Blue cheese pasta

Blue cheese pasta

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Prep: 5 mins Cook: 15 mins

Easy

Serves 4
A great pasta dish that uses up your Christmas storecupboard faves

Nutrition and extra info

  • Vegetarian

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal554
  • fat20g
  • saturates10g
  • carbs79g
  • sugars4g
  • fibre4g
  • protein19g
  • salt0.63g
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Ingredients

  • 400g penne pasta
  • 25g butter
    Butter

    Butter

    butt-err

    Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…

  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
    Onion

    Onion

    un-yun

    Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 tbsp fresh chopped sage, or 1 tsp dried
    Sage

    Sage

    sa-age

    Popular in both Italian and British cookery, sage has long, grey-green leaves with a slightly…

  • 100g stilton, cubed
    Stilton

    Stilton

    Still-tun

    A true glory of British cheese-making that has much controversy about its origins, how it's…

  • handful toasted walnuts, chopped
    Walnuts

    Walnut

    wall-nut

    Walnuts are one of the most popular and versatile of all nuts. When picked young, they're…

Method

  1. 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.

  • Recipe Tip

    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.

  • Recipe Tip

    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.

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Bookcase101
8th May, 2016
5.05
This is my go to comfort pasta dish now. I love it and it's quick and easy to make.
laurenoshea
5th Sep, 2015
I loved this !! Right up my street. Walnuts delish but pine nuts would also be good. I added crispily cooked pancetta & seasoned everything well. Super simple & very delicious ! Just make sure you season.
hlnharrison
27th Jun, 2014
5.05
Made this to serve two so halved but used more cheese - 75g instead of 50g. I don't like walnuts so used pine nuts. The cheese makes an amazing and really easy sauce. It was so tasty. I shall definitely make this again.
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marmiteetponpon
23rd Apr, 2014
check this delicious and easy to prepare four chese pasta recipe at marmite et ponpon http://marmiteetponpon.com/2014/04/23/ooey-gooey-goodness-mac-n-cheese/
Pollyonion
5th Jan, 2014
5.05
Made this for tea this evening, was really tasty and quite light. Nice, will definitely make this again.
Pollyonion
5th Jan, 2014
5.05
Made this for a light tea for 2 so halved the ingredients. This was a lovely tea, very tasty and surprisingly filling. Will definitely make again.
spicelover
31st Dec, 2012
5.05
Really loved this recipe, but, used lots more stilton than suggested :o) - We didn't have walnuts and felt it needed them (or something else - ie Bacon) Really quick and easy.
susannahg
29th Aug, 2012
4.05
I made this for one person so reduced the amounts above - still tasted a bit too buttery/oily for my liking (may be because I have been on a fat free diet for a while) but the onion and sage are beautiful together as were the walnuts. May play with these ingredients and add lemon as one person suggested.
eatingforpleasure
4th Jan, 2012
5.05
Forgot to give star rating
eatingforpleasure
4th Jan, 2012
5.05
Did this without walnut, onions and sage. Instead used lardons Half fat Creme Fraiche, and St Agur.blue cheese Yumdiddlydicious!!!!!!!!!

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