Posted on: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
SEVEN OR LESS
Fusilli recipe simple but tasty
Associated Press
Fusilli with blue cheese and toasted walnuts is made with just five ingredients, but the combination is a winner. Pasta curls are tossed with a rich blue-cheese sauce, sweet green peas and toasted walnuts.
Hearst Books via Associated Press The book offers a range of options, with recipes for using meat, fish or cheese with pasta, and suggestions for accompaniments to serve with your pasta, including soups, sandwiches and salads.
Fusilli With Blue Cheese and Toasted Walnuts
Heat large pot of salted water to boiling over high heat; add fusilli and cook as label directs.
Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, heat half-and-half, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and water to simmering over medium heat. Stir in 3/4 cup crumbled blue cheese; heat through.
Place peas in a colander; drain the fusilli over peas.
In large serving bowl, toss pasta and peas with blue-cheese sauce and walnuts. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese and parsley sprigs, if you like.
Makes 4 main-dish servings.
Note: To toast walnuts, spread them in a single layer on a baking sheet, then bake in a 350 degrees F oven, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes, or until fragrant. • Per serving: about 765 calories, 28 g protein, 101 g carbohydrate, 28 total fat (9 g saturated), 34 mg cholesterol., 730 mg sodium.
The recipe, which takes about 25 minutes to make, is from the "Good Housekeeping 100 Best Pasta Recipes" (Hearst Books, 2003, $14.95), a treasure trove of dishes the cook can have on the table, start to finish, in many cases in under half an hour.
Among the dishes featured in "Good Housekeeping 100 Best Pasta Recipes" is fusilli with blue cheese and toasted walnuts.
