Apple Sausage Mac & Cheese

5  tablespoons		unsalted butter
1  dash		salt
1  lb.		medium pasta shells
1/2  cup		diced onion
4  pieces		chicken-apple sausage, sliced 1/2 inch thick
3  tablespoons		mustard
1/4  teaspoon		cayenne pepper
1/4  cup		all purpose flour
3  cups		apple juice
8  ounces		monterey jack cheese
13  ounces		sharp chedder cheese
3/4  cup		sour cream
30		ritz crackers

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preheat over to 350. butter 2.5 quart baking dish. bring a large pot of salted water to a boil; add pasta and cook, al dente. drain.

melt butter in a large saucepan over med-high heat. add the onion and cook until soft, about 2 mintures. add the sausage, mustard, cayenne and 1 tsp salt and cook until sausage is golden, about 3 min. stir in flour and cook until lightly toasted, about 2 more minutes. Stir in the the apple juice and cook about 8 more minutes

slowly stir in 3/4 each of the cheeses into the sauce until smooth. remove from heat. stir in pasta and sour cream. pour mixture into the baking dish and sprinkle with the crushed crackers.