Blue cheese pasta
A great pasta dish that uses up your Christmas storecupboard faves
Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preperation and cooking times
Prep 5 mins
Cook 15 mins
Vegetarian
- Boil the pasta according to pack instructions. In a saucepan, melt the butter, then gently fry the onion until golden. Add the garlic and sage, fry for a further 2 mins, then remove the pan from the heat. Drain the pasta and reserve some cooking water. Stir through the buttery onions, stilton and 2 tbsp cooking water, then sprinkle with the toasted walnuts to serve.
Other cheeses
If stilton is too strong for your taste, try using a milder blue cheese such as dolcelatte, or swap half the stilton in the recipe for some creamy, mild mascarpone.
Adding bacon...
Pasta with bacon & cranberry Wensleydale. Follow the above recipe using a thinly sliced red onion this time. Fry the onion with 2 rashers chopped back bacon in the melted butter. Stir through 100g chopped cranberry Wensleydale at the end instead of the Stilton. Serve with the toasted walnuts sprinkled on top.
Per serving
554 kcalories, protein 19g, carbohydrate 79g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 4g, salt 0.63 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2006.

'This is quick and easy to make, and tastes delicious. Next time, I may add crème fraîche and perhaps some mushrooms, too.'
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preperation and cooking times
Prep 5 mins
Cook 15 mins
Vegetarian
From the festive storecupboard
Ingredients
- 400g penne pasta
- 25g butter
- 1 onion , thinly sliced
- 1 garlic clove , crushed
- 1 tbsp fresh chopped sage , or 1 tsp dried
- 100g Stilton , cubed
- handful toasted walnuts , chopped
Per serving
554 kcalories, protein 19g, carbohydrate 79g, fat 20 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 4g, salt 0.63 g



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