A Simple Gorgonzola Sauce Recipe for Complicated Pasta
As many of you may know, Gorgonzola is Italy's delicious contribution to the worlds' great blue cheeses. This Gorgonzola sauce recipe video, I recently produced for About.com, is about as simple a blue cheese sauce as you'll find.
The complicated pastas I refer to in the title are the folded, shaped, and stuffed delicacies like tortellini, ravioli, and gnocchi. This rich and strongly flavored sauce works perfectly with those larger varieties, and their many nooks and crannies.
When buying Gorgonzola, you'll see two varieties; Gorgonzola "Dolce" and Gorgonzola "Piccante" or "Piquant." I recommend the "Dolce" for this sauce since it is a younger cheese, and has a milder flavor. The "Piccante" is aged longer, isn't as creamy, and has a much sharper flavor.
Having said that, I encourage you to buy a small piece of both and taste them before committing to one or the other. Crumble each on pieces of Italian bread, and put in a warm oven until it starts to melt. Enjoy!
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9 comments:
Ever been to Sarifornia's on the main street in Calistoga? They have a similar pasta, also excellent. They add hand-shredded, cooked chicken, toasted walnuts, sauteed mushrooms, & looks like shredded fresh spinach.
Luisa Vacaville
No, but that sounds great!
Hi John!
That has to be one of my favourite pasta dishes. Rich, full of flavour... I love it.
Try squeezing some lemon onto the pasta before adding the sauce!
Who told you about my secret ingredient!!
Beautiful and super easy. Thanks!
I'm not really a fan of blue cheeses... I don't know why! I wish that I were. I don't know if I've ever tried Gorgonzola specifically - is there any difference? I love goat cheeses, feta, brie, most types.
Also - have any pasta brands to recommend?
if you dont like blue I doubt you like Gorgonzola. I like Barilla brand whole grain style. Tastes the same and much higher nutritional value. Thanks!
if you dont like blue I doubt you like Gorgonzola. I like Barilla brand whole grain style. Tastes the same and much higher nutritional value. Thanks!
We made this last night and it was very very good. My store only had one brand of Gorgonzola and I think it must have been the longer aged one as it took a bit more work to crumble than I thought it would, it also had some pieces that didn't melt entirely (a good thing, some nice surprises once in a bite). Excellent!!!
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