Italian Sausage, Sweet Mild, Coarse-Ground
4 oz unsalted butter
6 oz flour, all-purpose
1 oz oil, olive
1/2 oz dried onion, minced
4 cups cream, half and half
1 oz minced garlic
16 oz spinach, packaged, frozen
17 oz Artichoke heart, chopped
1/4 oz salt, coarse
1/10 oz pepper, white, ground
16 oz cream cheese
2 oz Blended Cheese, shredded, mozzarella, provolone, Parmesan
