Gorgonzola Linguine Recipes

GORGONZOLA PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In medium saucepan, cook white wine over high heat until reduced by half. Add cream, reduce heat, and cook until reduced by one-third. Add parmesan, gorgonzola and nutmeg. Stir until cheeses melt and sauce is creamy.

GORGONZOLA SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to package directions. Drain and reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water.
• 2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet heat butter over medium heat and cook garlic until softened but not brown, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add cream and nutmeg and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring occasionally until the sauce is slightly thickened and reduced, about 5 minutes. Add crumbled Gorgonzola and cook, stirring often until the cheese is melted and the sauce has thickened. Stir in the chives.
• 3. Toss the pasta in the sauce and transfer to serving bowls. Serve with grated Parmigiano-Reggiano if desired.

GORGONZOLA SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring the heavy cream to a full boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, then continue to boil rapidly for 45 to 50 minutes, until thickened like a white sauce, stirring occasionally.
• Off the heat, add the Gorgonzola, Parmesan, salt, pepper, and parsley. Whisk rapidly until the cheeses melt and serve warm. If you must reheat, warm the sauce over low heat until melted, then whisk vigorously until the sauce comes together.

LINGUINE WITH GORGONZOLA, PROSCIUTTO, AND SPINACH

Steps:

• In a 6-quart kettle bring 5 quarts salted water to a boil for linguine.
• Cut half of spinach leaves into thin strips and reserve remaining whole leaves.
• In a large heavy skillet cook prosciutto, garlic, basil, and oregano in 1/2 cup oil over moderately high heat, stirring, until lightly browned, about 3 minutes.
• Add pasta to boiling water and cook until al dente. Drain in a colander. Return pasta to kettle and toss with remaining 1/4 cup oil, prosciutto mixture, cut spinach and Gorgonzola. Season pasta with salt and pepper.
• Arrange reserved spinach leaves on 4 plates. Mound pasta on spinach and sprinkle with pine nuts. Garnish pasta with basil leaves and serve with Parmesan.

LINGUINE WITH PEARS AND GORGONZOLA CHEESE

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pears and sauté until tender and beginning to brown but not soft, about 8 minutes. Using slotted spoon, carefully transfer pears to bowl.
• Add rosemary to same skillet and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add broth, Gorgonzola cheese, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese and cream. Simmer until sauce thickens enough to coat spoon, whisking occasionally, about 6 minutes. Return pears and any accumulated juices to sauce. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Bring to simmer before continuing.)
• Add linguine and pecans to sauce. Toss over medium-low heat until sauce coats pasta, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to large bowl. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.

PASTA WITH GORGONZOLA AND ARUGULA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to boil for pasta. Meanwhile, melt butter over low heat in a small saucepan. Add Gorgonzola and cook, stirring frequently, until cheese melts. Keep warm while you cook the pasta.
• Tear arugula into bits, or use a scissors to cut it. Pieces should not be too small. Cook pasta until it is tender but not mushy. Remove and reserve a little cooking water, then drain pasta and toss it with arugula and cheese mixture, adding a bit of water if mixture seems dry.
• Taste and add seasoning. Dish should take plenty of black pepper. Serve.

LEEK AND GORGONZOLA PASTA

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat.
• Add chopped onions and saute until tender and beginning to brown, about 10 minutes.
• Add leeks, green onions and shallots, saute until very tender, stirring often, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite.
• Drain well, reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid.
• Return pasta to same pot.
• Add onion mixture, toss to combine.
• Mix in reserved cooking liquid by tablespoonfuls if pasta is dry.
• Mix in cheese, season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer to large bowl, serve.

GORGONZOLA LINGUINE WITH TOASTED WALNUTS

Steps:

• Cook and drain linguine as directed on package.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat. Cook garlic in butter, stirring occasionally, until garlic is golden brown. Stir in flour until smooth and bubbly. Stir in milk, wine and salt. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to thicken.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir cheese into sauce; cook, stirring frequently, until cheese is melted. Toss linguine and sauce in large bowl. Sprinkle with walnuts.

CREAMY GORGONZOLA SPINACH PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook fusilli in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
• In the meantime, melt butter in a skillet over medium heat and cook shallots until soft and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour in cream and cook until heated through, 3 to 5 minutes. Add spinach and crumble in Gorgonzola cheese. Season with salt and pepper and cook until spinach is wilted and sauce has thickened, about 4 minutes.
• Drain fusilli and toss with sauce. Serve immediately.

GORGONZOLA LINGUINE

Steps:

• cook linguine according to package directions in a skillet, heat butter over medium heat.
• add onions and saute until softened.
• add mushrooms, saute about 5 minutes.
• stir in flour with a whisk, and stir in cream, whisking constantly.
• raise heat to high and bring to a boil, then lower to simmer and cook until sauce thickens, about 3 minutes.
• remove from heat and stir in cheese, salt, pepper.
• cmbine the linguine, spinach, and sauce in a large bowl, tossing to coat.