The great thing about a pasta dinner is that it doesn’t require a lot of cooking or a load of ingredients, but the end result can taste and look like a culinary feat. This dish is perfect as an appetizer for a fancy dinner or as a mid-week treat.
Sage-scented spaghettini with blue cheese
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PREP TIME
5 min
Makes
4 appetizer or side-dish servings or 2 main courses
* PLUS Cooking time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 450-g pkg spaghettini or spaghetti pasta , about 1-in. bunch
- 180 g blue cheese , gorgonzola or cambozola
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 garlic clove , minced
- 2 tsp dried sage leaves , crumbled
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1 green onion , thinly sliced (optional)
Instructions
- Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Then add pasta and cook according to package directions, from 8 to 10 minutes. While pasta is cooking, crumble blue cheese or Gorgonzola. It should measure about 1-3/4 cups (425 mL). If using Cambozola, remove rind only if you wish, then slice cheese into small pieces no larger than 1/2 inch (1 cm). Set aside.
- Melt butter in a large, non-stick frying pan set over medium heat. When bubbly, add garlic and sprinkle in sage. Stir often until fragrant and butter turns a light brown, about 2 minutes. If necessary, remove from heat while pasta finishes cooking.
- Drain cooked pasta well, then add to garlic butter in pan set over medium heat. Gradually stir in cheese, salt and pepper, just until cheese is almost melted, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in green onion, if using. Spoon into warm bowls and serve immediately.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 412,
- Protein
- 16.3 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 43.5 g,
- Fat
- 19 g,
- Fibre
- 2.6 g,
- Sodium
- 1087 mg.
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