Cheese Recipe · Caramelized Onion and Blue Cheese Orzo

Rissoni, also known as semi di melone, or any other short soup pasta can be used for this dish.

Ingredients

• 1 pound uncooked orzo pasta
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 onions, sliced
• 6 ½ ounces blue cheese, crumbled
• 3 ½ ounces mascarpone cheese
• 2 cups shredded spinach
• salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.

Nutrition Facts

• calories872.8
• carbohydrateContent97.3 g
• cholesterolContent80.5 mg
• fatContent42.4 g
• fiberContent5.5 g
• proteinContent29 g
• saturatedFatContent20.3 g
• sodiumContent717.5 mg
• sugarContent10.2 g