Blue Cheese And Chilli Pasta With Wilted Spinach Recipes

PASTA WITH BLUE CHEESE SPINACH SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in salted water according to package directions. About one minute before it is done, scoop out a cup of the pasta water. About 30 seconds before it's done, add the spinach and stir until the spinach is just wilted. Drain.
• Return pasta and spinach to the pot and add the butter and cheese. Toss with tongs until butter and cheese is melted and everything is mixed together.
• Drizzle in just enough pasta water to make a light sauce. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed.
• Serve at once on warmed plates, adding some blue cheese crumbles to the plates belonging to true blue blue cheese lovers!

BLUE CHEESE PASTA WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Cook the pasta until al dente in a pot of salted boiling water. Drain and set aside.
• In a saucepan, sauté the shallot and garlic in olive oil. Add salt and pepper. Deglaze with white wine and lemon juice. Allow to reduce almost entirely.
• Add the cream and the Canadian Blue cheese. Mix. Add the tomatoes. Allow to reduce halfway.
• Add the pasta and continue cooking long enough to reheat. Adjust the seasoning, if necessary.
• Arrange the spinach on four plates and distribute the pasta.
• Garnish with prosciutto and pepper. Serve immediately.

PASTA WITH SPINACH AND BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Set large pot of water to boil, and add salt. Remove largest, thickest stems from spinach; roughly chop leaves and remaining stems. Wash thoroughly.
• When water comes to boil, add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until nearly tender. When just about done, add spinach. Stir. As soon as spinach wilts completely -- less than 30 seconds -- drain quickly.
• Immediately return pasta and spinach to pot, with butter and cheese, over low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until cheese and butter melt, all water is absorbed, and pasta is tender. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately.

SAUTEED SPINACH WITH RED ONION, BACON & BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large nonstick skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat; add onion and saute until beginning to soften.
• Add garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds more; add spinach and cook, stirring, until just wilted.
• Remove from heat; stir in bacon and sprinkle cheese on top, serve immediately.

BLUE CHEESE AND CHILLI PASTA WITH WILTED SPINACH

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until just tender.
• Add the spinach for the last 2 minutes of cooking time.
• Drain and tip back into the pot.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the onion and chilli and mushrooms if using, fry, stirring for 6-8 minutes until softened.
• Add the onion mixture and the chopped cheese to the pasta pot.
• Mix together, then heat gently for 1-2 minutes until the cheese has melted.
• Scatter over the pine nuts and serve immediately.