Best Pasta With Caramelized Onions Blue Cheese Moosewood Recipes

PASTA WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS & BLUE CHEESE (MOOSEWOOD)

Steps:

• Cook pasta until al dente.
• Heat oil in a 12-14 inch skillet at medium heat.
• Add onions, salt and pepper.
• Cook until lightly caramelized (golden brown color).
• Add wine, broth or water.
• Cook on low heat, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat when pasta is done.
• Dip out a cup of the pasta cooking water, then drain pasta.
• Place pasta in your serving dish.
• Toss in onion mixture and blue cheese, until the pasta is coated.
• Use a bit of the cooking water that you saved to "wash" the remaining onion mixture from your pan. Add the mixture to the pasta. Add more cooking water to the pasta if it seems dry.
• Serve hot.

CARAMELIZED ONION AND BLUE CHEESE ORZO

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• While pasta is cooking, heat butter and oil in a large skillet over low heat. Cook onion in this mixture until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from pan with a spoon and drain on paper towels.
• In a large bowl, combine blue cheese, mascarpone and onion and mix well. Toss cheese mixture with spinach and pasta, season with salt and pepper and serve.

CARAMELIZED ONION PASTA

Steps:

• Heat oil and butter in a large heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium until butter is melted. Add onions and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until very tender and deeply golden brown, about 30 minutes. (Stop before the onions become dry and shriveled.) Add red pepper flakes (if using) and 1 1/2 tsp. salt. Remove pot from heat.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Reserve 1 1/2 cups pasta cooking liquid.
• Add pasta and 1 cup pasta cooking liquid to onion mixture and stir to combine. Add a small handful of cheese and stir until melted. Repeat with remaining cheese, adding more pasta cooking liquid as needed to create a glossy sauce that coats the pasta. Stir in parsley (if using).
• Divide pasta among bowls. Top with Parmesan, parsley, and a few cranks of pepper.

PASTA WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS & BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Bring a large covered pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until al dente.
• Meanwhile, in a skillet on medium heat, warm the oil and cook the onions with the salt and pepper until soft, golden brown, and lightly caramelized. (The larger your skillet, the faster the onions will caramelize. In a 12- or 14-inch skillet, the process may take less than 10 minutes. In a smaller skillet in which the onions are crowded, it could take 20 minutes.) Add the wine, broth, or water and continue to cook on low heat, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is done. If the onions begin to stick, add some pasta-cooking water.
• When the pasta is done, drain it, reserving a cup of the hot water. Place the pasta in a serving bowl, add the onions (swirl some of the reserved water around in the skillet to get out every tasty bit) and the blue cheese, and toss together to melt the cheese and coat the pasta. Add more of the pasta-cooking water if you'd like it saucier. Serve hot.
• A salad with slightly bitter greens goes well with this sweet, rich pasta. Or toss endive with Toasted Pecan Vinaigrette (page 222). Peach Brown Betty (page 268) is a sweet ending.

FLATBREAD WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS & CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium high heat in a large skillet.
• Add onions; cook until wilted& starting to brown.
• Add sugar, vinegar, salt& pepper.
• Reduce heat& cook gently for 15- 25 minutes or until onions are caramelized& brown.
• Cool.
• Roll pastry into a rectangle approximately 12 x 16 inches. I don't use the sheets of puff pastry - I prefer to use the 375gm package of Tenderflake Puff Pastry. I start rolling it out on my counter, then I transfer it to my baking tray (which has been lined with parchment paper) and roll the pastry to fit the tray. Since puff pastry is very "forgiving", you can "cut & paste" if necessary.
• Spread onions over pastry.
• Dot with cheese& sprinkle with chervil.
• If you are preparing this for a party, you can prepare to this point and refrigerate- then bake later.
• Bake in preheated 400F oven for 20- 25 minutes or until cheese has melted& pastry is crisp.
• When removed from the oven, it will be puffed right up but allow it to cool for 5 minutes & it will fall back down. Cut into 20 serving pieces - this is easier done with kitchen scissors instead of a knife - then cut each piece in half diagonally.

BROCCOLI, WALNUT & BLUE CHEESE PASTA

Steps:

• Cook penne pasta according to packet directions.
• When there is four minutes remaining in the pasta cooking time throw in the broccoli florets.
• Meanwhile, heat olive oil and add chopped walnuts and fry gently for 1 minute.
• Drain the pasta, adding 4 tablespoons cooking water to the walnuts.
• Return the pasta to the pan, add the walnuts and creamy blue cheese, cubed.
• Gently stir on the heat, just to melt the cheese.
• Squeeze over lemon juice to serve.

BLUE CHEESE AND CARAMELIZED ONION SQUARES

Steps:

• Crust:.
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl to blend. Make a well in the centre of dry ingredients.
• Whisk milk,olive oil and melted butter in liquid measuring cup to blend.
• Slowly pour milk mixture into well in dry ingredients, stirring until just blended and smooth.
• Roll out dough on lightly flour surface to 10x13 rectangle.
• Transfer dough to rimmed baking sheet. Re-form dough to fit pan. Pierce dough allover with fork.
• Let dough rest while preparing topping.
• Topping:.
• Melt butter with oil in large skillet over high heat.
• Add onions and cook until onions are soft and begin to brown,stirring frequently , about 10 minutes.
• Add rosemary, sugar and season to taste with salt and pepper. Reduce to medium and continue to cook until onion are soft and dark brown, stirring frequently, about 20 minutes. Cool.
• Spread onion mixture evenly over dough.
• Sprinkler with cheese.
• Bake until crust is golden and cheese is bubbling, about 20 minutes.
• Let Cool.
• Cut into squares and serve.