Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Creamy Cheesy Pasta

Its been ages since I have written anything at all. It doesnt meen I havnt been cooking.. It just means, i havnt made anything interesting recently. Actually thats not true!

My Wife loves cheesy pasta.. She is a big fan of white sauce! When we go out to a Itallian dinner, thats what she looks for.. So I thought I would try to cook her something which would be cheesy and also different than what she is used to.

I turned to chow.com and posted a request for suggestions and a lot of people gave me good ideas. Finally here is what I made

sauted garlic and shallots in olive oil.
added chopped baby bellas.
Once the mushroom softened up a bit, added some flour and mixed it up in the mushroom and shallots and garlic.
Then added some white wine and cooked the entire thing till I reduced the wine.
Then added vegetable broth and cream and let it reduce for a few minutes.
I then added half a can of diced tomatoes and some itallian seasoning and salt to taste.
Once the entire sauce looked to come together, I added crumbled gorgonzolla cheese,
some grated smoked gouda cheese and grated parmessan cheese.

I finally mixed this into farfalle I had cooked earlier before starting the sauce.

The dish looked heavenly and the combination of the three cheeses was just so tasty!!

I will post a picture soon!