I love to cook and bake, mostly bake but I will cook anything that includes my favorite savory ingredient, cheese. After all I did spend the majority of my life in Wisconsin where award winning cheese is being produced daily.
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Wisconsin Cheese Board from The Wisconsin Dairy Council |
This weekend, after my friend Marcia went home I cooked and baked up a storm, it helps me relax and to think. One of the first things I made was this fabulous Goat Cheese Pasta. I have been searching for this recipe ever since I had a similar dish at a restaurant in Fernandina Beach, FL at P.L.A.E ( People laughing and eating).
Michael Symon’sMacaroni and Goat Cheesefrom The Chew
Ingredients:
2 cups of shredded cooked chicken
1 tablespoon of kosher salt
1 quart of heavy cream
2 tablespoons of rosemary
2 pounds of rigatoni
8 ounces of goat cheese
Directions:
In large saucepan pour cream, add salt and Rosemary, cook over high heat to just a simmer, than reduce heat to medium and reduce by half. In the meantime boil water for pasta and add a bit of salt. Add the chicken to the sauce mixture and cook for about 30 minutes or until mixture coats the back of a spoon. Cook pasta for 12 minute or until done. Add goat cheese to pot of sauce and then add drained pasta. Toss mixture and add to plates.
NOTE: I do not eat chicken so I omitted that from my recipe.
The pasta is delicious, the tang of the goat cheese and the infusion of rosemary makes a perfect match. I think this may be my favorite new pasta dish. I do hope that you try it!
And for dessert, go to my other blog, Once Upon A Chocolate Life and try these yummy brownies ( the name is not mine).
I hope you try these easy recipes, let me know if you do. I would love to know what you think!
Have a fabulous day!
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PRECIOUS FRIEND!!!!!
OK, I love cheese but cannot eat it….LACTOSE INTOLERANCE!
ANd those brownies….HOLY COW! I must see that recipe for RUBEN, the chocolate man!!!
I must get ready to run to school….I LOVED YOUR EMAIL..I must answer later.
LOVE! Anita
Everything sounds so delicious and I'm going to try these two but if I get fat eating your recipes you have to come help me work it off!
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Debra~
I can only imagine when you and I get together, Elizabeth! We could live off of cheese and chocolate, HA!
These look AMAZING…nuff said 😉
Is everyone ok after the storms?? It just grazed us, not too much damage.
Sending love,
– Irina
I will definitely try the pasta dish. I have already tried the brownies (I found the recipe on Pioneer Woman's Tasty Kitchen). I really didn't think they were as good as I'd hoped they would be. Maybe it was chef error, not sure.
Thanks for the recipe.
Karen