Best Asiago Cheese Sauce Recipes

BOW TIES WITH CHICKEN AND ASIAGO CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the flour and stir just until mixed.
• Add the evaporated milk, regular milk and chicken broth and cook, stirring often, until the sauce thickens and begins to simmer.
• Remove from heat and add the Asiago cheese, stirring just until the cheese melts smoothly into the sauce. Set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a large, preferably non-stick, skillet. Add the cubed chicken, parsley and garlic, and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the chicken is opaque and cooked through - 8 to 10 minutes. Add the Asiago sauce and season with salt and pepper. Stir to combine.
• Meanwhile, cook the bow tie pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender but not mushy.
• Drain well in a colander, then return pasta to the pot and add the chicken and Asiago sauce. Toss to combine and serve immediately, with additional grated Asiago cheese sprinkled on top, if desired.
• If making ahead, transfer the sauce to a covered container and refrigerate. When you are ready to serve dinner, place sauce in a large saucepan and heat very gently over low heat, stirring often. Don't let it boil.

ASIAGO CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Off heat, place the flour in a heavy saucepan, then gradually add the milk and whisk until well-blended.
• Place saucepan over medium temperature and cook, whisking, until thick, about 7 to 9 minutes.
• Remove saucepan from heat and add the grated cheese, stirring until melted.
• Stir in the herbs, if using.
• Makes 2 cups sauce.
• Serve over pasta or vegetables.

SHRIMP PASTA WITH ASIAGO CHEESE AND WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta and reserve 3/4 cups of pasta water for sauce
• Sauté mushrooms in butter in a large deep skillet.
• Push mushrooms to the side when almost done then add garlic and coarsely chopped sweet onion and cook until onion is translucent.
• Add pasta water, white wine, chicken base, shrimp and grape tomatoes to skillet and cook until shrimp turns pink.
• Add fresh parsley, basil, oregano, crushed red pepper and 3/4 cup of asiago cheese to skillet and cook for 2 more minutes.
• Serve white wine, shrimp sauce over cooked pasta and garnish with more asiago cheese.

SWEET POTATO RAVIOLI WITH ASIAGO CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° Bake sweet potatoes 40-45 minutes or until tender; cool completely and then peel them and mash the pulp Stir in yogurt, chives and sage.
• Place wonton wrappers on counter Spoon 1 rounded tsp of potato mixture in the center of each wonton Spread filling kind of flat but leave a 1/2 inch border; brush edges lightly with water, fold them in half diagonally and press edges lightly to seal Place the filled wontons on a baking sheet and cover them loosely with plastic wrap.
• Bring 1 1/2 quarts of water to a boil in a large saucepan; reduce heat to medium, then add a few ravioli at a time (do not overcrowd) Cook until tender, about 9 minutes then transfer to a platter with a slotted spoon.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat Stir in flour; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly Gradually stir in milk and chicken broth; cook and stir until slightly thickened, about 4 minutes, then stir in cheese, nutmeg, white pepper and cinnamon.
• Spoon 3 tablespoons of sauce onto individual plates Place 3 ravioli onto each plate.
• You can sprinkle additional chopped fresh sage over as a garnish.

SPINACH & ASIAGO CHEESE WINE SAUCE OVER RICE

Steps:

• Place spinach in a colandar and push down to squeeze water from the spinach.
• Put the spinach in a wide microwavable bowl and use fork to loosen and spread out.
• Add white wine.
• Cover. Cook at 70% power for 7 minutes. Set aside covered.
• In large saucepan add margarine and white flour. Wisk to mix until margarine and flour mixed.
• Slowly add milk while wisking and add salt.
• Wisk until it starts to thicken. Turn off heat and cover.
• In small saute pan add olive oil, cayenne pepper. Stir to mix.
• Add nuts and sugar and stir.
• Take off heat when nuts are coated and hot.
• Put nuts on chopping board and chop.
• Put in a small serving bowl to pass separately.
• Heat the cooked rice.
• Add cheese to sauce and stir in on low heat until the shredded cheese is melted and stirred into sauce.
• Uncover spinach and drain.
• Add to cream sauce and stir.
• Add white pepper if desired.
• Place the sauce in a tureen with serving spoon and pour over individual servings of hot rice or toast.
• Pass the nuts to sprinkle on top.