EASY PASTA BAKE WITH LEEK AND CHEESE
A quick and easy pasta bake with leek and cheese that I often make during the week. If you like, you can add ham or bacon to the noodles.
Provided by Radegund
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta
Time 31m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
- Bring a second large pot of lightly salted water to a boil and cook leek for 2 minutes while penne is cooking. Drain well.
- Preheat oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C). Grease a baking dish with some butter.
- Heat cream and butter in a saucepan over low heat until hot. Whisk in Emmentaler cheese until melted. Season with salt and pepper. Mix cooked penne and leek and add to the prepared baking dish. Pour cheese sauce on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 721.2 calories, Carbohydrate 62.8 g, Cholesterol 142.3 mg, Fat 43.2 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 23.9 g, SaturatedFat 26.5 g, Sodium 225.2 mg, Sugar 7.5 g
CHEESY LEEK AND SPINACH PASTA
BBCgoodfood.com recipe that jumped out at me while I was at the Dr's office. Photocopied it and then forgot about it. It comes from a November 2003 (The Dr's wife & I share recipes and she had left the magazine there by mistake.)
Provided by Manami
Categories Penne
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Melt the butter with the oil in a large pan, put in the leeks and splash in a little hot water.
- Cover and cook over a low heat, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes until no longer squeaky.
- While the leeks are cooking, boil the penne in salted water according to the packet instructions.
- Meanwhile, add the creme fraiche and mustard into the leeks, add three-quarters of the cheese and season well.
- Stir until the cheese melts.
- Season the leeks mixture with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Take off the heat.
- Drain the pasta, reserving the cooking water.
- Pour the pasta into the sauce and stir, adding enough cooking water to make the sauce coat the pasta.
- Add crushed red pepper flakes, if using.
- Stir in the spinach, a big handful at a time, until it wilts, splashing in a little more water if needed.
- Toss in the remaining cheese and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 831, Fat 38.7, SaturatedFat 21.4, Cholesterol 104.1, Sodium 566.4, Carbohydrate 96.9, Fiber 6, Sugar 4.2, Protein 25.1
CHEESY SPINACH BAKED PENNE
Making homemade tomato sauce for this recipe really allows you to control what goes into it. Here, it's mixed up with chunks of mozzarella for extra bursts of cheesy goodness, along with cottage cheese for all the satisfying qualities of ricotta with only a fraction of the fat and calories.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 1h21m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Mist a 2 to 2 1/2-quart rectangular or oval baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the penne and cook according to package directions for al dente.
- While the pasta cooks, heat the oil in a medium pot set over medium heat. Add the fennel seeds and garlic and cook until aromatic, about 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes, basil sprig, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Simmer, lowering the heat if the sauce bubbles too vigorously, until the sauce has thickened slightly, the flavors have blended together and the raw tomato taste has cooked out, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat, discard the basil and season with additional salt and pepper. Pour over the cooked pasta and toss well to coat. Add the cubed mozzarella and transfer half the pasta to the prepared baking dish.
- Put the cottage cheese in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth. Add the shredded mozzarella and Parmesan and pulse two to three times. Combine half the cottage cheese mixture with the spinach and mix to break up the spinach. Drop in spoonfuls over the pasta in the baking dish. Top the spinach layer with the rest of the pasta and then the remaining cottage cheese mixture.
- Bake until bubbly and golden brown on top, about 30 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes, and then scatter the torn basil over the top.
CREAMY ZUCCHINI & SPINACH RIGATONI
Get 'em to say Yes! to zucchini and spinach with this creamy spinach-rigatoni pasta dish. Creamy Zucchini & Spinach Rigatoni is great for weeknights.
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Thanksgiving Recipes
Time 40m
Yield 6 servings, 1-1/3 cups each
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375ºF.
- Cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add zucchini, mushrooms and garlic; cook 3 to 4 min. or until zucchini is crisp-tender, stirring frequently. Add flour and seasonings; cook and stir 1 min. Stir in broth; cook 2 to 3 min. or until thickened, stirring frequently. Add Neufchatel; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until melted.
- Drain pasta. Add to zucchini mixture along with the spinach, Parmesan and 1/2 cup mozzarella; mix lightly. Spoon into 2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; top with remaining mozzarella.
- Bake 10 min. or until mozzarella is melted.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 330, Fat 13 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 35 mg, Sodium 460 mg, Carbohydrate 35 g, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 3 g, Protein 19 g
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