Gorgonzola Ziti Recipes

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain.
• Meanwhile, combine bread crumbs, 4 tablespoons green onions and butter in small bowl. Set aside.
• Place remaining green onions, milk, cream cheese and Gorgonzola cheese in 12-inch nonstick skillet. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until cheese is melted--about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Add cooked pasta, salt, pepper, and garlic powder; mix lightly.
• Sprinkle with bread crumb mixture. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil for the pasta and salt it. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat; add the Gorgonzola and cook, stirring frequently, until the cheese melts. Keep warm while you cook the pasta.
• Tear the arugula into bits, or cut it up with scissors-the pieces should not be too small. Cook the pasta until it is tender but not mushy. Remove and reserve a little of the cooking water, then drain the pasta and toss it with the arugula and the cheese mixture, adding a bit of the water if the mixture seems dry.
• Taste and adjust the seasoning-the dish should take plenty of black pepper-and serve.

Steps:

• While ziti is cooking, combine oil, basil, oregano, garlic, red pepper flakes and cook over moderately-low heat for 30 seconds.
• Add spinach, peppers, olives and artichokes and cook, stirring, 2 minutes.
• Add wine and boil 2-3 minutes, or until liquid is reduced by half.
• Add cream and cook for 2 minute.
• Add cheese, stirring, until cheese is melted.
• Drain ziti and put into a large bowl.
• Pour sauce over and toss to coat.
• Sprinkle with parmesan.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Heat the stock in a separate pot almost to the boil. Keep it very hot, near the risotto pan.
• Put the olive oil in the risotto pan, and set over medium heat. Add the onions and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are wilted and just starting to color, about 6 minutes. Add the rice all at once, raise the heat, and stir for a couple of minutes, until the grains are toasted (but not browned). Pour in the wine, and cook, stirring continuously, until nearly all of the liquid has been absorbed.
• Ladle in 2 cups of the hot stock, and stir steadily as the rice absorbs the liquid and begins to release its starch. When you can see the bottom of the pan as you stir, after 5 minutes or so, quickly ladle in another couple of cups of stock and the remaining teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring, until the stock again is almost completely absorbed, and then ladle in another cup or so of stock. Continue this process, and check the risotto for doneness after about 6 cups of stock have been added, at about the 15-to-20-minute mark. Add more stock if needed, and cook until the risotto is creamy but still al dente.
• Turn off the heat. Scatter the pieces of Gorgonzola over the risotto, saving a few spoonfuls for a garnish. Sprinkle over it 1/2 cup of grated grana, and stir both cheeses into the risotto until incorporated. Spoon into warm pasta bowls, scatter the reserved bits of Gorgonzola over the top, and serve immediately, passing more grated cheese at the table.