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orzo pasta butter olive oil onions blue cheese Mascarpone cheese shredded spinach salt brown sugar red pepper freshly ground nutmeg
Viewed: 21 - Published at: 4 years agoIngredients
- 1 lb uncooked orzo pasta
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 onions, sliced
- 6 1/2 ounces blue cheese, crumbled (or Brie & Blue Cheese by Saga)
- 3 1/2 ounces mascarpone cheese
- 2 cups shredded spinach
- salt and pepper
- 1 pinch brown sugar or 1 pinch Splenda sugar substitute
- red crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
- freshly ground nutmeg (optional, if using a pinch or two)
Method
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
- Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
- While pasta is cooking, heat butter and oil in a large skillet over low heat.
- Cook onion in this mixture with brown sugar until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes.
- Remove from pan with a spoon and drain on paper towels.
- In a large bowl, combine blue cheese (or Brie & Blue Cheese if using), mascarpone, crushed red pepper flakes, onion, ground nutmeg (just a pinch) and mix well.
- Toss cheese mixture with spinach and pasta, season with salt and pepper and serve.
